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Shops around the UK are holding clearance sales of merchandise following the collapse of Royal Worcester & Spode into administration.

Eddingtons has announced today that it is acquiring cookware company Beka UK.

Housewares retailers across the country are celebrating after being proclaimed winners at this week’s Britain’s Best Retailer Awards 2008 event.

Woolworths' shares were suspended for a short period this morning after the retailer announced that it was in talks to sell its retail operation.

Home cooking will benefit next year from a growing desire by people to simplify their lives.

Sustainability will be the most significant trend in products next autumn and winter, according to new research carried out by Spring Fair International.

Bakeware and utensils specialist Utensa has announced the appointment of two new members of its team.

Department store retailer Beales has opened a Salt & Pepper shop-within-a-shop at its Horsham branch - the first time the European concept has been seen in full in the UK.

Christmas retail sales this year will stagnate, showing 0% growth - a marked contrast to the average 5% growth in seasonal spending seen each year since the start of the millennium.

With the average tea drinker boiling twice the amount of water needed for every one of the 165m cups of tea consumed daily, sustainable business organisation Envirowise is calling on office workers to become more resource conscious when making their brew.

Major US kitchenware retailer and catalogue operator Williams-Sonoma says it is “reacting aggressively” to the economic downturn, which has progressively slashed sales over the past three months.