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...And Wickes trades at a more attractive forward rating of six times consensus forward earnings, against Kingfisher’s nine times, according to FactSet....
...Travis Perkins, which also owns the Wickes DIY chain, fell 6 per cent to £18.48 — the biggest FTSE 100 faller....
...The customer base is headed by Walmart in the US, and includes Next, Gala Coral and Wickes in the UK. Over the past five financial years ending March turnover has been close to £9m....
...Replace the damaged pipe with a new section from Wickes or B&Q. Compression joints will save you mucking about with a blow torch. Ease the stopcock back on, checking for weeping. Cost: £20, tops....
...Children’s Place, a clothes retailer, this week sold 200 Disney Stores back to the Disney company after the operation filed for bankruptcy in March, following others including Bombay Company, Fortunoff and Wickes...
...Sharper Image, Lillian Vernon, Fortunoff and Wickes Furniture have all filed for bankruptcy protection....
...Problems in the sector were highlighted by Travis Perkins, after the builder merchant, which owns the Wickes DIY chain, said market conditions had “worsened significantly from mid-October”....
...Building suppliers Travis Perkins slipped 5.3 per cent to £14.75 as dealers were concerned by news that sales at Wickes, its acquisition earlier this year, had dropped by 7.4 per cent in the first half of...
...The Wickes name and management will remain and Travis Perkins intends opening a further 28 Wickes stores in the next three years....
...Travis Perkins, the builders’ merchant that bought Wickes in February, fell 7.8 per cent to £16.38 on news of falling sales at the do-it-yourself chain....
...Home Depot is believed to have competed unsuccessfully last year in the auction of Wickes, the UK do-it-yourself chain, indicating that the world's largest home improvement retailer is keen to enter the...
...Dealers said sentiment had been boosted by further bid activity on both sides of the Atlantic, including Johnson & Johnson's planned takeover of Guidant, Travis Perkin's acquisition of Wickes and UTC Technologies...
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