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The Easter weekend drove strong sales across the Home category at John Lewis, delivering a record week to March 30 for Cooking and Dining, and driving sales up 11% against the like-for-like period.
Read More »Waitrose reports biggest ever week outside Xmas
Total sales (excluding petrol) at Waitrose were £140.7m in the week to March 30, representing its biggest sales week ever outside of Christmas, as shoppers stocked up with Easter treats for the long weekend ahead.
Read More »Baking & cooking tops Hobbycraft survey
New statistics reveal that baking and cooking tops the nation's list of favourite creative family activities, with nearly 75% of parents saying they regularly don aprons and reach for their whisks to bake up culinary delights with their kids, according to a survey by arts and crafts retailer Hobbycraft.
Read More »Retailers ‘punished’ by March weather
Retail footfall levels across the UK rose by 3.8% in March over February - but were 6% down on March 2012, according to the latest monthly Retail Traffic Index, compiled by Ipsos Retail Performance.
Read More »Metalrax Housewares under new ownership
Metalrax Housewares Ltd, trading as Samuel Groves, RTA and George Wilkinson, formerly part of the Metalrax Group Plc., has been sold to Cable Capital Partners Limited and has been refinanced.
Read More »Big names sign up for The Housewares Conference & Innovation Awards
Tickets for the Housewares Conference & Innovation Awards are selling fast but there are still a few places available if you act now!
Read More »‘Crockery import tax decision wrong,’ says BRC
An EU decision to keep import taxes on Chinese tableware and cookware will leave hard-pressed customers paying more, without bringing any benefits to UK manufacturers, said the British Retail Consortium (BRC) today.
Read More »New cookshop makes debut in Derbyshire
A new cookshop has opened in the Derbyshire market town of Bakewell. Doors opened to the 45sq m premises, called Bakewell Cookshop, on March 16.
Read More »Countdown to Home & Gift show
Home & Gift returns to the North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate on July 14-17, giving buyers the opportunity to stock their shelves with new ranges in time to maximise Christmas profits.
Read More »Independents’ Day is back!
Today sees the launch of this year's Independents' Day. This date has been chosen because it's exactly three months to July 4, which has been declared a nationwide day for the public to shop at independent retailers and celebrate diversity on the high street.
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