Sainsbury’s begins offering lower prices to Nectar card holders

Supermarket’s loyalty scheme discounts follow Tesco’s successful Clubcard Prices deals

Quick lit: vending machines dispense false eyelashes, milk – and now books

The UK vending market, having recovered from lockdown, is experiencing huge growth – but is not yet in Japan’s league

Suite dreams: how luxury sofa firm Maker&Son left its clients standing

The high-end furniture maker was sold to a buyout specialist last year. Now customers and staff say they are stumbling through a paper trail to recover what they are owed

Cost of Easter rises in UK as inflation hits chocolate eggs and hot cross buns

Traditional roast lamb will also make a bigger dent this year as lamb and goat prices climb by 9.4%

Sainsbury’s defends efforts to cut plastic as shoppers call mince vac-packs ‘vile’

Retailer promises more ‘bold moves’ after beef pouches criticised as being ‘like I’ve bought someone’s kidney’

Co-op expects fall in profits amid ‘turbulent economic headwinds’

Warning for year ahead comes as profits fall 11% at grocery arm but remain steady across rest of group

Children’s author who sued John Lewis over Christmas ad loses case

Fay Evans alleged similarity between the 2019 Excitable Edgar TV campaign and her self-published book

Amazon workers in Coventry announce six new strike dates

April dates come as GMB union prepares to test support for stoppages at five other sites

Buy. Return. Repeat … What really happens when we send back unwanted clothes?

The rise and rise of online fashion stores – and their generous returns policies – has created a new industry dedicated to dealing with our unwanted clothes. But what damage is being done – to our planet and to retailers – by our boomerang shopping habits?

Abusive working conditions endemic in Spain’s strawberry farms, report claims

UK supermarkets heavily reliant on strawberries from southern Spain, where workers allege they are regularly underpaid, have passports withheld and are forced to live in unsanitary shacks

Morrisons plans to cut £700m in costs despite rise in revenue

Supermarket chain reports quarterly results and says three-year savings plan will enable it to reduce prices

Next’s success contains hard lessons for John Lewis

John Lewis’s reaction to the rise in online shopping came late

Fraud inquiry launched after foreign pork allegedly sold as British

Farmers Weekly reports that leading UK food manufacturer supplied supermarkets with sometimes rotten meat

Next expects price rises to slow this year in sign that inflation is easing

Retailer reports record annual profits of £870m after stronger-than-expected sales but says 2023 could be ‘very challenging’

Next buys Cath Kidston brand for £8.5m with remaining UK stores to close

About 125 jobs are at risk after British retailer falls into administration for second time in two years