All Wickes articles
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GalleryIn pictures: Retail Week Awards 2026 winners gallery
At the Retail Week Awards 2026, the industry came together to celebrate its best and brightest at a black-tie event hosted by presenter and musician Myleene Klass.
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NewsRetail Week Awards 2026 winners revealed
Currys chief executive Alex Baldock and The Entertainer founders Gary and Catherine Grant were among the winners at the Retail Week Awards 2026.
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NewsWickes chief executive: 'All areas of the business are in growth'
Wickes has reported a stronger than expected rise in annual profits and plans to significantly accelerate its store expansion plans.
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AnalysisPartnership update: John Lewis’ AI-shopping venture, Wickes retail media tie-up, and more
Welcome to the Solutions Spotlight partnership update: Retail Week’s round-up of the latest innovative technology and supply chain tie-ups in retail
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NewsWickes launches new retail media platform
Home and DIY retailer Wickes has rolled out a new retail media network with both onsite and offsite capabilities.
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DataRanking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
New data has revealed the companies with the happiest workforces, according to participants in WorkL’s Happy at Work Test employee survey.
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NewsStrong revenue growth continues at Wickes
The home improvement retailer saw like-for-like revenues grow by 5.3% in the six months ending December 27, 2025, leaving it with full-year sales of £1.64bn
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Opinion‘Retail’s 12 gifts of Christmas – and beyond’
From keeping the cost of living down for customers to support for all sorts of good causes, retailers’ generosity has once again been unstinting this year. Christmas is the busiest time for retailers, but it’s also an appropriate moment to reflect on the industry’s invaluable role as a force for good.
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NewsWickes staff celebrate £14m return on share scheme
Employees of DIY retailer Wickes have more than doubled the value of their investment in a company sharesave scheme that has just matured.
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FeatureFuture Leaders 2025 - Who will be the CEOs of the future?
Meet 20 of UK retail’s most promising leaders-in-waiting. Every individual on our list has the talent, drive and passion to make it to the top, and they’re going to need it if they want to succeed in an industry dominated by crushing government regulation, devastating cyberattacks, harrowing tales of abuse from the shop floor and more. Here are British retail’s future chief executives, but who would want to be one?
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NewsWickes rolls out rapid delivery service nationwide
DIY and home improvement giant Wickes has rolled out its ‘Wickes Rapid’ delivery service across 150 of its stores nationwide.
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NewsWickes sales grow across all aspects of its business
Wickes has reported growth across all areas of its business, led by volume sold.
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NewsWickes boss plans new stores drive in ‘underrepresented’ areas
Home and DIY firm Wickes is looking to expand its store presence to areas of the UK where the group is currently not present or underserved, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsWickes sales boosted by growth across categories
Home and DIY firm Wickes has reported an increase in sales and profit as volumes across retail and design and installation boosted growth.
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AnalysisChatGPT agent mode on trial: how Sainsbury’s, Wickes and more handle AI as a customer
Most retailers aren’t yet ready to be shopped by customers using an AI agent. At least, that’s what our test of ChatGPT’s Agent mode showed when Retail Week put it through its paces on some typical shopping missions.
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NewsRecord-breaking UK summer heat drives garden sales
It may now be the rain getting your garden wet, but the hot summer in the UK helped drive bumper sales in the garden category. That includes a 140% year-over-year spike in sprinkler sales
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NewsToolstation appoints new managing director as Angela Rushforth retires
Toolstation has appointed a new managing director following the retirement of Angela Rushforth after 10 years with the group.
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NewsWickes sees strong growth as shoppers seek timber and garden fixes
The DIY and home improvement business saw like-for-like retail revenue growth of 6.4% in the six months ending June 28, 2025 vs the year before
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NewsWickes secures spot on FTSE 250
Wickes’ strong first quarter has won it a spot on the FTSE 250 after its reshuffle.
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NewsWickes hails ‘strong start’ to the year as warm weather drives sales
Wickes has said the business has seen “good growth momentum” in the first quarter of the year, as the warm weather drove sales growth.