Home Retail Group has confirmed to DIY Week that electricals group Best Buy Europe is close to acquiring two Homebase superstores. 

Sears Holdings turns to outside help to grow sales of the popular tool brand, as department stores struggle to sell the range. 

Solihull garden centre makes 44 plots available from £5 a week for customers who want to grow their own food this year. 

A garden centre owner in Walmersley, near Bury, is in dispute with his local council over a temporary car park, laid on green belt land. 

Echoing the price-slashing activities that took place last year, Homebase and Focus DIY respond to B&Q's 84p deal with heavy discounting on loft insulation. 

Dulux's parent company Akzo Nobel has reported a 10% decline in both sales volume and revenue for 2009. 

Customer reviews and feedback leads to 40% increase in product click-throughs on DIY giant's website www.diy.com 

Essex-based ironmongery supplier has "excellent" 2009, despite downturn in building trade. 

Carlisle station painted in technicolour stripes and kitted out with Homebase furniture for filming of home improvement chain's latest advert. 

Snow early in the year forces Kingfisher Q4 lfl sales growth back into decline after a strong third quarter. 

Suspicious blaze causes serious damage to Decorator Centre in Dorchester. 

Walmart-owned supermarket chain plans to accelerate the expansion of its Asda Living format, as well as opening 100 smaller format stores. 

DIY chain could instigate another price war after announcing a four-day extravaganza, with triple packs of insulation offered at £2.50. 

South Yorkshire-based centre adds 350-seater eatery to its 7.7acre site with the help of Malcolm Scott Consultants. 

New Cross-based cash and carry operation WACS Trade Centre appointed liquidators earlier this month and reached a resolution to wind up the business last week (Feb 8). 

Swedish retailer Ikea has dismissed two executives from its Russian operations after they were allegedly complicit in bribing a local supplier. 

Tableware manufacturer Arc International has sold Arc International Tableware UK Ltd (AITUK) for an undisclosed sum. The Pyrex brand is unaffected. 

An appeal court defeat for the company that licenses recorded music in shops is a victory for retailers, says the British Retail Consortium. 

Brits spend more than two weeks of their lives waiting for tradesmen, according to new research. 

Spectrum Brands signs agreement to bring Russell Hobbs' small appliance brands within its operating structure to form a new £3bn global company.