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Department store chain records "disappointing performance" in the first half, as like-for-like sales drop 9.2%.

Department store chain TJ Hughes looks set to fold after filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators this week.

The iconic but loss-making retailer Habitat has put the bulk of its stores into administration.

The administrators of the homewares and fashion chain Life & Style, RSM Tenon, are closing 22 of its stores, with the loss of almost 300 jobs.

John Newcomb, commercial director of Imperial International, was elected for a second year as president of BHETA at the association's AGM this week.

Derbyshire cookshop owner Roger Lownsbrough is taking the opportunity presented by an expiring lease to move his whole operation online.

Brabantia has named Joella Howe as its new territory manager for the north west, Midlands and East Anglia.

Toolbank - UK and Ireland's leading distributor of tools and hardware - has become the latest company in the industry to sign up for the Rainy Day Trust's Partnership scheme.

Businesses are failing to make use of publicly-available data that could protect their business from poor payers.

Over two-thirds - 66% - of social network users say they rarely pay attention to adverts on social networking sites, according to new research from Mintel.