Sainsbury's has announced preliminary results for the 52 weeks to March 11, 2017, with group sales at £29,112m, up 12.7% “mainly as a result of the Argos contribution.” 

The Handyman Centre in Brinsworth, Rotherham, shut up shop last weekend after 14 years, with boss Keith Foster blaming the closure on the rise of internet shopping and multiple DIY chains. 

According to new figures from the Local Data Company (LDC) and British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), traditional independent retailers opened more shops than they closed in 2016 across Great Britain. 

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced a binding offer from Exponent Private Equity LLP to acquire its international consumer business. 

American paint firm PPG has made a third attempt to buy Dulux parent Akzo Nobel, putting forward a revised cash-and-stocks offer worth €26.9 billion. 

Dobbies is reportedly looking to boost its online sales by offering UK-wide delivery supported by Ocado's technology, software and logistics as well as using the grocer's general merchandise warehouse. 

Kingfisher retailer Screwfix has issued an urgent recall on two of its heating products due to an issue involving heat build-up in the plug. 

The Glee show has updated its branding and website once again as it begins to gear up for its September outing at the NEC. 

Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries is celebrating this month after its March sales were up by 14% compared to the same month the year before. 

Travis Perkins’ Q1 results report a LFL sales growth of 2.9% for its consumer division, which includes Wickes, despite a slowdown in growth due to later Easter. 

There is still time to book your place at the annual British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) conference and awards, due to take place on May 8. 

Despite declines in kitchen and bathroom, Australian retail giant Wesfarmers posted positive sales for its operations in the UK and Ireland, which includes the Homebase chain and its first UK Bunnings store. 

Shoppers across the UK are set to splash out on home and garden essentials with the two bank holiday weekends coming up, according to new data from eBay Advertising. The week following each bank holiday will see consumers turn their attention to freshening up their homes ready for summer. 

Bunnings has confirmed that the location of its fifth UK warehouse will occupy an outlet formerly owned by its biggest rival, B&Q. 

London households are leading the way in applying for home improvements, according to industry analysts Barbour ABI and the Federation of Master Builders. 

Carpetright has announced that sales for the 12 weeks ending April 22, 2017, were up 1.4% like-for-like despite “tougher market conditions experienced across the period.” 

The owners of Thorpes Home Hardware, Gosforth High Street's longest running shop have made the difficult decision to put their business on the market. 

Sales were down 1.4% for the three months to March, marking the first quarterly decline since 2013 according to the Office for National Statistics. 

Wyevale Nurseries has recorded a 44% year-on-year increase in sales of ferns in March thanks to botanical interiors and fashion trend. 

The owners of Watlington hardware store DG Homeware, which was left completely gutted after a vicious fire on Friday, April 7, have thanked the firefighters and members of the community who helped them.