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Christmas is nearly here and that means many shops will be running with reduced hours at various points over the next week. more

According to a report from finance firm 118 118 Money, 72 per cent of survey respondents felt they were "too polite" to ask for a refund or replacement when faced with substandard goods or services.more

According to new statistics, a quarter of Brits say they will have stopped visiting physical shops in three years, despite 95 per cent of food shopping currently being done in-store.more

Supermarket chain Marks and Spencer has clashed with police over plans to sell alcohol from 7am in a London branch. more

As much as 44 percent Poles will leave this budget in e-stores this year. The residents of Poland want to spend PLN 532 on Christmas gifts - according to the study "Christmas shopping 2018" of the consulting company Deloitte.more

Amid the pre-Christmas crowd at the Skycourt shopping centre on Friday was a number of men in black who were seeking to bring comfort to the consumers of Shannon, Co Clare.more

Most Poles plan to buy presents during this year's Christmas season online, which promises to the industry an exceptionally successful season - Rzeczpospolita reports.more

Bosses at a shopping centre have said they won't allow a Christmas crib because they want to be 'religiously and politically neutral'.more

The boss of fashion chain Ted Baker has announced he is taking a leave of absence during an investigation into claims of a culture of "forced hugs" and other inappropriate behaviour towards staff.more

Walking around a supermarket, stretching to reach the long-lasting bread at the back and looking for the ripe fruit is all a bit boring, isn't it? With the Christmas rush making shops all the more hectic, Iceland has decided to make shopping fun by changing their shop floor into an ice skating rink.more

The size of boxes of chocolates that are popular at Christmas have once again shrunk in size - but not in price.more

Police in Wiltshire have revealed a shoplifter's Christmas list containing orders from 'customers.' The list was recovered from the handbag of a shoplifter left in Debenhams in Swindon.more

Matt Hancock, the health secretary, has said that a no-deal Brexit could lead to significant delays at Dover and Folkestone for goods coming into the UK for up to six months.more

A new regulation proposed by the European Commission, which removes unjustified geo-blocking in the online environment across the European Union, comes into force on 3 December 2018. This means that Europeans will no longer have to worry that a website will block access or redirect them just because they - or their credit cards - come from another country.more

Shop prices are almost unchanged from last Christmas in good news for consumers but a continuation of difficult conditions for struggling retailers, figures show. Overall prices were 0.1% higher in November compared with a year ago, making it just the third month of inflation in five years, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.more

A judge jailed a young woman for two months for causing criminal damage to a €1.50 tube of Pringle crisps in a Tesco supermarket. more

Reserved has launched a new collection in partnership with British Vogue, the first partnership of its kind in the magazine's 100-year history. The Polish fashion retailer, which opened its first UK store just last year, has launched a 10-piece collection of partywear in collaboration with the iconic fashion magazine.more

Small-town Ireland is facing a "perfect storm" which has torn the heart out of life on main street, a stark report warns today. A lack of local leadership and allowing out-of-town retail developments means that many were "decimated" since the financial crash.more

Shoppers in Britain were poised to carry on splashing the cash into Cyber Monday, with some forecasts suggesting they planned to spend more than £7bn across Black Friday and the online shopping day.more

Food companies can expect tougher measures if they do not speed up efforts to cut sugar from everyday foods, according to Public Health England (PHE).more

Every year on 26 December many families are left with empty seats around the festive dinner table because shop staff are forced to work the notorious Boxing Day sale.more

Majestic Wine has revealed plans to bring in millions of pounds of extra bottles to guard against any disruption to supply caused by Brexit.more

A range of edible insects is now on sale in Sainsbury's, and they haven't done much to disguise the fact that the packets contain nothing but seasoned crickets. They have not been ground up and shaped into crisps. They have not been ground up and shaped into dinosaurs. They have not been ground up and sprinkled over peanuts.more

Corey Stronge, 26, has helped set up Mr Ohm - a company selling hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) products such as vaporisers, capsules and oils.more

"Black Friday" in the trade industry means almost a week of shopping madness, mainly thanks to online sales, which is at least as popular as in traditional stores.more