Barbecue supplier Weber has teamed up with international clothing brand Ted Baker to create a series of high-fashion window displays for its Ted's Dressed to Grill summer campaign. 

The internet is now the fastest-growing distribution channel for garden products by far - and that online market will more than double by 2018. 

DIY and housewares retailer Lords of Notting Hill is adding to its London portfolio with the acquisition of the La Cuisinere cookshop in Northcote Road, Battersea SW11. 

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has received a comprehensive endorsement in the Trade Association Forum's (TAF) Best Practice Awards. 

Three charities are better off this year, thanks to recent donations from the Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association (LOFA). 

Kershaw's Garden Centre in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, is chalking up an impressive century and a half of trading this year. 

The UK non-food retail market hit its summer peak in the last week of July, making it the second busiest shopping week of the year, as reflected in the latest footfall figures from Ipsos Retail Performance. 

Screwfix's Yeovil contact centre has scooped two accolades in the South West Contact Centre Awards 2014. 

Parasene is the latest garden brand to join the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA). 

The number of empty shops in Britain remained stable in June - and at its lowest level since June 2010. 

Overall shop prices saw deflation for the fifteenth consecutive month, accelerating to 1.9%, in July. 

Doncaster-based supplier Tembé DIY and Building Products is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year. 

After 84 years in retail the Wilkinson family has split in two, with Karin Swann selling her 50% share to the remaining half of the family. 

Bulk Hardware, a supplier of bulk packed and pre-packed hardware and DIY products, is celebrating its 40th year in business with an expansion to its warehouse. 

The second quarter saw small DIY and hardware shops bucking the trend of dipping sales in independents generally. 

Morden Hall Garden Centre in Morden, Surrey, is holding a £1m sale of stock in readiness for possible closure. 

B&Q is proposing to switch its horticultural operations from Coventry to Radlett in Hertfordshire, which could results in workers losing their jobs. 

Independent retailers are being put at the top of the Totally Shows' priority list for 2015, following post 2014 show research, and a recent meeting with the events' advisory panel. 

One hundred schools stretching from the Isle of Wight to Stirling participated in the Stewart Garden Schools Campaign with Pippa Greenwood 2014. 

It has been reported that rival turnaround investors have begun working on acquisition plans following heightened speculation Home Retail Group is to sell Homebase.