UK retail sales are set to grow by 2.5% in December 2015, reaching £42bn, but the appetite for spending online is stabilising. 

Don't miss your chance to shine at the DIY Week Awards - get your entry in by Friday, November 13. 

Another good result in the third quarter means that hardware and DIY independents have now enjoyed the longest-running period of sales growth of independents across all sectors. 

In a bid to raise consumer awareness of the environmental challenges facing the planet Kingfisher stores are to offer discounts on energy-saving products to coincide with the upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Paris. 

Leading global information services provider Experian is warning that while last year's Black Friday madness overwhelmed some delivery operations, this year's follow-up will be even more challenging. 

Gorilla Glue has successfully rolled out its core range of tapes into all B&Q stores across the UK. 

Merchanting and DIY business Grafton Group is to acquire a major Dutch tools distributor, giving it its first foothold in the Netherlands. 

A delivery company says its new service that offers not only to deliver but also build self-assembly goods will be an industry first. 

Staff at each of Squire's garden centres have chosen and named their individual Charity of the Year, 2015/2016. 

UK home-shopping channel, QVC, took home four awards at the 2015 Top 50 Companies for Customer Service Awards 

Waitrose has launched a new assault on the cookshop market with the creation of a dedicated cookshop website and the announcement that it intends to ramp up significantly its presence in the sector. 

Wyevale Garden Centres (WGC) is maintaining its acquisition momentum with the announcement today that it has added Wych Cross Nurseries in Forest Row, East Sussex to its estate. 

The sponsor of the Milwaukee Yamaha team in the British Superbike Championship has seen a spike in Milwaukee power tool sales as a result. 

A British Olympic silver and World Championship gold medallist has been booked for the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) conference. 

Toolstation.com is one of the best online shops according to a major new Which? survey - and homebase.co.uk is one of the worst. 

Hillier Nurseries & Garden Centres has today announced that managing director Andrew McIndoe is to leave the company for pastures new. 

A potential repeat of last year's Black Friday mayhem has hung a questionmark over the success of Argos' Christmas this year, parent Home Retail Group (HRG) said this morning. 

For the first time since 2012 independent shops have gone into decline, closing more shops than they opened in the first half of this year. 

The Managed Services Community Fund, in partnership with Wickes, has donated £5,000 of funding to a stand-out community project, following a competition at CIH Housing 2015. 

UK manufacturer of industrial strength flooring products, Watco, has provided 180 Christmas presents for children and siblings at hospice in Surrey