High silver levels in some period pants could pose health risk, study says

Women warned to consider potential effect of wearing brands that contain notably higher quantities of metal

Ikea owner buys Brighton shopping mall, its second in the UK

Firm plans to convert empty Debenhams site in city centre as part of its ‘global expansion strategy’

Unexpected human at the till: cashiers are making a comeback

Machinery is rendering shopping into a soulless, isolating experience, but at last one supermarket is bucking the trend

‘People are worried’: the ‘prepper’ shops serving Britons who fear doomsday is coming

Spurred by lockdowns, floods and war in Europe, retail demand for survival supplies is rising steeply in the UK

How M&S regained its place as UK’s top womenswear retailer

Four years after it fell out of the FTSE 100 the high street brand is again boasting strong sales

‘It was a case study for what not to do’: the regeneration project that became a £100m luxury ghost town

The plan was to take old railway arches in a run-down area of east London and turn them into a high-end fashion hub. Instead, Hackney Walk ended up deserted. What went so disastrously wrong?

Many unhappy returns: UK retailers count the costly growth in sent-back items

Mounting waste, rising costs and shrinking profits prompt firms to find ways to deter shoppers from sending stuff back

Booths supermarkets to ditch self-checkouts in north of England stores

Supermarket chain to remove self-checkouts from all but two of its stores, saying ‘we’re not great fans’

Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith

Singer’s tell-all book and Richard Osman’s latest crime novel boosting pre-Christmas sales, says retailer

Shop like a billionaire? I bought six items from Temu – the app that’s sweeping the world

Amid the cost of living crisis, China’s answer to Amazon is proving wildly popular, with more than 100m app downloads this year. But are the items any good?

John Lewis Christmas ad snaps back on track with a Venus flytrap

Retailer reboots ‘child-makes-unusual-friend’ formula but drops the usual pop cover – bringing in tenor Andrea Bocelli instead

M&S regains crown of UK’s top womenswear retailer as profits jump

Marks & Spencer will pay out almost £20m to shareholders in January in first dividend since 2019

AI Pictionary and a ‘robo-dog’ make UK shops’ hottest Christmas toy lists

Retailers hope new version of top-selling board game plus Dog-E will help fuel festive sales recovery

UK food inflation may be gone by Easter, claims boss of major retailer

Upbeat comments by Associated British Foods CEO come as grocery price rises fall to single digits for first time in 18 months

UK grocery inflation falls to single digits for first time this year

Butter, dried pasta and milk among items to show drops as supermarket price rises slow