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British Retail Consortium points to ‘crippling’ business rates, the cost of living crisis and Covid as factorsBusiness live – latest updatesBritain has lost 6,000 storefronts in five years, new figures show, with financial pressures forcing shop owners…
Retail group says pretax profits almost doubled as Sports Direct improved marginsThe owner of House of Fraser has said it could close more stores, after shutting eight in the past year and declaring “the department store globally is broken”.Michael Mur…
US grocery chain tells customers not to eat Almond Windmill Cookies and Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond CookiesTrader Joe’s has recalled two of its own-branded cookies after a supplier alerted the boutique US grocery chain to suspicions of “rocks” in t…
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Handwash and bubble bath sales also fall in first six months 2023, with cost of living blamedShoppers in Britain are shunning soap and similar items, as leading supermarkets report a drop in the sales of personal hygiene products amid the cost of livin…
Quantity of goods bought rose by 0.7%, with supermarkets benefiting from hottest June on recordThe hottest June on record gave an unexpected boost to retail sales last month, with households in Great Britain buying more food and furniture despite conti…
M&S says ‘short-sighted act of self-sabotage’ leaves no choice but to review position on UK’s premier shopping streetMarks & Spencer has been refused permission to demolish and rebuild its main store on Oxford Street in the West End of London i…
CMA says stores not stoking food inflation as it looks into competition on key categories such as milk and baby foodSupermarkets must make price labels clearer so customers can more easily compare deals, the UK’s competition watchdog has said.Food reta…
Competition regulator tells business committee of ‘significant change’ in retailer’s fuel pricingAsda’s profit margins on fuel have tripled since before the pandemic, according to the competition regulator at a bad-tempered parliamentary hearing where …
Britons using Tesco Clubcard and Sainsbury’s Nectar more as costs at the checkout continue to riseGrocery price inflation has eased to 14.9%, the lowest rate since Christmas, as supermarket shoppers sought out loyalty card promotions.The fall in inflat…