Rising travel expenses result in Brits spend more than £770 a year getting to the shops - before they have even bought anything. 

Some of the sights and stands spotted by DIY Week at this year's show. 

Retailers are "surprised and dismayed" after a £1bn environmental stealth tax was revealed in the Comprehensive Spending Review yesterday. 

Despite weak housing and construction market, Dulux parent company reports revenue increase but remains 'cautiously optimistic'. 

The inventors of the Grillstream grill tray will be featured on Dragons' Den this Sunday in a follow-up program to their first appearance back in August 2009. 

Asda income tracker reports ninth consecutive month of decline, with average UK household £4 a week worse off compared with last year. 

Home Retail Group has confirmed a profit decline of nearly a quarter for the first half of 2010. 

Basic home security measures are being ignored, despite the risk of burglary creating a huge security equipment industry, according to new research from Mintel. 

Click and Collect service is rolled out to an additional 21 Waitrose branches, meaning shoppers will now be able pick-up John Lewis products along with their groceries. 

Garden centre chain Notcutts opened the second of its new Deck The Halls Christmas stores in The Centre: MK in Milton Keynes last week. 

Iconic tableware brand Denby has added its name to the list of big industry names supporting this Year's Britain's Best Retailer Awards. 

Award-winning garden and home centre set to open specialist shop at Liverpool One this month. 

Marwood Events has announced that the 2011 Hard Landscaping Show (HLS) is moving to 2012. 

More than 26,500 retailers could disappear from the high street by 2015 as consumers become increasingly canny, according to new research from accountancy firm BDO. 

Barry Cropper (1953 - 2010), formerly of Beachwood Brushes, Mosley-Stone, Stanley, Lynwood Products and latterly A D Plastics, passed away on Wednesday October 6 following a fight against cancer. 

As preparations for winter begin the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Age UK are warning people to be wary of rogue doorstep traders offering home improvement services. 

More than half of Britain's small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) now use social media, according to a new survey from the Forum of Private Business (FPB). 

Kingfisher group commercial director Veronique Laury is to relocate to the UK from France to head up the commercial team on the B&Q board. 

Christmas 2010 is set to be the best Christmas for retailers since 2007, according to a new study from Verdict Research. 

DSG-owned electrical chain Currys has launched no-frills range of small and large kitchen appliances at value prices.