In its third quarter of the current financial year, Dunelm reports that sales grew by 9.9% to £195.4m, with like-for-like sales up 5%. 

Europe's leading home improvement retailer, Kingfisher, has entered into exclusive negotiations with Mr Bricolage, in an attempt to grow its French retail operations. 

Rapidly-growing online bathroom retailer Victoria Plumb has sold a majority stake in the business to US private equity firm TPG Capital. 

A growing confidence amongst retailers is suggested by positive new figures from shopfittings and display companies. 

The unique dogs only pet store called Barkers, is a new brand from the Pets at Home group and it has opened in Wilmslow, Cheshire. 

Builders merchant Wolseley UK has bought Fusion Provida and Utility Power Systems (UPS), two trading businesses of Fusion Group. 

New legislation under the Sustainable Use Directive requires garden retailers with a turnover of £1.6m to have a sufficient number of trained and certified staff to sell garden plant protection products. 

In a restructure of business The Garden Centre Group has moved from 12 geographical groups to six, each with a regional operations director in bid to centralise retail operations. 

Argos has been taken to task by the ad watchdog for failing to make a delivery charge clear on its website. 

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced that it is no longer in negotiations to join forces with Solus Garden & Leisure and has confirmed it will no longer supply the wholesaler. 

UK shower designer and manufacturer Roman has achieved further success in its efforts to reduce its impact on the environment. 

Among eight winners across eight categories, The Color Run took home the Colour Moment of the Year award. 

Notcutts will celebrate the opening of its redeveloped Pembury garden centre, near Tunbridge Wells, on April 11. 

As of this month, B&Q is eliminating polystyrene packaging across its range of bedding plants and introducing an eco-friendly replacement. 

'Hillier: The Plants, The People, The Passion' charts the nursery and garden centre business' story from its foundation in Winchester in 1864 to the present day, depicting its survival through war, recession and social change. 

The DIY skills the four prison officers gained from B&Q's Bob Lakey will be passed on to prisoners in Scottish prisons to increase their chances of finding employment upon release. 

Research released by Cuprinol ahead of the Shed of the Year competition, reveals that more than 14 million people in the UK now own a shed. 

One of Homebase's two stores in Coventry is the latest to be threatened with the axe as the retailer presses ahead with its programme of closures. 

In its latest announcement Carpetright predicts year ending April 2014 pre-tax profits of £3.5m to £5.5m, well below forecast of £7.8m. 

Ironmongery Direct posted a turnover of £22.1m up 22% on 2012, achieving its ninth consecutive year of growth in the process.