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Sales at John Lewis rose 7.3% last week (to February 22) thanks to "the first real respite to the wet weather of recent weeks, combined with February half term".

The half-term holiday, weekend sporting events and spring cleaning drove a strong performance last week (to February 22) for Waitrose, with divisional sales, excluding petrol, increasing by 5.3%.

The BBC Good Food Show Summer is back at the NEC in Birmingham from June 12-15, with an array of housewares, a spread of local and regional produce, plus live cooking, book signings and tastings, all under one roof.

Lakeland is celebrating its 50th anniversary in June by creating a 'Lakeland 50th Anniversary Recipe Book'.

River Street Events, the organiser of the BBC Good Food Shows, has announced the launch of a new Spring Show, in the North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate. The newly confirmed line-up for the event consists of Mary Berry, John Torode, James Martin, The Hairy Bikers, Shellina Permalloo and Dhruv Baker.

Tickets for The Housewares Conference & Innovation Awards 2014 are selling like hot cakes, and with one month to go before the big event, we suggest you book your place and accommodation now to avoid disappointment.

John Lewis has announced that its new shop in York will open its doors to customers on April 10.

'Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure' leads 'The Mail on Sunday's' weekly bestsellers list of non-fiction hardbacks.

Mary Berry's much anticipated own TV show is due to hit the small screen on Monday March 3 at 8.30pm.

Housewares distributor Mistral Brands has grown sales of German mill and tea accessory specialist AdHoc over the past three years to a level that propelled the UK into becoming its number two export market outside Germany in 2013, according to Mistral Brands director John Bott.