Dubbed 'Super Sunday', organisers have revealed a whole host of new activities and events to drive up visitor numbers on the first day of the 40th annual Glee. 

DIY and hardware independents enjoyed the best growth of 10 product sector retailers surveyed for the first quarter of this year. 

To coincide with International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) from May 5-11 Bord na Móna is launching a consumer compost education campaign. 

The shop workers union is calling for greater protection for store staff after new figures show that shoplifting is on the rise. 

After more than a year in fruition QD Stores has launched its new transactional website and revealed plans to open four new stores. 

A hardware independent in Eastbourne has had to shut down temporarily after a fire broke out on the premises last week. 

A United Carpets TV ad has been deemed to be misleading because it did not make it clear that there was a condition attached to free carpet fitting. 

Nearly three years after being completely gutted by fire during riots that hit London in August 2011, the Carpetright store in Tottenham has reopened. 

Next said today that it should achieve better-than-expected sales and profit this year after a strong performance in its first 13 weeks. 

Parent company Home Retail Group beats benchmark pre-tax profit predictions, as Homebase and Argos both post positive sales growth and ramp up digital side of the business. 

The timber shortage that has caused fencing supply to dry up is so severe that the problems are now likely to extend to other categories such as garden buildings. 

What More UK, the UK's largest manufacturer of plastic housewares, storage and garden products, has been awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2014 - the highest accolade in business success. 

Pet care products supplier Gardman is donating £16,000 worth of pet care products to its local animal charity, Wood Green. 

A head office expansion and creation of a state-of-the-art flagship store for The Range in Plymouth will bring in 700 jobs to the area. 

Bayer Garden is celebrating a very strong start to the season, says the company, performing ahead of the market in its key product categories and gaining market share across the board. 

Manufacturer of gourmet grill products, Napoleon, has been selected out of 250 companies as one of Canada's best managed companies. 

The B&Q store in Ore has closed and will be knocked down to make way for multi-million pound supermarket chain Aldi. 

Fashion retailer Next has opened its first standalone Home & Garden store in Cribbs Causeway Retail Park, Bristol, with the addition of its first-ever Bedshop. 

After one if its members was defrauded of more than £2,000, the British Home Enhancement Trade Association has called on suppliers to be extra vigilant about invoicing queries. 

Travis Perkins reports strong sales growth for the first quarter of 2014 ending March 31, with like-for-like sales up by 12.7%.