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UK retail sales were down 0.8% on a like-for-like basis from June 2013. Excluding Easter distortions, this is the lowest total growth recorded since May 2011, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Small electricals supplier Kenwood is sponsoring the MasterChef Restaurant & Bar and MasterChef Street Food UK Road Show.

London design-led giftware trade show Top Drawer returns in September, with an autumn/winter edition of homeware and accessories event Home running alongside.

Housewares supplier Pyrex is encouraging retailers to showcase their creativity during Pyrex National Baking Week 2014 by competing in a themed in-store or window display, with the chance to win £1,500 worth of prizes.

HousewaresLive.net and Housewares Magazine publishing director Hannah Dedman, and Housewares Conference & Innovation Awards organiser Georgia Moore, along with other staff from Datateam Publishing, took part in Cancer Research UK’s Race For Life ‘Pretty Muddy’ event at Mote Park in the Kent town of Maidstone on July 12.