B&Q owner’s deteriorating sales highlight new boss’s tough task
Shares slumped after company said like-for-like sales dipped 3.7% in third quarter
B&Q owner names Carrefour’s Garnier as new chief executive
Shares in home improvement retailer Kingfisher have fallen 31% over the last year
Shut up and get lost: advice for outgoing chief executives
The last thing a successor needs is CEO’s ghost hanging around to act as lightning rod for disaffected opponents of change
B&Q owner Kingfisher to part company with chief as profits fall 13%
Exit of Véronique Laury means only five FTSE100 firms have female chief executives
Kingfisher quits Russia, Spain and Portugal as French sales tumble
B&Q owner reports weak quarterly sales in French chains Castorama and Brico Depot
French business weighs on profit at B&Q owner Kingfisher
But company says it is on track to grow gross margin in the full year
Kingfisher DIY sales feel chill from Europe’s blizzards
Group trading as B&Q in Ireland sees sales fall 2.5% on back of ‘Beast from the East’
Shares fall as trade war concerns depress confidence
In Europe financials contributed the most to losses with banking sector down 0.9 per cent
B&Q owner cautious on macro backdrop in UK and France
Company made £440m pretax profit in first half of this year
Kingfisher beats forecasts as profit edges higher
B&Q owner made an underlying pretax profit of £686 million last year
Home Retail confirms Homebase sale to Wesfarmers
Homebase to rebrand as Bunnings in Ireland and the UK as it goes head-to-head with B&Q
Screwfix drives better UK sales for DIY retailer Kingfisher
Firm shows improved growth in both Britain and France in its latest 10-week sales
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