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House of Fraser has said it will shut its huge Oxford Street store. It will close in January 2022 after 22 years at the site following notice by the landlord.more

Marks & Spencer is to provide sandwiches and hot food to more than 2,500 Costa Coffee outlets as the retailer seeks new ways to reach commuters now working from home.more

Polish entrepreneurs have a chance to take over a part of the export market to the UK from competitors from Western Europe: Germany, France or Holland - according to an analysis published yesterday. Its authors see potential for growth in the sales of Polish foodstuffs, furniture and cosmetics, among others.more

Lidl is giving shop floor staff a pay rise, making them the highest paying supermarket in the UK. more

Amazon will stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK from 19 January, the online retail giant has told customers.more

Amazon has entered the London bus market, providing services for employees and contractors.more

Tesco became the target of a social media hate campaign over the weekend after the release of its annual Christmas advert, which this year features Santa Claus bearing a Covid vaccine pass.more

Consumers have been warned to “think twice” before buying gift cards this Christmas after almost one in 10 received a voucher over the last year for a retailer that has gone bust.more

Poles waste almost five million tons of food annually, according to research carried out as part of the three-year PROM project. More than half of the food thrown away comes from households.more

The ONS reveals which products are proving more tough to find as higher demand and the supply squeeze combine as shoppers' attention turns to the looming Christmas season.more

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has welcomed what he says is "a changing tone of discussion" in talks about the Northern Ireland Protocol. Maroš Šefčovič was talking after a meeting in London with Lord Frost.more

Due to the slowdown in production at car factories, used cars have started to become more expensive. Cars less than a year old already cost more than their new counterparts - writes today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

UK economic growth slowed between July and September as supply chain problems hindered the recovery, latest official figures show. The Office for National Statistics said consumer spending increased as Britain continued to emerge from lockdown.more

Food prices are rising at their fastest pace since August 2020, figures from data firm Kantar suggest, as supply chain disruption continues.more

From December 2020, a series of attacks against supermarkets selling Polish products took place in the Netherlands. Hyron A, a 20-year-old resident of Amsterdam, confessed to three of them. An anti-personnel mine was used in one of the attacks, local police said.more

Thanks to Brexit, France has become the third largest market for goods from Poland, after Germany and the Czech Republic, said the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).more

The UK's trade deal with the EU could collapse in a row over Northern Ireland, says a senior Irish minister. The UK is thought to be preparing to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.more

Customers are Christmas shopping early, retailer Marks & Spencer has said, with nearly half expecting to have finished buying gifts by the end of November.more

The main company in the Ikea flat-pack furniture retail empire warned that profits would fall for two successive years after the group said it would be forced to raise prices due to the supply chain crisis and higher raw material costs.more

Sainsbury’s has revealed a jump in half-year profits despite falling recent sales after its Argos business was knocked by supply chain challenges and easing demand following the lifting of pandemic restrictions.more

Due to global problems with broken supply chains, stores in Poland struggle with shortages of goods and delays in supply. This is a challenge for the sales peak that is just about to start - points out in today's issue of "Rzeczpospolita".more

Online shoppers should change their habits to improve sustainability as the e-commerce boom is set to become unmanageable in London, a new report has warned.more

The “quiet hour” has been introduced to help customers with hidden disabilities. more

Incident that prompted threat of boycott is latest front in Brexit culture war on supermarket shelves.more

Three quarters of Poles limit their spending in response to rising prices. For companies this means a great challenge, because the focus of shoppers' attention is even more than usual on promotions - writes "Rzeczpospolita" today.more