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Visitor numbers at this year’s Exclusively Housewares remained on a par with those of 2007, despite the deteriorating retail environment.

The Professional Cookware Company has been bought out of administration by its management and a consortium of shareholders.

Woolworths Group sales for the first half of the year fell 3.1%, with sales in Woolworths Retail down 3.2%.

Wedding gift specialist Wrapit is trying to find a buyer or investor to avoid going into administration.

Six members of the cookshop fraternity recently enjoyed the first UK retailer trip organised by distributor Haus to the Rosle factory in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

A fall in retail sales between May and June hit a new low, the 3.9% slump being the largest since Office for National Statistics records began in 1986.

Online retailers are holding their own despite worsening conditions in the high street, with UK shoppers spending 38% more over the internet in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2007.

A number of emerging risks could plunge UK retailing into crisis over the next 10 years, according to new research from Verdict Consulting, which says that retailers must be proactive in managing these risks if they are to survive.

Bissell has moved into the pet care sector with what it describes as probably the biggest offering of pet cleaning products in the floor care market.

As knife crime gains an increasingly-high profile, the design of kitchen knives is at the centre of a growing debate.