Pyrex and Instant Pot maker files for bankruptcy protection in US
Instant Brands, which blames rising interest rates for financial problems, will continue to serve retailers
Iain Kerr obituary
Other lives: Designer and founder of companies that installed Christmas decorations worldwide
Mike Ashley stretches the edges of Frasers’ ‘ecosystem’ with AO World stake
Strategically questionable 18.9% stake in the white goods seller suggests the Sports Direct founder still can’t resist a punt
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group takes 19% stake in AO World
Move to buy £75m of shares in UK’s biggest seller of large domestic appliances
Timpson family takes £12.8m dividend after lockdown effect recedes
Demand resurfaces for dry cleaning, watch repairs and key cutting, though shoe repair remains out of favour
Would you put an erect penis on a packet of cheese? Absolutely no whey
Removing the incongruous image of the Cerne Abbas giant’s member from a dairy product was the upstanding thing to do
Profiteering? Not us, say Britain’s supermarkets, and the boss who earned £4.9m last year
Far from helping customers by absorbing soaring food costs, bosses and shareholders are enjoying a bonanza, says Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite
Which? reports Tesco to CMA over pricing of Clubcard offers
Consumer group contends that supermarket’s failure to provide unit prices could amount to ‘misleading practice’
GMB halts bid for official Amazon union claiming firm skewed staff numbers
Amazon denies union claim it drafted in 1,300 extra workers to thwart push for formal recognition at Coventry warehouse
Swizzels agrees to M&S demand to redesign its rival sweet to Percy Pig
Two firms reach ‘amicable resolution’ after high street chain argued Pigs Mugs were too similar to its brand
UK’s top bosses paid millions despite cost of living crisis, annual reports show
Bumper earnings for National Grid and M&S chiefs come as energy firms and supermarkets are accused of ‘greedflation’
M&S removes use-by dates from milk to reduce waste
Retailer switches to best-before dates, urging customers to use ‘sniff test’ before pouring good milk away
How Australian fashion fell to pieces
In the 1990s and 2000s Alannah Hill, Alice McCall and Sass & Bide became household names. Now Australians buy more clothes than ever but few are made or even designed locally. Where did it come undone?
Hard-pressed UK shoppers feel food ‘shrinkflation’
Consumers increasingly claim that manufacturers are reducing the size of products, Barclays research finds
BA, Boots and BBC staff details targeted in Russia-linked cyber-attack
Hack attributed to criminal gang hit MOVEit software used by third-party payroll provider Zellis