Former RTA Wine Racks managing director Carl Saunders has this week joined cookware supplier Hahn Trading Company as export director.
Read More »TV chefs and scratch cooking boost kitchenware sales
Driven by celebrity chefs and home cooking, the UK kitchenware market grew by 4% in 2008 to an estimated £828m at RSP - an 11.5% increase in value since 2004.
Read More »Shoppers queue all week for John Lewis at Home
Would-be shoppers have been queuing outside the first new John Lewis at Home store all week – even though the doors did not open until 10am today.
Read More »‘Creditable performance’ at Debenhams sees 13.7% profit rise
Debenhams announced today that it had achieved a 13.7% rise in pre-tax profit to £125.2m in the year to August 29 2009.
Read More »Argos and Homebase results ‘exceed expectations’
The performance of both Argos and Homebase was better than expected in the half year to August 29, Home Retail Group chief executive Terry Duddy said this morning.
Read More »Habitat could be put up for sale
Loss-making Habitat could be put up for sale, according to reports this weekend.
Read More »Villeroy & Boch presents awards to AA Rosette winners
Villeroy & Boch managing director Patrick Heeley presented the winners of this year’s AA Rosette Awards with their ceremonial plates – which are produced by the company.
Read More »Hard-hit retailers call for extension of trade credit top-up scheme
The reduction or withdrawal of trade credit insurance has had a negative impact on a significant number of retailers.
Read More »TJ Hughes opens in Walsall’s former Woolies
Big brand discount department store TJ Hughes opened its latest store on Friday, in Walsall.
Read More »Consumers ‘don’t know they can recycle small appliances’
Kettles and irons are some of the small appliances that consumers are most likely to throw out rather than recycle.
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