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Nearly 63 percent Poles check that the goods come from domestic producers before buying them; every third respondent does not do it, according to a survey conducted by UCE Research. The origin of the products is most often checked by people 60+ and aged 30-39 - indicated.more

Products such as washing machines, TVs and fridges should become easier to repair and cheaper to run under new rules coming into force. Manufacturers are now legally required to make spare parts available to people buying electrical appliances.more

Gap is closing all of its stores in the UK and Ireland and will go online only.more

The company behind Currys PC World is in talks to convey its products via Uber drivers as it looks to expand its home delivery services.more

In the night from Sunday to Monday, another possible explosive was found at the Polish supermarket in the Beverhof shopping center in Beverwijk, the police reported. A suspect has been arrested. The supermarket was twice the target of an explosion last year.more

Amazon and Google are under investigation over concerns fake five star reviews on their websites could be misleading shoppers.more

Poundland has revealed one in 10 products on sale in stores are no longer priced at its traditional £1 price point.more

Lloyds Banking Group is to close another 44 branches, blaming a lack of customers at the sites as people move to digital banking.more

Britain is to start negotiations to join a free trade area which could grant businesses access to "some of the biggest economies of the present and future", the government has said.more

For the first time since Great Britain left the single European market, Poland recorded an increase in exports to this country in April, informed the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).more

According to the survey, 84 percent of Poles at least sporadically look for information on whether the product they are buying is Polish.more

Online giant Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock every year, products that are often new and unused, ITV News can reveal.more

Royal Mail is rolling out a new uniform for postmen and women in the first change in a decade.more

The European Commission and a network of national consumer protection institutions today asked three major credit card companies - Visa, Mastercard and American Express - to change the way they communicate about potentially unfavorable recurring contracts.more

Tesco is set to launch its first checkout-free store following a successful trial for staff at its head office over the past year.more

A Polish shop in Panningen in the south of the Netherlands was set on fire this night, informed the daily "De Telegraaf". This is the third attack on this facility this month.more

Aldi has announced plans to open another 450 stores in the UK. The German discount grocer has released a “wish list” of locations for the expansion, with an aim to open 400 shops in England, 30 in Wales and 20 in Scotland.more

The government should offer vouchers to low-income homes to encourage the take-up of ultra-fast gigabit broadband, a report suggests.more

A new budget supermarket chain that will rival stores like Aldi, ASDA, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Lidl is set to open in the UK. According to reports, the chain could be as much as 30 percent cheaper than budget retailers like Aldi and Lidl.more

A trade deal between the UK and Australia has been agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his counterpart, Scott Morrison. Downing Street said the new pact meant British products such as cars, Scotch whisky, biscuits and ceramics would be cheaper to sell to Australia.more

Boris Johnson escalated his dispute with the European Union by warning he will do whatever it takes to keep goods flowing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.more

There was more pain for the high street earlier, as it emerged Gap is looking to close 19 shops in the UK and Republic of Ireland this summer.more

The UK economy grew 2.3% in April, its fastest monthly growth since July last year. Shoppers spent more on the High Street as non-essential shops reopened, and people bought more cars and caravans.more

The EU says its patience is "wearing very thin" with the UK in talks aimed at avoiding a post-Brexit trade war. Top EU official Maros Sefcovic said the UK must start checking goods entering Northern Ireland, as agreed in the 2019 Brexit "divorce" settlement.more

Sales of halogen lightbulbs are to be banned in the UK from September, with fluorescent lights to follow, under government climate change plans. The move will cut 1.26 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year and deliver consumers savings, officials say.more