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Wine rack and Popware kitchenware supplier RTA is consolidating the logistics and administration parts of its operation with its sister company, bakeware specialist GW International.

The John Lewis Partnership has done it again, topping a poll of consumers' best-loved shops just weeks after similar findings in another survey.

Andrew Smith has been appointed managing director of Fiskars Brands, which incorporates Kitchen Devils, Wilkinson Sword garden products, Sankey home and garden products and Craft.

Products selected for this year's Design Plus Awards at next month's Ambiente show come mainly from the housewares, kitchenware and tableware sectors.

Asda is opening five more Asda Living outlets this year as part of an expansion programme that will create over 7,000 new jobs.

Talks over the purchase of Waterford Wedgwood are continuing as would-be buyer KPS Capital Partners fights it out with members of the Wedgwood family.

Utensa has taken over bakeware manufacturer Dunnetts (Birmingham) after the latter called in the administrators on Thursday.

ProCook, formerly The Professional Cookware Company, is closing all 18 of its high street shops, blaming ever-increasing business rates.

Now is the time to enter the biggest and longest-established product awards in the UK's housewares, hardware, garden and diy market - the Industry Awards.

This Puzzle dinner tray is one of the products to have walked away with an accolade in the Top Drawer Spring 2009 Awards.