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Wolverhampton charity Power Pleas is the recipient of a new electric wheelchair, thanks in part to help from Kuhn Rikon managing director John Margetts.

Denby Pottery has been named Tabletop Supplier of the Year for the second year running by AIS.

Middle-market cookware is being squeezed by value and top-end alternatives, delegates at this week’s Housewares Conference learned.

"The garden industry is a potentially serious player in the housewares industry," according to leading garden industry expert, Neil Gow.

Woolworths Group increased sales 8.5% to £2.97b in the year to February 2 2008, while profit before tax and exceptional items rose from £7.3m in the previous year to £14.9m. Pre-tax profit after exceptional items fell from £16.0m to £11.7m.

Housewares retailers should be bold, take risks and believe in themselves, according to Kathy Tierney, ceo of Sur La Table – the fastest-growing cookshop chain in the US.

More than 120 delegates packed into the ballroom of the Millennium Mayfair Hotel in London yesterday for the inaugural Housewares Conference - and gave the event a resounding thumbs up!

Luxury items are giving the department store sector a boost, according to a new report from Verdict Research.

The International Housewares Association says that attendance at this month's International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago set a new record, with retailer registration up 6.5%.

Outlandish chef Heston Blumenthal has signed a two-year deal with Channel 4 to present a series of programmes.