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23rd March ‘09 - Allied Carpets is SOLD.
Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 5:32pm
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The UK's second-largest flooring retailer Allied Carpets
has been bought by offshore investment fund Sigma
Capital Investments for an undisclosed amount.
The 218-store carpet retailer is likely to want to close
some stores. In 2007, Allied Carpets made an
operating loss of £6.8 million |
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20th March ‘09 - £3.8 Million for 150 year old carpet.
Posted on Friday March 20th, 2009 at 2:37pm
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The carpet was originally commissioned around 150
years ago to furnish the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad
in Medina which has just sold for just over £3.8m in Doha.
The bidding started at £3m but the starting as there were
not few enough original takers for the bidding.
The carpet is called Pearl Carpet of Baroda, which was created using an over two million natural seed pearls.and has hundreds of precious stones, diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds. |
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9th March ‘09 - Carpet sale old school.
Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 1:15pm
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On March 9th 1946, 63 years to the day East Londener’s
decide to have a carpet sale at a market stall on a bombsite.
London County Council rebuilt the area, notorious for poverty
and overcrowding.
Showing the strength and diversety of the people in wartorn
London throughout this awful period of history.
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2nd February ‘09 - Carpet recycling on the rise.
Posted on Monday Feb 2nd, 2009 at 12:31pm
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Carpet Recycling UK was setup in March 2008 and
is backed by a group of UK carpet manufacturers
and suppliers to the retail sector. Its main mission is
to get the used carpets away from local landfill’s.
Their target is to recycle 20,000 tonnes of carpet per
year by mid 2009, we hope they acheive this.
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3rd February ‘09 - Carpetright see 9% fall in profits.
Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 2:21pm
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Carpetright publised results in January 2009 for its Interim Management Statement which showed group sales decreased by 9.0% for the 13
weeks to 31 January 2009.
Lord Harris, said: "The UK trading environment is more difficult than at any time in my working life”.
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