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Parents of young children rejoice: Lidl is introducing 'fun size' supermarket trolleys to its UK stores so little ones don't get bored while you shop. more

Clothing brands and retailers should be charged a penny on every garment they sell to fund a £35 million annual recycling scheme.more

The Duchess of Cornwall has slammed 'ridiculous' fad diets that cut out dairy because they leave people at risk of developing brittle bones.more

The seats are illegal to use in the UK and a test carried out in 2014 found they could not survive a 30mph crash.more

UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has reportedly instigated a huge row at the heart of government after threatening to send a warship to the Pacific, prompting China to withdraw from trade talks with Chancellor Philip Hammond.more

The European Commission confirmed a TV report from Poland that showed a Polish beef exporting company killing sick cows and selling the meat for human consumption. more

Gardaí in Co. Louth have seized around half a million euro worth of counterfeit clothing.more

Police have issued the advice after more than 500 suspected counterfeit items estimated to be worth over £40,000 were seized in a raid on a fake perfume factory in London last month.more

Since Poland's accession to the EU, our largest trading partner is Germany. The second market for goods from Poland is the Czech Republic and the third one is the United Kingdom.more

There were big queues but free Daim bars kept first-day shoppers happy as Ikea launched its first London superstore in 14 years. more

Ikea is starting a Swiss test in which offices can rent their furniture instead of buying it. Eventually, the chain wants to give its customers the opportunity to start leasing their interior decoration, allowing people to change the look of their homes from time to time without throwing away furniture.more

Big name fast food outlets KFC and McDonalds have warned they could run out of food under a no-deal Brexit. Our exit from the EU with no deal could bring back scenes reminiscent of the KFC shortage of February last year.more

Debenhams is exploring a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) which could bring forward the closure of around 20 of its department stores this year.more

Puns aside, the mushroom industry in Ireland really is in the dark as to what will happen after Brexit.more

Shoplifting in supermarkets has increased more than 7% in the last four years, figures have shown.more

Fish and chip takeaways are selling shark to unsuspecting customers, a study has claimed.more

Fourteen EU countries have imported beef from a Polish abattoir accused of handling sick cows, and urgent checks are now under way, EU officials say.more

SaMASZ - a Polish manufacturer that is gaining ground here in Ireland - brought a delegation of Irish dealers and customers to Bialystok (Poland) to get a look inside its new factory.more

A 300 million pound project to add 30,000 square feet of new retail space to Oxford Street in London has been given the green light.more

Since its opening in the autumn of 2017 to the end of September this year, the store generated over £10 m of income. At the same time, the Gdańsk-based manufacturer has launched an online store for its flagship brand on the British market. more

Supermarkets could run short of popular fresh foods if Britain crashes out of the European Union, retail chiefs warned today.more

Officials have warned consumers about a large number of fake cigarettes found in the UK that contain dangerous substances like arsenic, rat droppings, asbestos and human faeces.more

Morrisons is introducing a reusable 20p paper bag as part of an eight-week trial in eight of its stores.more

Tesco is getting rid of 15,000 jobs and closing meat, fish and deli counters across the country, according to reports.more

Lidl is rolling out online grocery shopping across Dublin with delivery times starting at one hour, after trialling it in partnership with a home delivery start-up backed and chaired by Eamonn Quinn, whose father Feargal founded Superquinn.more