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Supermarket giant Morrisons plans to convert scores of self-scan tills to card only in a fresh blow for shoppers who rely on cash. more

Three bakeries in the Somme department in the north of France are offering baguettes in November at a price that indigent customers choose and can pay. The action is aimed at "fighting inflation", commented the head of the bakery.more

Amazon has been accused of showing contempt for UK consumer law by insisting that customers whose orders fail to arrive submit a police report in order to qualify for a refund. more

Royal Mail has been fined £5.6 million by regulator Ofcom for a “significant” failure to meet its postal delivery targets in the past financial year. more

Global beauty giant Avon is launching its first stores in Britain as it makes a major push into bricks and mortar retailing. The group is opening an initial tranche of beauty outlets in the UK within the next two months, which will be run under the Avon fascia as franchises by its representatives.more

Nearly a third of service workers have considered leaving their role because of customer hostility, research shows. New data from the Institute of Customer Service has revealed that many workers have taken sick leave after facing abuse, as a group of leading businesses has called for more police action on the issue.more

Post Office customers will soon be able to send parcels over the counter using DPD and Evri delivery services. more

Drop in retail sales also because of consumer worries over high energy bills and mortgages, surveys suggest.more

Panic buying has broken out on the Channel Islands, as forecasters issued a red warning with Storm Ciarán set to bring ‘violent’ weather with force 11 winds.more

Americans spent over $12 billion on Halloween celebrations this year, according to analyzes by the National Federation of Retailers. This is a record amount, higher than last year by about 15%. - added.more

Prices are reaching all time highs amid the Cost of Living crisis, with people's early morning caffeine fix now causing them one of the biggest expenditures. more

Negotiations between the EU and Australia on a free trade agreement have failed. Talks at the G7 summit in Osaka have stalled over disagreements over agriculture. The meeting in Japan was seen as the last chance to reach an agreement in the near future, the Belga news agency reported.more

Petrol prices should be cut by 5p a litre by the biggest fuel retailers to reflect their lower wholesale costs, the RAC has said. The motoring body also says that drivers have not yet felt the benefits of the government's 5p duty cut brought in last year.more

The rise of self-checkout machines has led to a steep decline in vacancies for supermarket jobs, new figures show. Supermarkets typically take on extra workers in the run-up to December to cope with an influx of festive shoppers.more

Wilko will return to the High Street, with the brand's new owner opening up to five shops before Christmas. The owner of the Range, which also bought Wilko's website after its collapse, will launch the first two Wilko shops in Plymouth and Exeter.more

The number of cars built in the UK increased by almost 40% last month, driven by a rise in exports, figures show. more

Airbus' main partner in Russia is the world's largest titanium producer Vsmpo-Avisma, as well as the state arms corporation Rostec, whose managing oligarch Sergei Chemezov is under sanctions, according to the investigative website Disclose.more

Exclusive: Concerns grow that post-Brexit trade deals could lead to further decline in quality as battery farm eggs are reintroduced. more

Shoplifting will be targeted like organised crime as part of a plan to help police to crack down on theft. more

The government has announced a plan to change the definition of wine, scrapping old EU regulations and allowing producers to lower the alcohol content. Current laws state wine must be at least 8.5% alcohol with most bottles on shelves between 11% to 13.5%.more

Major online firms including Amazon, Booking.com, Expedia and Tripadvisor have united to fight fake reviews. more

Netflix announced its global crackdown on password sharing was working and unveiled plans to increase prices as it announced its latest quarterly results on Wednesday. more

The Metropolitan Police plans to use facial recognition technology going forward to try to identify and arrest London's most prolific shoplifters. more

Amazon has announced it will start using drones to deliver parcels in the UK in under an hour. more

Grocery price inflation has declined again but prices are continuing to rise for consumers. A survey of over 30,000 products in Irish supermarkets by research group Kantar revealed that shoppers paid 10.5pc more for these goods in the 12 weeks to October 1 compared with the same period in 2022.more