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Places are filling up for CHA Independents Day 2014: a practical product training day for independent cookshop retailers run by the Cookshop & Housewares Association (CHA).

'Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure' still leads 'The Mail on Sunday's' weekly bestsellers list of non-fiction hardbacks.

With Shrove Tuesday round the corner on March 4, eight pans for flipping pancakes were put through their paces in yesterday's Daily Mail (March 1).

Congratulations to all the suppliers and retailers of electrical products who were shortlisted for the Innovative Electrical Retailing (IER) Awards 2014, organised by 'Housewares Magazine's' sister title 'IER'. The final results were announced at a glittering evening ceremony on February 27 at the Tower Hotel in London.

Pie lovers everywhere are preparing to celebrate British Pie Week, which takes place next week from March 3 -9.

This time next week Cake International in Manchester will be in full swing.

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA)'s next Housewares Forum will be on March 6 at Federation House and features the Ocado commercial team.

Celebrity Kirstie Allsopp, and 79-strong craft retail chain Hobbycraft have joined forces to create a range of craft kits.

Sales at John Lewis rose 7.3% last week (to February 22) thanks to "the first real respite to the wet weather of recent weeks, combined with February half term".

The half-term holiday, weekend sporting events and spring cleaning drove a strong performance last week (to February 22) for Waitrose, with divisional sales, excluding petrol, increasing by 5.3%.