UK retail sales were up 0.7% on a like-for-like basis this September, compared to the same month last year, when they increased 1.5% on 2011. 

The Homebase store in Bolton town centre is to close at the end of next week. 

Carpetright chief executive Darren Shapland is stepping down from the role - which he has occupied for less than two years - and from the retailer's board, with immediate effect. 

Fermoy's Garden Centre looks set to become Blue Diamond's 15th centre, with the takeover process due to be completed by mid-October, according to property consultancy firm Gilbert Evans. 

The Garden Centre Group has signed a deal with clothing retailer Bonmarché that will see the latter trial concessions within a number of centres. 

A Yorkshire garden centre manager has described as "a joke" a sentence handed out to a thief who ran over his pensioner grandfather in his car whilst trying to make a getaway. 

A DIY retailer has a new identity after becoming part of the Home Hardware group. 

DIY Week is ringing in the changes for its annual awards event, with a new date and a new venue for 2014. 

Fermoy's Garden Centre in Devon has said it is in talks about Blue Diamond taking it over. 

As part of its social media and online campaign, Yale has created an animated advice expert character that offers help and tips to its customers. 

The rise and rise of home baking helped boost 2012 sales at Lakeland 4% to £157.4m. 

The HTA has reported that garden centre sales have grown for five consecutive months and that year-to-date sales figures are above the 2012 levels. 

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has expanded its training programme by teaming up with a new partner, Vincentz Network, to take the web-based Coatings Training worldwide. 

Lakeland director of buying Matthew Canwell revealed to another record audience at BHETA's latest forum what are the retailer's hottest product categories right now. 

Phyllis Self, a former director of Wiltshire's Whitehall Garden Centre, has died at the age of 105. 

Fermoy's Garden Centre in Devon has confirmed that there are talks of it being taken over by a new owner. 

Opposition leader Ed Miliband has said a business rates freeze would provide some relief for small businesses, but others say there is much more that needs to be done. 

Sales at Poundland were up 15% to £880 million last year and 51 new stores opened. The company said it also plans to open 1,000 new stores across the UK. 

The Cookshop and Housewares Association has set the date for its next fun-filled CHA Independents Day. 

Topps Tiles is expecting to report a marginal rise in profits when it posts its full-year results on November 26.