A designer children's clothes seller is showing online retail does not have to be done in drab warehouses to be successful.

Food wholesaler Bestway has saved 2,000 jobs after buying the retail arm of Conviviality in a £7 million deal.

A store which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack that caused £5 million of damage is now serving customers again.

A plastic packaging free grocery store promises a return to old time shopping habits.

The largest pre-owned watch retailer in the UK aims to find a new home in Kent within the next six months as it aims to expand overseas.

A US food giant has completed its takeover of a wholesaler in the county after being given the all-clear by competition authorities.

A luxury ice cream maker is branching out with the launch of a kitchenware range.

A pioneering pudding company is to open a liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour at a popular Kent shopping centre.

A council has spent £1 million on town centre shops in a different borough.

The owners of a fruit and veg shop which is closing after 70 years are urging shoppers to support small independent traders - or lose them.

The work at this shopping centre, to add an extra 50 new units and a living wall, is still on schedule to be completed next year.

The owner of Bargain Booze is set to fall into administration putting 2,500 jobs at risk.

A greeting card publisher has bought a rival firm for an undisclosed sum after its owner decided to retire.

Troubled clothing retailer New Look is to push ahead with the closure of 60 stores, including two in the county, with the loss of 980 jobs.

There are hopes for greater occupancy at the town's prime retail site.

Councillors last night voted to defer a decision to allow two national brands to set up on a retail park.

Royal London has said the toy store's potential closure has not changed its development plans but there is interest from other chains.

The site of a popular high street mini-supermarket will be auctioned off later this month.

A budget chain's desire to build a supermarket has not wavered since councillors voted to reject its planning application.

Scores of workers at a biotechnology company are set to lose their jobs after bosses decided to relocate to Mexico, China and Denmark.