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Rising import costs and falling migration pose a serious threat, but retail entrepreneurs are making plans to adapt.more

The Government is moving to lift the 90-year-old ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday. Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald is expected to signal in the coming days that she will not oppose a Bill in the Seanad calling for the restriction to be abolished.more

The CEO of Stockholm department store Åhlens, which was hit by a truck in Friday's Drottninggatan terror attack, has apologised and retracted a decision to open Sunday and sell smoke-damaged goods.more

Food prices rose at their fastest pace for more than three years in March as retailers passed on surging costs from the Brexit-hit pound and global commodity hikes, new figures have shown. more

A nanny has told how she was left "disgusted" after finding a snail in a tin of garden peas. Reisha Richards, 22, from Clapham, discovered the creature curled up among the canned garden peas as she prepared her dinner on Tuesday evening.more

Demand for our daily flat white or cappuccino fix may show no sign of running out of steam, but a looming shortage of baristas is threatening to scupper the coffee shop revolution.more

The British economy's strong finish to 2016 looks likely to prove a high watermark as Brexit gets underway, according to a range of indicators on Friday which pointed to a growing squeeze on consumers.more

Charging coffee lovers for every disposable cup they use could cut the number thrown away in Britain by up to 300 million each year, new research suggests.more

Cost-cutting store Poundland will start selling clothes for more than £1 in a bid to rival George at Asda. With a slogan 'Yes! Everything's £1!' it seems odd to be selling more items at more than a quid.more

A leading price comparison website has resumed the practice of concealing the cheapest energy deals from consumers in a possible breach of Ofgem rules.more

Police have begun an investigation after what appeared to be human waste was found in drinks cans delivered to a Coca Cola factory in Northern Ireland. The night shift at the Lisburn factory was disrupted last week when machines became clogged; Coca Cola said it had impounded all affected cans.more

The low-cost airline are offering flights to 50 European destinations from as little as £9.99.more

After Brexit Britain will continue to be an important trading partner for Poland, said Mateusz Morawiecki.more

Ministers must introduce tough new measures to tackle childhood obesity, including controlling the "deep discounting" by supermarkets of unhealthy foods, MPs have said.more

Revenue have seized 10,000 contraband cigarettes worth a retail value of 5,500 euros in Co Kerry. Yesterday evening, Revenue officers carried out a search under warrant of a house in the Killorglin area and uncovered the cigarettes branded 'Marlboro Red'.more

Tesco are axing 30 popular brands including Heineken, Amstel, Sol and Tiger.more

Too much salt in our diets is causing up to 14,000 preventable deaths every year according to health campaigners. And food producers, they say, are not meeting voluntary reduction targets because it would drive down their profits.more

Girls from poor backgrounds in the UK are resorting to using socks because they can't afford to buy sanitary towels or tampons.more

Grade I-listed Barsham Manor in Fakenham, Norfolk, is a red-brick Tudor pile that has played host to many guests over the past five centuries. more

Boots has begun refunding VAT to passengers at its stores in Britain's airports, following a year-long review into the controversial practice.more

A jam jar craze among middle-class shoppers has led supermarkets to charge more for an empty pot than a full one. Shopper John Kilbride spotted that empty jars were on sale for 29p more than a full jar of Bonne Maman strawberry jam in Waitrose. more

Border posts along the frontier from Louth to Derry will NOT return after the UK leaves the European Union, it has been confirmed. The British Government has ruled out a so-called hard border which would include custom posts and checkpoints.more

Supermarkets like Tesco and Morrisons are using "shocking tactics" to extort money from their suppliers, a Government watchdog has claimed. more

London Marylebone is to become the first station in the UK to make platform announcements in Mandarin and Arabic after a surge in tourists using the terminus over the past 18 months.more

Selling high calorie foods in plain packaging could help in the battle against obesity according to a leading researcher who has won a share of the most lucrative prize in neuroscience for his work on the brain's reward system.more