Free business coaching sessions provided by Mary Portas' business partner, Peter Cross, are up for grabs by three lucky shops at next month's Pulse exhibition.

Selfridges has been named the Best Department Store in the World for a second time.

British manufacturer Stewart Home has been chosen by Harvey Nichols to supply products as part of the stores' Queen's Diamond Jubilee offer.

The past few years have seen a dramatic shrinking of the availability of retail jobs coupled with a mushrooming of the number of applicants for each one.

Retailers are taking action as new figures reveal a dramatic increase in reported incidents of abuse against shop staff.

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The giant American cookware and bakeware supplier Regal Ware is getting out of the retail market.

Businesses across the UK are starting to pay their bills faster, suggesting a tightening-up of credit management and collection policies.

Valerie Graham has named the two housewares retailers that have triumphed in its recent Maxwell & Williams product display competitions.

American homewares retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond is to buy the smaller Cost Plus Inc operation as it seeks to widen its offer.

BHETA has partnered with Thomson Local Directories, the UK's largest provider of market data, to allow members to build databases specific to their requirements.

BBC television's MasterChef presenters John Torode and Gregg Wallace have told Mail Weekend readers that Premier Housewares' OvenLove stoneware oven-to-tableware is "genius".

Brabantia is joining in with the nation's patriotic celebrations ahead of the 2012 Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by launching this limited-edition Union Jack bin.

This Sencha glass teapot is an example of the 2012 range from Randwyck, which includes a number of affordable, modern and innovative products, all shown at the recent Spring Fair.

Whitford's Eterna patented-technology non-stick now comes with the added benefit of a wide range of colour options.

Whitford says that its new, improved line of "sol-gel" non-stick coatings offers better release, better stain resistance and improved gloss.

This week's Ambiente show in Frankfurt sees the introduction by DuPont of the new Colour Collection for Teflon non-stick coating systems.

Spring Fair exhibitor Eddingtons is the distributor for a flexible sink trap that will eliminate the problems caused by a blocked household plughole.