New services aimed at driving member sales have been credited with a sudden influx of new additions to the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) recently. 

An electric fryer that exposes users to no fewer than three different kinds of danger has been recalled. 

Exhibitors at next month's Glee are being invited to enter their products for a new Shop Window contest and win the chance to be specially showcased at the exhibition. 

The owner of a Greater Manchester garden centre feared for the safety of customers when it was targeted by a giant swarm of bees last week. 

Town centre vacancy rates edged back up to 14.6% in June 2012, despite analysts at the Local Data Company hoping that the number had peaked earlier this year. 

Members of Home Hardware received a boost this week when it was revealed that this summer's brochure has exceeded last year's sales. 

The retailer's parent company Cleeve Court Holdings Ltd has released its results for the year ending March 31, 2012, revealing a turnover increase of 2.2%. 

The owners of a Cumbrian ironmongers and hardware shop have opened up a museum at the back of the store, featuring antique anvils, plumbing tools and baking tin rollers - and two mysterious objects no one has been able to identify. 

One of two mysterious objects at a Cumbrian ironmongery and hardware shop-cum-museum, this object has been puzzling owners and visitors alike. 

It was a landmark move for Kingfisher-owned Screwfix when the retailer opened its first dedicated DIY store in Shepton Mallet March, and sources say the small-store format is working well so far. 

The ASA has banned an advert for a Miracle-Gro peat-free compost product because it said manufacturers The Scotts Company did not have adequate substantiation for the ad's "best by test" claims. 

Hot on the heals of the sale of Gardening Direct last month, Flying Brands has closed its Growing and Live Despatch Business (GLD), making sixteen Jersey-based staff members redundant. 

Retailers large and small are being invited to enter a nationwide competition to find Britain's best-dressed shop windows. 

Floorcovering and bed retailer Carpetright's sales fell 2.1% in the 12 weeks to July 21. But like-for-like turnover was up 1.7% due to store reductions. 

A man has been jailed for his part in a burglary at Burford Garden Centre. 

The British Retail Consortium Training Academy is to launch a new retail managers' development programme this September. 

Independents selling DIY/hardware and garden machinery were the two star performers in a pretty gloomy Q2 for retailers. 

While this year's weather has proved disastrous for many garden products, new figures show that the rain and snow have also benefited sales within certain garden categories. 

The retailer's new owner, Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis, is strengthening his senior management team across his existing Ryman and Boux Avenue businesses as well as the newly-acquired Robert Dyas. 

Fastening specialist Rapid is to join The European Federation of DIY Manufacturers (Fediyma) as an individual member in August.