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As we start to see a further loosening of Covid-related restrictions, businesses and customers alike will hopefully have more reasons for optimism come 19 July. What is clear as we emerge into the next stage is that we have to serve a very different customer landscape than pre-Covid. more

Supermarkets are preparing for a sales bonanza this weekend as Britons get set to spend an estimated £563 million in preparation for the Euro 2020 final. more

‘By getting a Black person to drink this disgusting beer for promotional purposes, they mock the victims of racism,’ says sociologist Rafal Pankowski.more

Staff in shops could face an increase in abuse and violence in stores once restrictions are eased, according to the boss of the retail industry’s trade body.more

France has hit back at a new Russian law ordering French champagne makers to label their bottles as sparkling wine. France has strict rules protecting its bubbly, meaning to be called champagne it must be from the French region that shares the name.more

Supermarket chain Morrisons has accepted a £6.3bn ($8.7bn) takeover bid by a US investment group led by the owner of Majestic Wine. Last month, the supermarket group turned down an offer from a different firm, saying it had significantly undervalued the business.more

Haribo is struggling to get its sweets to UK shops because of a shortage of delivery drivers linked to Covid-19 and Brexit.more

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