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In Great Britain, the popularity of energy "bars" for smartphones is growing. The Quick-E disposable power bank is packed like chocolate and can now be bought in almost all food supermarkets.more

Mozzarella producers from Campania in southern Italy are fighting the scourge of counterfeits of their famous certified buffalo milk cheese.more

Consumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment, a report says. more

The UK could introduce tariffs on imports of food from countries with lower food safety and farming standards than the UK, using World Trade Organization rules, the environment secretary has suggested.more

IKEA UK has announced plans to open a unique, new small store format in Hammersmith, focused on making its home furnishing range easier to buy than ever before.more

Retail sales fell for the first time in 25 years last year, according to the leading UK retail industry body.more

Greggs staff are due to receive a collective £7,000,000 bonus due to an "exceptional year" of sales following the launch of the vegan sausage roll.more

A quarter of dietary supplements in Poland are not in line with the manufacturers' declarations - according to research by the National Medicines Institute. more

The average cost of a basic funeral has risen by more than 9% in a year in some regions, an insurer has suggested.more

Before Christmas, Poles stormed car dealerships. The year 2019 was the best for new car sellers in this century - the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reports.more

Ikea has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a California toddler who died when one of the company's dressers tipped onto him in 2017, the family's lawyers announced Monday.more

Adam Kupiec, 34, stated he was home on New Year's Eve when he got a validation email from Amazon declaring his parcel "was given to the resident."more

A significant increase in labor and energy costs are the factors that will boost the prices of products and services in 2020 - the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reports.more

New car registrations in the UK last year fell to their lowest level since 2013, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).more

Two brothers, aged 9 and 10, operated an illegal bar with a game room in Catania, Sicily. The discovery was made by the police who closed and confiscated the premisesmore

A court in Italy denied access to payment cards to a woman addicted to compulsive buying. Her family approached the court and faced the threat of bankruptcy because of her addiction.more

Menthol cigarettes are to be banned in the UK this year, as strict new legislation will come into force.more

Chocolate was the fastest growing supermarket product of 2019 as Brits reached for the cupboards to console themselves over Brexit.more

Most people aren't even back at work after the festive season yet, and the decorations are still up in the living room.more

People started returning unwanted gifts as early as 7am on Christmas Day, according to a parcel collection service.more

More has to be done about the number of plastic "bags for life" distributed by retailers, according to a Welsh Government report. It said the 5p levy had reduced the sale of single-use carrier bags since it was introduced in 2011.more

The European Union may need to extend the deadline for talks about a new trade relationship with Britain, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told French daily Les Echos in an interview published on Friday.more

35 percent. Poles will go on post-Christmas sales - according to the report of Santander Consumer Bank "Poles own portfolio - we love opportunities." Clothing and footwear are the most sought after sales.more

Bargain hunters braved the cold this morning as they queued outside shops for the Boxing Day sales. Pictures showed thousands of people around the country waiting eagerly for stores to open so they could snap up reduced items.more

From 2020, the trade ban in Poland will apply on all Sundays except seven in the year.more