Smiths take Arlo & Jacob independent

Smiths take Arlo & Jacob independent again

Upholstery chain Arlo & Jacob has become independent again after less than a year under TCM Living’s ownership.

Mark, former TCM Living chief executive, and Julie Smith bought Arlo & Jacob from administration in May 2020, before it became part of TCM Living in June 2021.

TCM Corporation owns Alstons Upholstery, Ashley Manor Upholstery, AMX Design and Alexander & James.

‘After an initial period of successful incumbency within group, both Mark and Pimol Srivikorn, TCML chairman felt that the interests and growth ambitions of both entities were very much best served apart – with TCML’s focus being on volume-driven business and global expansion, the antithesis of Arlo’s very British and fashionably slower, choicecentric and individualistic model,’ says the retailer.

‘Mark very much wanted the talent he had nurtured and believed had helped him stand apart from his competitors close. Partnering with him therefore to head up this next exciting chapter are his artist and stylist wife Julie; Michelle White, marketing, brand and creative director; Simon Wilson, finance director; Anthony Scarborough, e-commerce director, and Donna Pitchford, executive project manager, with Lisa Broad continuing as md.’

The Arlo & Jacob team

‘I’ve always worked best in a partnership and I have hand-picked my team of experts. I’m drawing on close relationships with people I admire and am inspired by and to top it all are thoroughly nice people to boot,’ says Smith.

‘It is important to us that we create furniture and fabric collections that we are proud to have in our home. We are the Arlo customer and we feel at home with the brand’s DNA,’ says Julie Smith.

An event is to be held to mark the life of Graham Waldron, MCD founder and former Headlam chairman.

He died on 27 May 2020, aged 90.

The event, to be held on 16 April, will mark what would have been his 92nd birthday. It will take place at Hanbury, Bromsgrove from 12pm-4pm. Those wishing to attend are asked to email CelebratingGrahamWaldron@ gmail.com

Waldron established his

John Lewis is to axe its Never Knowingly Undersold pricing promise.

The chain says it no longer relationships and reputation fits with how consumers shop in the flooring industry as as more sales move online buyer for the Gainsborough and the offer doesn’t apply to Group in the 1960s and 1970s. purchases from online-only In 1977 he was the founder retailers. It will be ended in of MCD, which became the the summer. market leader and most

Instead the company will progressive distributor of invest £500m on lowering floorcoverings into the 1980s. prices, a 25% rise on its 2021 He was instrumental in commitment. developing Headlam into the

‘Customers are tightening leading flooring distributor their belts and we’re in the UK and Europe. He was responding so John Lewis chairman from 1991 to 1999 is more affordable for every and 2006 to 2013, serving as customer, every day whether a director for 22 years.

John Lewis ends price pledge Celebration planned to honour shopping in-store or online,’ MCD founder and Headlam says Pippa Wicks, John Lewis executive director. chairman Graham Waldron ‘Never Knowingly Undersold has been a cherished sign of trust for John Lewis for a century but it doesn’t fit with how customers shop today as a growing number of purchases are made online,’ ‘Our new £500m investment means that all our customers can trust they are getting the quality, style and service they have come to expect from John Lewis at great value price,’ she added.

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