Future of Wilko staff in limbo as deadline for rescue bid passes

Collapsed budget retailer’s 12,500 workers wait to hear whether buyer has emerged

UK inflation: which goods and services have changed most in price?

From fruit juice to carpets and cars to hotels, how the cost of everyday items varies

Britain’s ‘house of food’ sits on shaky foundations. To fix it, curb the big supermarkets

As major retailers rake in huge profits, they are slashing jobs, squeezing suppliers and hollowing out our food industry, writes campaigner and author Andrew Simms

Harvey Nichols boss resigns after tensions over strategy with owner

Manju Malhotra, who joined retailer 25 years ago, is understood to have disagreed over pace of change

Demand for holidaywear and food lifts M&S profit expectations

Retailer forecasts ‘significant improvement’ in interim results as Women’s World Cup tie-in boosts sales

Food price inflation in UK falls for fifth month in a row

Reduction is second sharp drop in a row as milk and sunflower oil get price cuts while eggs, sweets and chips increase again

Wilko bidders given two days to submit offers with 12,000 jobs at stake

Administrator PwC understood to have brought deadline forward as retailer risks running out of money

Amazon delays rule change for some UK sellers who warned they could go bust

One marketplace firm says Amazon is only ‘delaying the pain’ of having to wait a week for their proceeds

Biased Bank of England blames pay for inflation, never profit

Data suggests prices are rising even though production costs are flat. Yet wages remain policymakers’ chief concern

Something should be done about Oxford Street, but encouraging more visitors is not the answer

Instead of worrying about empty shops perhaps we should be thinking about creating affordable housing there

What Wilko collapse means for staff and shoppers – and who might buy it

Most day-to-day operations continuing, but expected store closures likely to result in job losses

Customer anger after Wilko helplines shut down as administrators called in

PwC says it will restart helpline and chat system ‘soon’ as it tries to find buyer for all or part of business

Why, even now, do we think a woman’s work is worth less?

Progress in Asda equal pay case may help root out sexist assumptions behind persistent gender gap

‘I’m broken-hearted’: customers mourn the end of Wilko

As the chain enters administration, its customers praise its convenience, prices and range of products – despite recent supply issues

Wilko employees: how will you be affected by store closures?

We want to hear from workers at Wilko following the news that all stores are set to close by October