MFI is to be relaunched as an online retailer on Monday, Interiors Monthly can reveal.

The former chain, which collapsed on 26 November 2008, will start selling a full range of furniture – excluding kitchens – on 28 November.

Owners Walker Group will pitch its offer firmly at the middle market: 'quality luxury at affordable prices'.

The operation is being run by former MFI manager Andrew Store and the company has spent the past year sourcing suppliers. Kitchens are not being sold as the decision was made that it could not deliver a suitable level of customer service.

A number of products will be held in stock with delivery of one to eight weeks, depending on the product.

A MFI spokesman says Walker Group is confident that it will not be damaged by the former chain's reputation. 'It was a success for a long time before it went wrong at the end and if you talk to people a lot of them don't even know it went bust. If you start with a new brand, it costs a heck of a lot to launch, an existing brand, even one that was tarnished at the end, is more cost effective.'

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