20m flows to Co-op as savers shift cash - Manchester Evening News

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24 Sep 2008 at 7:02am 

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My Exit out of the MFI Homestore

20 Jul 2008 at 8:03am  My Exit out of the MFI Homestore
adamtrilby
32 sec - Jul 20, 2008

Watch as I get out of hell. In other words, MFI. MFI Retail Limited, usually referred to simply as MFI, is a national British furniture retailer. It is one of the largest suppliers of kitchens and bedroom furniture in the UK. Its stores are mainly in retail parks in out-of-town locations. It is owned by private equity firm, Merchant Equity Partners. The company was founded in London in 1964 by Noel Lister and Donald Searle and was called Mullard Furniture Industries. Mullard was Searle's wife's maiden name.[1] For a short time in the 1980s MFI and Allied Carpets were part of the ASDA-MFI Group plc. MFI offers a full range of furniture for bedrooms, bathroooms, kitchens, lounges, dining rooms and home offices. It is particularly associated with self-assembly furniture. Between the periods 2000 - 2005 MFI also maintained a presence within Currys superstores, via rented floorspace, and was known as Hygena at Currys. However, this concession was dissolved by mutual agreement in late 2005. Its products are mainly targeted to value-oriented customers with the "Hygena" brand, and those on a higher income with the "Schreiber" brand. MFI is also one of the largest suppliers of installed appliances in the UK with its own brand "Diplomat". New and exclusive to MFI is its "Space Genie" range which are ingenious storage solutions for the kitchen and bedroom. MFI sells beds directly from Silentnight, Rest Assured and Layezee, and also sells dining furniture from The Chair Company. Other MFI brands include "Viva Sofa" and "The Bath Co." In September 2006, MFI's maufactuing arm was renamed Galiform PLC. The loss making retail arm was then sold to Merchant Equity Partners for £1, whilst retaining Howden Joinery builders merchants. [2] In order to reduce losses MFI has closed many of its Uk manufacturing facilities and instead focuses on procuring goods from overseas. [3] Following the acquisition of MFI, the company is seeking to upgrade many aspects of the business, including greater focus on customer service; updating and improving the product range; improving utilisation of floor space; establishing closer supplier relationships; investing in logistics, IT, supply systems and product development and enhancing internal communications. Today MFI has over 190 stores across the UK of between 15,000 & 30,000 square feet. Home deliveries amount for over 50 million items a year going to 2.5 million households in the UK & Northern Ireland.
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