Whilst UK consumers are expected to spend £4.5billion shopping by the first Saturday of December, the figure is dwarfed by the huge amount set to be splashed out on home improvements rather than presents under the tree.New research from AA Financial ... 

ManoMano, the online-platform for DIY, becomes a member of EDRA/GHIN. The Board of the European DIY Retail Association (EDRA) is pleased to announce that ManoMano, the online platform for DIY products, will join the association with effect from 1 ... 

Despite many shoppers opting to buy online during Black Friday, a number of the John Lewis shops enjoyed a record week last week, with the retailer reporting strong trading across both its physical stores and website.The department store business ... 

Tile specialist Topps Tiles plc, has announced its annual financial results for the 52 weeks ended 29 September 2018. The net debt has been reported as reduced by £11.3 million year-on-year to £16.2 million with a £35.0 million loan facility now in ... 

Westland’s wild bird food brand Peckish has signed up to sponsor the Channel 4 weather bulletins from January 1 until the end of February and will champion feeding wild birds to more than 12.5million consumers.Off the back of strong brand growth ... 

Footfall on Black Friday dropped 5.4% compared to 2017, but online sales had skyrocketed 46% year on year by 4pm, Springboard reports.There was similiarly lower footfall over the weekend as shoppers avoided the crush. Saturday’s figures were down 5.... 

Home retail giant Homebase has confirmed it has secured an asset-based lending facility of up to £95m with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC). “We are really pleased to have secured lending facilities from ... 

Home sales were down by 14.7% at John Lewis & Partners over the past week, as competitor discounts tailed off in anticipation of price drops during today’s Black Friday event.... 

Sales in outdoor plant areas at garden centres across the country performed better than other categories in October according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) report.Compared to last year (2017) sales of outdoor ... 

New data finds that 72% more UK retailers are taking part in Black Friday this year, compared to 2017, with even bigger price cuts and more stores than ever before getting involved in the day of deals ... 

Wyevale Garden Centres (WGC) has, today, announced deals that will see four centres bought by discount goods and garden retailer In-Excess Ltd, and another purchased by architectural salvage and antiques business English Salvage Ltd... 

Kingfisher’s Q3 results reveal a 2.9% LFL decline in sales in the UK & Ireland, as the axing of Homefit took its toll. The global company also announced plans to pull out of Spain, Portugal and Russia, in a bid to focus on more profitable ... 

Ikea has announced it is accelerating its transformation, stepping up investments in new and existing Ikea stores and fulfilment centres, developing city centre formats and focusing on its e-commerce platform, to better meet the needs of its ... 

Following speculation that money raised from the sale of six B&Q stores would be used to fund Kingfisher’s transformation plan, the global home improvement giant has said this is not the case.A report in the Sunday Times suggested that CEO ... 

Garland Products/Worth Gardening is urging retailers to secure stocks from suppliers, as demand for garden products soar – with Garland's sales up 90% in the past month.The garden care products manufacturer has reported a significant surge... 

Home appliance e-tailer is predicting its biggest day for online sales on Friday and has already seen a 70% jump in traffic to the Black Friday area of website, as customers seek deals on branded appliances and household gadgets. AppliancesDirect.co.... 

Black Friday footfall is forecast to drop by 3.7% across the UK, as consumers head online to shop deals rather than heading out to the high street – although internet sales growth will still not match last year, thanks to poor timing, price ... 

Following news that Tile Mountain chairman Mo Iqbal acquired Capitol Tiles’ distribution operations after it went into administration, it has been revealed that retailer BC Ceramics has bought six of Capitol’s 11 remaining retail outlets in a ... 

Akzo Nobel announces it is to conduct €2 billion capital repayment and share consolidation, returning vast majority of net proceeds from sale of Specialty Chemicals, stating it is now “a focused paints and coatings company”... 

Visa debuted its first-ever Christmas advert last week, with the campaign featuring real independent businesses and urging consumers to shop their local high street.The commercial first aired on ITV on Friday, November 9 at 7.45pm and has had ...