Poland has not yet implemented the EU's Omnibus Directive, so stretched promotions will continue to reign on the Internet. Especially on the occasion of Black Friday, which, although a month away, is already in full swing," we read in today's Rzeczpospolita.more
Around 1,300 McColl’s workers are at risk of redundancy as part of proposals to shut 132 loss-making stores.
Morrisons, which rescued the convenience chain from administration earlier this year, confirmed the news this afternoon.more
Marks & Spencer is to begin hiring out capsule wardrobes of 10 different outfits for up to a month, promising a more environmentally friendly and economical way for shoppers to regularly change their look.more
With the clocks going back this Sunday (October 30), and crisp winter days ahead, many will head to coffee shops for a drink to help warm the cockles and tickle the tastebuds.more
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has notified Royal Mail they plan to call on their members who collect, sort, distribute and deliver parcels and letters to take strike action in November.more
Supermarket chain Morrisons and food manufacturer Heinz have joined forces to announce a new initiative to support hungry people without money with a free lunch.more
According to an analysis of prices from nearly 19,000 stores, candles became more expensive on average by more than 19% year-on-year. The strongest increase was in supermarkets and hypermarkets - by more than 38% and 33%, respectively. Of the five formats surveyed, reductions were recorded only in cash&carry - by nearly 5%.more
Car prices on the secondary market continue to rise, according to data from the autobaza.pl website for Q3 of this year. During the period, the cheapest vehicles up to PLN 10,000 were 7 percent less than in Q2. The number of electric car listings, however, increased by about 10 percent kdk, it added.more
Canadian retailers can henceforth charge an additional fee to customers who pay by credit card. A measure went into effect in October that allows the credit card issuer to pass on to customers the fee charged to the merchant.more
Royal Mail would like to remind you that the period during which traditional postage stamps without a barcode can still be used is coming to an end. After January 31, they will become invalid.more
This year's Christmas parcel peak will be different from all the ones so far - instead of a boom, we are facing a brake. Courier companies are raising service prices and introducing additional fees, the "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more
Britons buy more new items of clothing each year than people living in any other country in Europe. The average Briton owns 76 items of clothing, but throws away 72 of them each year, reports the " Telegraph" daily.more
Tesco Meal Deals are practically a British staple at this point, and the supermarket’s drink, sandwich and crisp combo is a lifesaver - especially when you leave your lunch at home.more
Canadians will be able to order legal marijuana straight to their door via UberEats from October 17.
The delivery service is working with the cannabis website Leafly to make the drug available for delivery in the country's capital Toronto.more
There is an eerie silence in a shopping centre beneath London Waterloo, the station from which Eurostar trains once whisked people from the capital to mainland Europe.more
The M&S supermarket chain intends to close 67 out of 247 large stores in Great Britain. This means that in practice every 4th large stationary point of the network will be closed.more