Sunak food summit promises star guest and lots of rhubarb
It’s hard to see the PM’s talks with farmers, store chiefs and the (rumoured) odd TV star producing concrete proposals
Why are UK food prices still rocketing and when will it stop?
Costs are falling yet shopping bills rise. Something doesn’t add up and experts point to ‘greedflation’ on the part of big retailers
What has gone wrong at John Lewis and Waitrose – and can they survive?
Sharon White has survived a staff rebellion, but the boss of middle England’s favourite retailer is under pressure to rethink her strategy
Tesco boss earned almost £4.5m in 2022 despite profits halving
As shoppers faced price rises, Ken Murphy’s basic salary rose, although his overall pay package fell
THG shares fall after failed takeover talks with Apollo
Investors, who have wiped out 90% of THG’s market value since September 2020, react to the latest development
Sharon White still needs to be clearer about John Lewis’s mutual status
How can there be ‘no question’ of demutualisation if the board ‘could consider’ bringing in an outside investor?
Fast fashion but slow progress at loss-making Asos
Covid lockdown boom masked flaws until it didn’t – and the loss of £291m in six months was worse than expected
John Lewis staff rebuke Sharon White over losses but back her to continue
Retailer to remain employee-owned, vows chair after row about reported plans to sell stake in partnership to investors
Asos falls £291m into the red as shoppers return to high street
‘Challenging trading backdrop' for online fashion retailer, with sales down more than expected
John Lewis boss faces confidence vote as business considers ways to seek new funds
Sharon White wants to bring in investors to build flats above stores, potentially leading to the sale of stake in the business
Tesco chair accused of inappropriate behaviour by four women
Exclusive: John Allan, a prominent business leader and former CBI president, denies all but one of the allegations
Deloitte under investigation over audit for retailer Joules
Financial Reporting Council to look at group’s 2021 accounts, a year before it went into administration
Sainsbury’s cuts prices of own-label bread and butter
Move by UK’s second-largest supermarket raises hopes that food inflation will start to come down
UK shoppers cut spending amid pressure on Bank of England over inflation
Sluggish retail sales and credit card spending figures add to fears for British economy
In defence of UK supermarkets: they probably aren’t profiteering
Sainsbury’s and Tesco figures show profit levels aren’t eye-watering, but historically normal