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The outlet will open in Hammersmith, west London, on February 24 with a new ‘small store’ format.more

After years of controversy over the dog meat trade in South Korea, a chance has arisen to enact the first ban on eating the animals. A Seoul councilman has filed a draft resolution calling on the mayor to issue a ban in the city, Yonhap news agency reported yesterday.more

Polish trade coped well with COVID-19, assessed the Polish Economic Institute (PIE). Analysts pointed out that only in the period from November 2019 to November 2021, exports and imports grew by 18 and 19 percent on the Vistula River, respectively.more

London has been struck down by the Royal Mail delivery crisis - with one in three of the worst affected postcodes in the UK lying in the capital.more

The owner of fashion chain Primark plans to cut around 400 jobs across its UK stores.more

Aldi has narrowly beaten its rival Lidl to be named the cheapest supermarket of the year, as grocery prices rose by up to 9% over the past 12 months, according to an annual survey.more

Doing your big food shop and having to go through the process of checking out, whether you’re waiting in a queue or have to keep asking for help because there’s an unexpected item in the bagging area.more

Amazon has dropped plans to block UK Visa credit card payments this week, as the two sides continue to try to resolve a dispute over payment fees.more

Cooks are to be able to buy “tearless” onions for the first time when they go on sale in the UK from next week.more

The United Kingdom and India began negotiations on a free trade agreement in New Delhi yesterday. It would more than double the trade turnover between the two countries.more

Ikea has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who need to self-isolate because of Covid exposure, joining a growing list of firms changing their rules. more

Pret A Manger is to raise the pay of thousands of its workers to more than £10 per hour, following the lead of other retailers and supermarkets.more

Almost every second car from the secondary market should not be sold. They are excluded because of the deplorable technical condition or... total loss - writes today's "Puls Biznesu".more

UK supermarket sales exceeded all expectations in the fortnight leading up to Christmas as excited shoppers spent £7.1 billion on food for festivities, figures show.more

Retailer Wilko is planning to close 15 stores this year, the company has announced. more

Sainsbury's is set to become the latest UK supermarket to pay shop workers at least £10 an hour.more

More than a quarter of all new cars sold in the UK in 2021 will be those with various types of electric motors, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said yesterday.more

Online shoppers need stronger safeguards to protect them from buy now pay later (BNPL) products because many do not realise it is a form of debt, a watchdog has warned. more

It’s finally 2022 – we’ve got Christmas and New Year out of the way, and we’re still up to our eyeballs in leftover food while swearing to stick to our January diets.more

Report says climate crisis and Covid have fuelled demand for plant-based foods, secondhand goods and greener gadgets.more

Flatpack furniture specialist Ikea has confirmed it has increased the average price of products in its UK stores by 10% due to rising supply chain costs.more

In the last days of 2021, Germany visits Polish border towns to buy fireworks. They cannot buy them at home due to the federal government's ban on the sale of pyrotechnics before New Year's Eve in December, reported the British daily The Guardian.more

The Netherlands has the most expensive petrol in Europe and only Hong Kong is ahead of it in the world in this respect. For the price of a liter of unleaded petrol you have to pay over two euros in the country of tulips. We will refuel the cheapest in Venezuela and Iran.more

It's time to check those cupboards and fridges again after a number of safety warnings were issued about food from supermarkets. Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose have all issued recall warnings in recent days.more

In December the traffic in shopping centers is by one fourth bigger than a year ago. Despite this, the Internet sales are also growing at a record pace, which shows that Poles do not save money on Christmas - reports today's "Rzeczpospolita".more