Appointment Non-Exec Director

Dunelm Group plc
25 June 2007


25 June 2007

                               Dunelm Group plc

                               Board appointment


Dunelm Group plc ("Dunelm"), the specialist homewares retailer, announces the
appointment of Simon Emeny as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Simon, 41, has been a Director of Fuller, Smith and Turner PLC since 1998. In
his role as Managing Director, Fullers Inns, he leads the retail business which
encompasses the group's managed pubs, tenanted pubs and hotels.

He joined Fuller, Smith and Turner in 1996 from Bass PLC, where he progressed
through various senior management roles including strategic planning.


Geoff Cooper, Chairman of Dunelm, said:

"We are delighted to welcome Simon to Dunelm. As well as having a wealth of
experience, both of consumer-facing businesses and of PLC governance, he is a
man of considerable drive and energy. I am confident that he will add a great
deal of value to our Board."

There are no other disclosures relating to Simon Emeny's appointment to be made
under Listing Rule 9.6.13 (1) to (6).


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For further information please contact:

Dunelm Group plc                                                   0116 2644 356
Geoff Cooper, Chairman
Will Adderley, Chief Executive

Hogarth Partnership                                                020 7357 9477
Fiona Noblet



Notes to editors

Dunelm is one of the top 10 retailers operating in the £12bn UK homewares
market. At its most recent half-year end, the Group had 83 stores, branded
Dunelm Mill, of which 66 were out-of-town superstores and 17 were high street
shops. The majority of the stores are located in the Midlands or north-west of
England. Dunelm employs over 5,000 full and part time staff, the vast majority
of whom work in the stores.

Dunelm was founded in 1979 as a market stall business, selling ready-made
curtains. The first shop was opened in Leicester in 1984 and over the following
years the business developed into a successful chain of high street shops in the
Midlands specialising in soft furnishings. The first Dunelm superstore was
opened in 1991, leading to the Company's move into the broader homewares market.

The superstores provide an average of 28,000 sq ft of selling space and offer an
extensive range of up to 18,000 products across a broad spectrum of categories,
including bedding, curtains, gifts and seasonal items, cushions, bathroom
products, kitchenware, quilts, pillows and rugs. Dunelm also specialises in
offering a wide range of fabrics, made to measure curtains and a frequently
changing series of special buys. The directors are passionate about ensuring
that all ranges live up to Dunelm's philosophy of offering customers "Simply
Value for Money".

Dunelm listed on the London Stock Exchange in October 2006 (DNLM.L).



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