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Lakeland has teamed up with TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp to create an exclusive range of baking accessories, which makes its debut in the housewares chain's 'autumn update' catalogue.

John Lewis launches a membership reward programme on October 30.

Waitrose has launched a new initiative to help support elderly, homeless and vulnerable people this Christmas.

Last Wednesday (October 9) saw a host of housewares retailers and suppliers honoured at the 2013 Excellence in Housewares Awards.

Staff at the Maidstone office of Datateam Business Media, where Housewares Magazine and www.HousewaresLive.net are based, did their bit for charity last month.

Now is your chance to enter the housewares industry's most prestigious programme of awards - whether you are one of our best retailers or supply one of the most successful products of 2013.

Following the success of this year's Housewares Conference & Innovation Awards, plans for the 2014 event are now well under way.

The organisers of the Housewares Innovation Awards 2014 have named the judges who will decide the very best housewares retailers and products of 2013.

The organiser of trade show Exclusively Housewares has confirmed it has a full line-up for its 2014 show - just 16 weeks after the 2013 edition closed its doors.

Total sales at Waitrose (excluding petrol) were 6.5% higher than last year in the week to September 28, with some shoppers feeling autumnal and others holding on to the last days of late summer as temperatures rose above average for the week.