Brands embrace Eurovision – and the spending power of its 180m viewers

Philadelphia, Baileys and Invivo X Unity prosecco among sponsors hoping for douze points in Liverpool

Low pay, fuel fines, cramped cabs: drivers at haulier used by major retailers speak out

Employees at Lithuanian freight operator Girteka complain of hard conditions on the road, including one who says he fell seriously ill but co-drove his truck 800 miles after emerging from hospital

The ‘coronation effect’: UK high street shelves being cleared of quiche and fizz

Fizz, quiche and bunting flying off shelves, with Britons forecast to spend £200m on weekend festivities

Next forecasts drop in spring sales amid cost of living crisis and cold weather

Chain’s CEO Simon Wolfson warns of ‘very challenging’ 2023 after signalling price rises of 7%

Ban smoking and tax fruit juice, says George Osborne

Ex-chancellor urges UK PM extend sugar tax and raise legal age for tobacco to curb obesity and cancer

Indoor outdoor: save money with products that work in home and garden

With households feeling the squeeze, more retailers are offering dual-use furnishings and gadgets

‘People like to come and browse’: Heal’s revamps its flagship store to lure back shoppers

Shop frontage for 200-year-old high-end retailer nearly doubles on London’s ‘furniture street’

More fruit and veg shortages to come as weather in UK and Spain hits crops

Record heat in southern Europe and chilly start to British growing season spell more misery for shoppers

Family behind The White Company collect £50m as brand bounces back

Upmarket homewares and clothing retailer sees pretax profits rise 18% in post-lockdown recovery

HMV to return to flagship Oxford Street store after four-year absence

First HMV shop was opened in 1921 by British composer Sir Edward Elgar and closed in 2019

Sainsbury’s and Unilever deny claims of profiteering in cost of living crisis

Supermarket chain and consumer goods company insist they are protecting shoppers from inflation surge

Etsy sellers offering fake ‘handmade’ products at ripoff prices, says Which?

Investigation finds rogue sellers charging up to seven times more for products than on other websites

Primark sales climb as prices rise and city centre stores boom

Retailer will extend online click & collect service to London and expand into Texas after strong results

Britons turn to stores’ bargain ranges as grocery price inflation stays above 17%

Cost of living squeeze continues, led by price rises for eggs, milk and cheese, say analysts Kantar

Ocado to close Hatfield warehouse, putting 2,300 jobs at risk

Online retailer to open new site in Luton but sales have fallen back after Covid lockdowns