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Shoppers reported replacement items in 47% of UK deliveries, including 62% from Asda, in Which? surveyDog chews instead of chicken breasts? Strawberries in place of bin liners? These are just some of the strangest supermarket substitutions, according t…
Service sector companies attract new business amid rising confidence and resilient consumer demandBritain’s economy is on track for a return to growth in the first three months of the year after a jump in retail sales and signs of sustained activity in…
Need to reinvent retail space is biggest concern named in survey of councils, landlords, developers and other local bodiesUp to 40% of shops will need to be reinvented into anything from go-kart tracks to food markets over the next five years or “withe…
Chain says customers will double rather then triple value of points when spending them from mid-JuneTesco has angered shoppers by announcing that it will be reducing the value of its popular Clubcard reward scheme from 14 June.The UK’s biggest retailer…
DIY chain backs B&Q Local format as it reports 40% slide in pre-tax profits to £611mB&Q could open at least 50 small and medium-sized stores across the UK as it adapts to demand for more convenient local stores where goods ordered online can be…
The chain’s mutual model was once hailed as a template, but now it needs cash amid hefty lossesCould breaking the staff-ownership model be the answer for the owner of John Lewis and Waitrose, which is considering bringing in outside investment of up to…
Lingerie and sex toy chain’s boss tapped into the female market by embracing Britain’s peculiar erotic humourAnn Summers supremo Jacqueline Gold dies aged 62When Jacqueline Gold arrived to shake up Ann Summers, the company had already been in the famil…
Businesswoman who turned sex toys and lingerie chain into household name had breast cancerJacqueline Gold, the businesswoman whose Ann Summers retail chain embraced a new wave of sexual liberation to make shopping for vibrators and lingerie an everyday…
Chairman warns of job losses after second ever full-year loss and 3% fall in sales at WaitroseJohn Lewis and Waitrose staff will not get a bonus this year as the retail group fell £234m into the red – worse than expected and its second ever full-year l…
Analysis by UK union shows large corporations have improved profits with price rises in cost of living crisisLarge corporations have fuelled inflation with price increases that go beyond rising raw materials and wages costs, pushing shopping bills to r…