Scotts Miracle-Gro said today that it had reached an agreement to acquire the own brands of stricken wholesaler Solus. 

Following successful inspections the Garden Centre Association signed up five more members last month. 

Dickie Mackay is a mannequin used by Mackays of Cambridge as a promotional tool and most recently he was filmed cycling around the city for the Tour de France. 

A long-established West Yorkshire ironmongery market stall that was set to close for good has had a last-minute reprieve. 

The latest footfall figures show that non-food retailers enjoyed a significantly better first half of the year than any since 2009. 

Choice Marketing's 12th annual conference took place last month and was attended by over 100 garden centre members and suppliers. 

The Branksome branch of Homebase in Dorset has been chosen as the destination for Argos to open a concession. 

Tool manufacturer DeWalt has taken the decision to sell its new range of hand tools exclusively to Screwfix, risking alienating some of its other retailers in the process. 

A number of independent retailers have already expressed an interest in working with Henkel to manage their adhesives and sealants offer in store. 

Like-for-like revenue growth for Irish DIY chain Woodie's is 3.2% up during the first six months of this year. 

Akzo brand announces the launch of a new augmented reality app on smartphones and tablets to let consumers virtually paint their walls with hundreds of Dulux shades and see the results in real time. 

Dunelm grew like-for-like sales 5.5% in the last quarter of its year, continuing an improving trend of previous quarters. 

Television gardening celebrity David Domoney says that as children spend more time on the internet and watching television they are becoming increasingly alienated from nature and gardening. 

With several members of staff at The Range in Ipswich having been affected by cancer over the past year, the store has decided to take a stand and fight back. 

Chemicals giant Syngenta has withdrawn a controversial application to allow its banned pesticide back on UK fields after an outcry from environmentalists concerned about declining bee populations. 

The chairman of a Kent garden centre company says business is continuing as normal after a fire broke out at one of its two sites last week. 

Ten members of a Hampshire gang who colluded in the theft of around £110,000-worth of DIY goods have today been put behind bars. 

National tool distributor Buck & Hickman is facing the closure of its 90,000sq ft distribution centre in Coventry. 

Harris Home Hardware in Canada has started the policy in a bid to prevent dog owners leaving their pets in hot cars while shopping. 

Constantine Garden Nursery in Falmouth is closing down after the centre can no longer compete with larger garden centres on pricing.