The Advertising Sales Authority (ASA) has upheld challenges against both Wickes and Better Bathrooms, which claim adverts for their respective kitchen and bathroom sales misled consumers, ruling that the ads and promotional material must not ... 

Sofa giants DFS has announced a huge annual profit decrease in its full year results for 2017 today, amid a "challenging" year. Pre-tax profits at DFS, which accounts for a quarter of the £3bn upholstered furniture market, fell 22.3 per cent to £50.... 

The grocer and general merchandise retailer recorded a rise in sales and profits in its interim results, with UK like-for-likes up 2.2%, as its turnaround strategy stays on track.Tesco plc recorded a group sales increase of 3.3% to £25.2billion for ... 

The Home Depot will join Google Express this autumn, adding the ability for its customers to shop through voice with the Assistant on Google Home, making it more convenient than ever for customers to shop however they want. In the US Google Express ... 

Shares in Topps Tiles fell over 5% earlier this morning, down 2.5% to 72.88p, after the company issued a profits warning ahead of its full year results.In a trading update, the group said 'challenging' market conditions meant it now expected full-... 

Home Secretary Amber Rudd says it will be an offence to sell corrosive substances to anyone under the age of 18 and announces crackdown on online knife sales.Her promise, announced at the Conservative Party Conference today, has been prompted by an ... 

The furniture and flooring retailer opened its 100th store during the financial year – a trading period which also saw sales climb 4.4% to £349.5million and pre-tax profit up nearly 10% to £12million.Sofa Carpet Specialist’s (SCS) performance for ... 

Home and garden retailer Wilko is expected to open a new 8,900 square foot store at Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park in Edinburgh in November.“We are delighted to have signed the lease at Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park and looking forward to serving the ... 

Timber & builders merchant Covers invited local Conservative MP Gillian Keegan to cut the ribbon, officially opening its new-look Home Ideas store in ChichesterMrs Keegan was given a tour of the showroom on Quarry Lane by store manager Richard ... 

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company filed a complaint about Westland Horticulture’s viral ad promoting its Safelawn product, questioning whether its claim that lawncare item was “safe for children and pets” was misleading.The complaint was raised with ... 

A Gloucestershire hardware store has used funding from HSBC to acquire its premises outright.Hawkins of Thornbury has acquired a property that includes the DIY merchants, space for two offices and three units that are sub-let to other businesses.The ... 

Dunelm, one of the UK’s leading homewares retailer, will be moving into the new Clock Tower Retail Park in Chelmsford in December, creating 100 new jobs as part of the move.The new 30,500 sq. ft. store at the former Britvic factory site will feature ... 

Now in its fifth year, the Screwfix Live event is set to attract thousands of visitors from today and during its weekend run. DIY Week catches up with marketing director Graham Smith while he is at the show ... 

Entry into the retailer and supplier categories of the 2018 DIY Week Awards is now open.With a host of all-new categories recognising excellence and innovation, the awards could be the perfect time for your company or product to shine.This year we ... 

IKEA Group (Ingka Holding B.V. and its controlled entities), the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, has signed a conditional agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in TaskRabbit, Inc., an on-demand services platform company. TaskRabbit ... 

The large Homebase store, on Discovery Park, Barnfield Drive, which is located on the edge of Chichester, will close on November 6, as work commences to transform it into the latest Bunnings Warehouse. The Bunnings store will open later this year. ... 

The Scandinavian furniture giants has opened a brand new £60 million store in Sheffield this morning, following an announcement of the opening date back in August. This year IKEA is celebrating 30 years in the UK, and the opening of IKEA Sheffield ... 

London hardware independent opens the doors to the first of two new additions to its store portfolio, having completely refurbished the shop on Upper Road, Islington and opened for trading in under six weeks.The new outlet is Tool Shop’s second on ... 

At Home Hardware’s Autumn Trade Show on Tuesday, September 19, DMD was voted the ‘Best Display Stand’, earning key accounts manager Rachel Procter and head of sales Rob Blackburn a cash prize of £100 and a glass trophy. Minky (Robert Winstanley) ... 

All of AkzoNobel's paint and coatings production in the Netherlands is now powered by green energy, marking another milestone on the company's journey to becoming carbon neutral by 2050.An agreement has been signed with energy company Eneco which ...