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The designer and distributor of contemporary kitchen products, Uutensil, has become the latest housewares company to join the British Home Enhancement Trades Association.

A new multi-million-pound home dining, entertaining and gifting emporium is to be created at John Lewis's Oxford Street store, the retailer said today.

Well planned, and offering plenty to see and great networking opportunities, Ambiente is still a must-visit event says Sarah Selzer in this, the first of two special reports from Frankfurt.

A veteran of the world of cookshop and cookware retailing is the latest addition to the line-up of speakers at this year's Housewares Conference.

Square doughnuts, a resurgence of scones and ever more cupcakes - these are some of the predictions from pundits about what this year will bring to the world of cakes.

Putting what it calls a "real focus" on cookware in recent years has contributed to a boom in non-food sales at Sainsbury's - and the supermarket says there are still huge opportunities for growth.

A new survey by retail chain Hobbycraft reveals that baking is now the most popular leisure activity out of a wide range of other arts and crafts pursuits.

Retailers' operating costs have increased by 21% since 2006, and it is centrally-driven costs that have risen most rapidly.

The organiser of Spring Fair International says this year's show bucked the high street gloom, with figures released today showing that visitor numbers were up 6% over last year.

A free-to-access website providing detailed product information on non-stick coatings for housewares products has just been updated.