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Denby Pottery has been named Tabletop Supplier of the Year for the second year running by AIS.

Middle-market cookware is being squeezed by value and top-end alternatives, delegates at this week’s Housewares Conference learned.

“The garden industry is a potentially serious player in the housewares industry,” according to leading garden industry expert, Neil Gow.

Woolworths Group increased sales 8.5% to £2.97b in the year to February 2 2008, while profit before tax and exceptional items rose from £7.3m in the previous year to £14.9m. Pre-tax profit after exceptional items fell from £16.0m to £11.7m.

Housewares retailers should be bold, take risks and believe in themselves, according to Kathy Tierney, ceo of Sur La Table – the fastest-growing cookshop chain in the US.