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Lowe's bids for stricken US chain Orchard Supply Hardware 19-Jun-2013
US chain Orchard Supply Hardware Stores looks set to be acquired by home improvement rival Lowe's after Orchard filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.

B&Q ad campaign will focus on 'unloved rooms' 18-Jun-2013
B&Q will try to persuade consumers to transform 'unloved rooms' with the launch of a new summer advertising campaign.

Barton Grange sells Bolton to The Garden Centre Group 18-Jun-2013
The Garden Centre Group has acquired Barton Grange's Bolton branch to add to the 129 garden centres already within the group.

B&Q thieves lift £900-worth of tools 17-Jun-2013
A Cambridgeshire branch of B&Q has been targeted by thieves twice in one week.

Kingfisher makes 'great progress' in sustainability programme 17-Jun-2013
Reporting on the first year of its Net Positive sustainability programme, Kingfisher says it has already made progress against its ambitious targets.

Sika buys Everbuild Building Products 17-Jun-2013
Sika has acquired Everbuild, the UK's largest independent manufacturer of sealants, adhesives and construction chemicals, to help strengthen its position in the builder's merchant market.

Bord na Móna supports RSPB show garden 17-Jun-2013
Bord na Móna UK has supplied a pallet of its RSPB-branded Vital Earth compost to plant up the bird protection charity's show garden at BBC Gardeners' World Live.

Record sales boost Durston Garden Products 14-Jun-2013
Growing media supplier Durston Garden Products has recorded its highest sales figures ever since the company was established in 1860, despite the continued economic downturn and poor weather.

Former Tile Giant and Topps bosses launch Tile Mountain 13-Jun-2013
Mo Iqbal, former owner of Tile Giant, has joined forces with former Topps Tiles commercial director Jeremy Harris to form a specialist tiles etailer called Tile Mountain.

Suppliers give Exclusively Housewares the thumbs up 13-Jun-2013
The Business Design Centre, London, was packed to the rafters once again for Exclusively Housewares this week, with suppliers and retailers crossing the country to mull over the latest trends at the forefront of the homewares industry.

REMINDER: DIY Week contact details have changed 13-Jun-2013
Following DIY Week magazine and diyweek.net's move to new owner Datateam Publishing this spring, you will no longer be able to contact the team using the old Faversham House contact details.

Homebase sees marginal sales increase during Q1 13-Jun-2013
Following several consecutive reports of depressed sales, Home Retail Group's Homebase has reported sales growth for the 13 weeks to June 1, 2013, albeit marginal and "behind expectations".

B&Q links with prisoners for tool recycling trial 12-Jun-2013
B&Q is launching a trial tool trade-in in Bristol this week, which will invite people to hand in broken or old garden hand tools for recycling in return for a saving on replacement tools.

Cheshire names potential heirs to Kingfisher throne 12-Jun-2013
Kingfisher CEO Ian Cheshire has named two of his colleagues as his possible successors after he leaves the company.

'Tesco order' scam still targeting suppliers 12-Jun-2013
Fraudsters are still operating a scam whereby suppliers are led to believe that Tesco wants to place an order with them.

May bank holidays boost garden and DIY 11-Jun-2013
Consumers spent £20m more on DIY during the two weeks around the May 27 bank holiday than they did last year.

DIY Summit in Rome is a global success 11-Jun-2013
More than 600 delegates and participants flocked to Rome from more than 41 countries, including Australia, Peru and Russia, for the 2nd Global DIY Summit last week, chaired by EDRA, fediyma and GHIN.

Lords launches 'completely different' flagship store 10-Jun-2013
London-based chain Lords has opened a new flagship store in the west of the capital which it says is unlike anything seen before in the hardware and DIY market.

Hall’s Mica Hardware notches up 25 years in business 10-Jun-2013
Chapel‐en‐le‐Frith store Hall’s Mica Hardware has celebrated its quarter-century in business this year with a weekend of giveaways, special offers and a charity prize draw.

Recycling enterprise offers DIYers cheap timber 7-Jun-2013
A former banker is now helping to reduce the amount of timber waste going to landfill by recycling it for use by DIY enthusiasts.


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