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The high-end retailers said London was falling behind its European rivals when it came to attracting shoppers.more

A protest group has launched a campaign against 'half and half' bread which has seen loaves pulled from shelves in some supermarkets. more

Shoppers have been switching away from branded sauces, cereals and drinks, and opting for supermarkets' own-brand equivalents to save money at the till, research suggests.more

Which? study reveals huge disparity in the amount of caffeine delivered by high street coffee chains.more

A major shake up at Tesco stores will see all food counters and hot delis close. Many have shut already as bosses make ‘difficult decisions’ for the business. more

Grocery price inflation has hit a record 16.7% to add a potential £788 to annual shopping bills, figures have shown. The “staggering” 2.3 percentage point jump in the four weeks to January 22 has exceeded the previous high recorded by analysts Kantar in October and is the highest figure since their recmore

What is billed as the UK's first multi-charity store has opened to shoppers. Charity Super.Mkt at Brent Cross Shopping Centre sells donated clothing supplied by 10 UK charities, including Barnardo's and Cancer Research.more

Sportswear chain JD Sports has said stored data relating to 10 million customers might be at risk after it was hit by a cyber-attack. more

Wetherspoons has confirmed the return of its popular Valentine's Day meal deal for two. The offer means pub-goers can order a two-course dinner with drinks for £22. more

Two Amazon workers said that the robots in the warehouse "are treated better than us".more

The value of frozen food bought by Polish households last year exceeded PLN 1.8 billion. Frozen vegetables and pizzas are the most frequently purchased, according to analyses by experts of the GfK Polonia Household Panel.more

Since 2008, the number of second-hand shops has fallen by as much as 40 per cent. Poles buy "second-hand" products willingly, but mainly on the Internet, reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

Marks & Spencer has warned that separate labelling for goods being sold in Northern Ireland would not be a viable change to the Northern Ireland Protocol. more

A completely free shop for people in financial difficulties has been set up in the Dutch capital, the NU portal reported. In order to shop there, however, shoppers must agree to the help of a special advisor to enable them to get their household budget in order.more

One third of Poles intend to buy a car in 2023, according to the study "Poles' wallets under the microscope". 2/3 of buyers will choose a used vehicle and will more often choose a model with a petrol engine, priced from PLN 25,000 to PLN 50,000. zloty.more

Amazon workers are staging the first ever UK strike against the online giant on Wednesday in a protest over pay. Members of the GMB union are walking out at Amazon's Coventry warehouse over what they call a "derisory" 50p an hour pay rise.more

There are growing fears that 2023 could see a wave of company collapses as the cost of living crisis continues. more

Throughout the last year, daily shopping in stores was more expensive on average by 19.1% compared to 2021. From the observed categories, the prices of fats and loose products increased the most, while the leader among the products was oil, as well as margarine, sugar, butter and dog food - showed the analysis of nearly 570 thousand. retail prices in Poland.more

More and more Dutch banks are closing physical branches, reports RTL Nieuws. Even at the beginning of this century, there were over 6,000 in the Netherlands. bank branches, and currently there are about 420 of them, a decrease of 93 percent.more

Some food firms may be using inflation as an excuse to hike prices further than necessary, the chairman of Tesco has said. more

Despite the fact that the average salary in December more than exceeded PLN 7,300 gross, in real terms, Polish women and men are getting poorer, as wage growth is not keeping pace with high inflation, commented Confederation Lewiatan's economic expert Mariusz Zielonka on the latest CSO data.more

Campaigners say long delay is adding to pollution and not including glass will break manifesto pledge.more

Shops selling illegal e-cigarettes and selling e-cigarettes to children have become the most serious retail threats in the UK, according to consumer protection officials, the BBC reported yesterday.more

Price rises in the UK slowed for a second month in a row but the cost of food including milk, cheese and eggs kept inflation at a 40-year high.more

Marks & Spencer has said it will create 3,400 jobs across Britain as part of plans to revamp its stores. It plans to open eight "full-line" stores - which stock clothes, food and homeware - in cities such as Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds in the next year.more