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The finalists in the 2013 US Housewares Design Awards have now been named, five product finalists in each of 12 categories having been selected from nearly 300 entries.

In ongoing efforts to banish the illegal timber trade, business standards company BSI and WWF-UK Global Forest & Trade Network have launched new good practice guidance.

Sales well in excess of £100m have been achieved for the first time ever in a November week at John Lewis.

The nation is going potty for Christmas pudding this year, according to discount retailer Aldi, which recorded a 43% year-on-year increase in sales during November.

Next year's Home show has put together a kitchenware advisory panel comprising some of the best-known buyers in the housewares industry.

Staff at the Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire store Watson Home Hardware are celebrating, having been announced as winners of this year's Home Hardware Christmas window dressing competition.

Bentley Brushware is celebrating after having been recognised in an awards programme that honours family businesses.

Teflon manufacturer DuPont is gearing up for its 2013 Diamond Standard Awards, which recognise excellence amongst young chefs.

John Lewis says it has made some potentially fruitful new contacts with suppliers, thanks to the British Home Enhancement Trade Association's recent Meet the Buyer day.

John Plant, who was instrumental in the development of Kitchen Craft over almost seven decades, passed away on November 22, aged 84, after a long battle with cancer.