Tequila overtakes gin as the UK’s favourite warm-weather spirit

Publicans say celebrity-backed brands have helped the take-up of a ‘slightly lighter alternative’ to the classic G&T

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege

The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California’s attorney general

Victoria Beckham ties up with Gap as retailer hopes luxe push will drive comeback

Ex-Mattel boss behind Barbiemania pivots retailer towards more premium fashion after reopening UK stores

ABF poised to reveal result of Primark and food business demerger plan

Retail analysts say breaking up food and fashion group would make sense in challenging business environment

Next chief Simon Wolfson paid record £7.4m – and could get far more this year

‘Sustained outperformance’ merits pay rise, says company after it ups profit guidance to £1.2bn for year to January 2027

Tesco warns profits could fall amid Iran war uncertainty

Boss Ken Murphy plays down food inflation fears as supermarket’s annual profits rise by 8.5% to £2.4bn

UK could face gaps on supermarket shelves by summer if Iran war continues

Ministers drawing up contingency plans for ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ if supply of CO2 is disrupted

Wildings in Newport, Wales: the grand department store that became an illicit cannabis farm

For decades, Wildings was the poshest shop in town. But since it closed down in 2019, the storied building has fallen into disrepair and been commandeered as a drug den and a skate park. What happened?

Lidl and Iceland ads are first banned under new UK junk food rules

ASA rules ads on Instagram and Daily Mail website broke ban on promoting items high in fat, salt and sugar

We lost £3,000 after collapse of Ikea’s solar panel installer

Swedish retailer continued to advertise partnership with Soly and failed to offer me any advice

Can the Punk Rock flea market save the soul of Seattle?

In 20 years, the institution has seen the city change from a low-stakes, overachieving cultural incubator to the US’s hub of neoliberal corporate capitalism

Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase

Credit can be used to offset future bills as full-year losses at UK division widen to £41.3m and it adds 92 stores

Lidl to open 50 UK stores in year ahead – and its first pub

Almost 2,000 jobs will be created, with retailer vying to overtake Morrisons as Britain’s fifth largest supermarket

Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread

Falling sales end production of condiment created in 1828 – but London restaurant Simpson’s keeps it on the menu

John Lewis boss’s pay rises to £1.2m as retailer cuts 3,300 jobs

Jason Tarry sees salary increase by 21% in year to January, while fewer people are employed at John Lewis and Waitrose stores