Non-food retailers experience disappointing shopper numbers, with a recorded 2.9% fall in footfall compared with August last year. 

Home retail chain set to create 1,800 new jobs including Christmas staff and permanent positions. 

The demise of Woolworths and customers feeling the pinch has seen discount retailers and pound shops take over prime pitches in the UK. 

Decline in consumer spending in 2010 will drive up number of business collapses, predicts BDO Stoy Hayward. 

Parent company DSG International says sales drop was better than expected for the quarter and reports an "encouraging start to the year". 

Ironmongers set to close its doors in March next year as a number of senior staff retire. 

DIY chain believes sales of the traditional lamps will continue to double this week as customers stockpile in response to EU ban. 

Grange acquires assets of fence post brand from Expamet for an undisclosed sum. 

More than 20 firefighters battled to bring the fire under control in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 

Strong sales encourage arts and crafts superstore chain to increase the rate of its store roll-out programme. 

Deadline for entry into Britain's Best Retailer Awards has been extended by a week to Friday September 4 - so there's still time to prove that you are one of the best retailers in the country. 

Garden products manufacturer is to close its Worcester office as EP Barrus takes over as exclusive UK distributor for the brand. 

Recycling technologies developer Knowaste launches new venture, which sees roofing materials manufactured from recycled plastic in nappies and incontinence products. 

News of the impending ban on opaque incandescent light bulbs has been rife but have you got your facts right and how do you plan to adapt your range? 

Weekly sales miss last year's level of trade by just 1.4% as online sales see double-digit growth and hard-hit categories experience a return. 

ICAEW's Business Confidence monitor reveals record rise in confidence and predicts that GDP will rise 0.5% this quarter, signalling the end of the recession. 

Creditors meet with Focus today to seal a company voluntary agreement that could see 5,000 jobs saved at the DIY chain. 

DIY chain pleased with outcome after majority of its creditors vote for company voluntary agreement in today's meetings. 

Will Jones will take up the new role in September, replacing Helen Hibbert who held the position in the interim, following Pam Plant's departure. 

Household goods stores pick up, driven by hardware and furniture retailers, says ONS report.