Rumours are circulating that Amazon has big plans to open physical stores selling furniture and home appliances which customers may otherwise be reluctant to purchase without seeing first. 

Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £129m by the Serious Fraud Office for an accounting error which saw it overstate its expected profits for the six months ending August 23, 2014. 

Colchester-based wholesaler Wilsons has just been appointed by Glue Dots International as its UK distributor for the hardware and DIY trade sectors. 

Kingfisher-owned retailer Screwfix has won an award for customer experience at the recent Retail Week Awards. 

A five-year-old boy was so upset after hearing about the ten stolen Koi Carp from Squire's in Badshot Lea that he decided to draw 'missing' posters to try and help find the fish. 

Value shoe retailer, which operates a number of concessions in garden centres across the country, has called in administrators this week,. 

The Boutique garden event, now owned by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) will relocate to the Business Design Centre in London. 

UK-based GoInStore, a real-time technology that enables customers to virtually visit and browse a retail store, has been named as a finalist in the “Retailing Technology of the Year” category of the National Technology Awards 2017. 

Last Friday (March 17) saw more than 100 keen garden industry participants don their walking and running shoes to complete a 21 mile distance in honour of industry charity Greenfingers. 

B&Q parent group Kingfisher has announced a significant rise in its underlying and adjusted pre-tax profits, up 14.7% and 8.3% respectively, for the year to January 31, 2017. 

The owners of family-run hardware shop David Messam Ltd of Chichester have made the tough decision to close down due to rising Brexit-related costs, tough competition from the internet and out-of-town retailers as well as dwindling footfall. 

Squire’s Garden Centre in Hersham celebrated the official launch of its newly extended and refurbished garden centre last Friday (March 17) – exactly 33 years to the day since it first opened in 1984. 

The Gardenex export federation is organising the British group of exhibitors at Spoga+gafa 2017, and has secured Government grants of at least £1000 for eligible companies. 

Leekes has been named Retailer of the Year at the prestigious Cardiff Life Awards after applying for the first time. 

British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has reported a great response to an appeal it received looking for members to supply products for forthcoming primetime series: Love Your Home and Garden. 

Parent company Sainsbury’s reports good like-for-like growth for Argos in fourth quarter. 

The HTA Catering Conference and Dinner – A Piece of Cake? will have talks from garden centre operators, a chef at a five-star London hotel, as well as a look at the latest market information and a discussion on food psychology 

The owner of Chanterlands DIY and Hardware in Hull has decided to recreate the famous Hull Dead Bod icon on the shutters of his shop as part of a scheme to tidy up the local area. 

Ten extra large koi carp and one sturgeon were stolen from the display pond at Squire's Garden Centre in Badshot Lea near Farnham last Friday (March 10). 

Construction well underway on Trago Mills’ new dedicated building materials outlet, set to open in May.