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Groupe SEB turned in a record-breaking performance last year, the cookware and small appliances giant has revealed.

British suppliers have scooped half the gongs in the inaugural Global Design Awards at the Home + Housewares Show, now running in Chicago, and on which HousewaresLive.net is running a series of special reports.

Spring Fair exhibitor Navigate was Highly Commended at the Gift of the Year awards in the Outdoor Living category for this new garden tool basket.

In this, the first in a series of special reports from the Home + Housewares Show running this week in Chicago, HousewaresLive.net suggests that any visitor expecting to get a clear steer on colour trends for the coming season must be thoroughly confused by now.

Frankfurt's Ambiente show closed its doors last month having attracted almost 10% more trade visitors than in the previous year.

Plastic food storage, lunch box and sports bottle manufacturer Sistema has joined forces with Dexam to develop its brand more widely across the independent sector.

Housewares retailers from Mexico, Finland, Brazil, Belgium and Japan have been named as Global Honorees in the annual Global Innovator Awards run by the International Housewares Assocation.

Department store chain bags top spot in Verdict consumer poll again, as well as title of top homewares retailer.

March sees the launch of a new premium range of homewares from Asda, at "affordable prices".

With the entry date now passed and the judging panels convening to choose the winners of 2011's Product of the Year Awards, the list of sponsors of the event continues to grow.