Retailers are now staking everything on December, as the latest footfall figures reveal another disappointing performance in November. 

Waiting in for online shopping to be delivered will cost the British economy £868m this Christmas, according to research by parcel delivery company CollectPlus. 

Dulux has announced the shortlist for its Let's Colour Awards 2014, including a fireworks display, a fashion designer and a unique art collection in London. 

US retailer Williams-Sonoma has opened its first European store in London under the West Elm furniture and room decor brand. 

Phase two of the £10m expansion at Bents Garden & Home is set to get underway in January, the company has announced. 

As the annual rush to sign up thousands of seasonal retail workers gets under way, a leading legal firm has compiled a list of top tips for employers of temporary staff. 

Sales director Mark Stewart at 'conservatory furniture' manufacturer Desser has told diyweek.net about the company's plans to expand its ranges and start selling in garden centres. 

Plans to build luxury houses on the site of a garden centre that closed earlier this year have been thrown out. 

Benross has formed a national garden retail team to focus specifically on the growing demand in the market. 

Father Christmas had a new elf recruit at Bents Garden & Home recently after a lady approached the company with a fairly unusual request. 

Solus Garden & Leisure helped young gardeners compete in an exciting gardening challenge with a donation of Joseph Bentley digging spades. 

B&Q and Morrisons have announced that they have made a deal to convert the B&Q Warehouse store in Deptford, Sunderland to include a new Fresh Format Morrisons supermarket. 

Profits from a five-year ShareSave scheme at Travis Perkins plc will see more than 7,000 employees share in its £17m maturity. 

Retail sales at Britain's biggest and busiest railway stations continue significantly to outperform the high street, latest figures from Network Rail show. 

An expert in multi-channel retailing will be speaking at the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) annual conference in January to help garden centre owners and managers get behind the digital age. 

Thousands of pounds' worth of power tools have been stolen from B&Q in King's Road, Dundee. 

Argos has announced a trial partnership with social-commerce technology company Buyapowa that will allow Argos' Facebook fans and Twitter followers to shop together and earn themselves special deals. 

IronmongeryDirect has launched a new mobile marketing campaign to promote its latest app to tradesmen on the go. 

UK profits at Carpetright improved in the half year to October 26 2013, but they slumped by a third at the company as a whole. 

Online sales at John Lewis were up 22% in the week to December 7 - the second week in a row where over a third of all trade went through its website.