UK Black Friday off to muted start amid cost of living crisis

Number of shoppers on high streets up on last year but demand for home deliveries down 5%, say analysts

How much? ‘Worn out’ £645 Adidas Stan Smith trainers sell out at Balenciaga

Shoes look as if they have been ‘flattened by 20-ton steamroller’ and now sit on auction site at £2,500

Amazon warehouse workers stage Black Friday strikes and protests around world

On one of firm’s biggest shopping days of year, employees demand better wages and conditions

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys London tailor Gieves & Hawkes

Firm that has dressed royalty including King Charles III was on market after previous owner went bust

Dr Martens says boot prices will rise to cover increasing costs

Northamptonshire-based footwear group’s half-year results show 5% fall in profits despite 13% rise in sales

Sales boost for B&Q and Screwfix owner amid rush for energy-saving products

Kingfisher says sales of loft insulation roll more than double while smart thermostats rose by nearly a third

UK single parents skipping meals due to food price inflation, Which? finds

Consumer body says one in three lone parents forced to miss meals or visit food banks to make ends meet

EasyJet looks to over-45s in cabin crew recruitment drive

Airline launches campaign targeting ‘empty nesters’ or people looking for challenge later in life

Made.com’s unsecured creditors and suppliers to get under 2% of £187m owed

Furniture customers, Thurrock and Islington councils, Facebook and Google among those losing out after retailer’s collapse

Halfords targets retirees in recruitment drive for 1,000 roles

Retailer, which has reported halving of interim profits, also wants more women in technician jobs

G4S strike prompts fears of festive cash shortages at banks and shops

More than 1,000 staff who deliver money to firms such as Barclays, Asda and Tesco to take action

UK retailer AO World reports bigger losses amid living costs crisis

Online electrical store is cutting costs but faces ‘tough environment’ and supply chain problems

Tesco joins Asda and Lidl in rationing eggs over supply issues

Britain’s biggest supermarket chain limits customers to three boxes as avian flu outbreak hits supplies

Dear Greggs, I’m a pasty maker. Here is why you are not welcome here in Cornwall

The Cornish have favourite pasty shops like they have favourite football teams. Passable pastries don’t stand a chance, says Fergus Muller, owner of Ann’s Pasties

The savior CEO and the empty promise of ‘stakeholder capitalism’

Companies may claim to serve employees, communities and the planet – but two books show profit still comes first