Supermarket chain's interim results reveal sales and profit rise in the face of credit crunch. 

Argos has announced it has begun the search for thousands of extra staff to man its 700-plus branches over the Christmas period. 

Joy, the high street fashion and homewares chain which is parent company of the Hob cookshop and food stores, is the latest casualty of the economic downturn. 

It has been announced that the Indian parent company of home textile and soft furnishings retailer Rosebys, has bought the brand name after the chain entered administration on Friday. 

Sadie Chalkley, managing director of Tenbury Wells hardware and housewares retailer J G Banfield will assume the BHF Group chain of office in 2009. In doing so she will become the first woman to lead the trade association. 

World's largest paint manufacturer also plans to defer share buyback programme. 

Fireside accessories company rewarded for innovation and 'high standard' on stand at Autumn Trade Show. 

Association aims to help answer questions about economic downturn and believes retailers and suppliers alike have 'good times' ahead. 

Hardware and diy retailers throughout the UK are being encouraged to support the Rainy Day Trust's latest fund-raising initiative: collecting tins. 

Dutch-born Smit rewarded for considerable contribution to world-class horticulture via his transformation of the Lost Gardens of Heligan into one of the most visited gardens in the UK, and creating a cradle of life at the Eden Project. 

Planning permission granted for a new 'World of Plants' at Hayes Garden Centre in Ambleside, in the Lake District National Park. 

'Significantly' escalating costs from suppliers, and weather-hit peat harvest forces producer of commercial horticulture and branded garden products to seek alternative suppliers. 

Central Statistics Office figures show the economy has technically entered recession. 

Plant wholesaler and aggregates supplier rewarded for consistency of supply, merchandising and customer service. 

Award-winning Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert has been confirmed as the guest compere at the 2008 Britain's Best Retailer Awards dinner in Manchester on Tuesday November 18. 

The tool sector has a 'new market force', which will offer a complete tool range says John Lovatt, managing director at SNA Europe. 

Cambridgeshire garden centre named top performer in awards that celebrate the hard work of independent garden centres across the country in display and sales. 

Proposed merger will assist in meeting customer expectations and allow the new company to offer a wide range of products that meet all sourcing criteria, says md of Belle. 

Innovation of suppliers and retailers from across the garden, pet and leisure industries recognised in the coveted Glee Awards. 

Surge in visitor numbers on second day of show, makes up for a quiet opening.