{"id":80046,"date":"2018-02-15T17:10:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T10:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/laura-ashley-profits-fall-as-furniture-sales-slump-hits-home\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T11:03:40","slug":"laura-ashley-profits-fall-as-furniture-sales-slump-hits-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/laura-ashley-profits-fall-as-furniture-sales-slump-hits-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Ashley profits fall as furniture sales slump hits home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWeaker pound also blamed for steep fall in profits at fashion and home furnishings firmLaura Ashley has warned profits will fall short of City forecasts after taking a hit from the weak pound and slumping demand for furniture and wallpaper in the UK.The home furnishings and womenswear firm, known for its floral prints, reported a steep drop in pretax profits to \u00a34.3m in its first half to 31 December from \u00a37.8m a year earlier. It warned full-year profits would miss market expectations of \u00a39m and ditched its interim dividend. Last year it made a profit of \u00a38.4m. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2018\/feb\/15\/laura-ashley-profits-fall-as-furniture-sales-slump-hits-home\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Ashley profits fall as furniture sales slump hits home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Weaker pound also blamed for steep fall in profits at fashion and home furnishings firmLaura&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-kP4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91964,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/berkeley-hits-peak-profits-as-it-warns-of-london-housing-slump\/","url_meta":{"origin":80046,"position":0},"title":"Berkeley hits peak profits as it warns of London housing slump","date":"June 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Luxury housebuilder reports annual profits of nearly \u00a31bn but Brexit jitters remainThe London-focused housebuilder Berkeley Group has announced record annual profits of nearly \u00a31bn, but warned profitswere likely to fall in the coming year by about a third as Brexit uncertainty weighs on the capital\u2019s housing market.The company, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":96476,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/laura-ashley-profits-all-but-wiped-out-amid-challenging-trading\/","url_meta":{"origin":80046,"position":1},"title":"Laura Ashley profits all but wiped out amid &#039;challenging&#039; 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