Ocado failing to deliver on its potential as one of UK’s great technology hopes
Firm’s automated warehouses are struggling to compete against swift deliveries from stores by bike riders
Plan to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street given official go-ahead
Sadiq Khan promises to create ‘world-leading urban space’, with remaining traffic removed this summer
Ocado to cut 1,000 jobs in £150m cost-saving drive
Retail technology business to reduce about 5% of global workforce, with two-thirds of job losses affecting UK
John Lewis scraps £500m deal to build 1,000 rental homes
Retailer said ‘fundamental shift in economic conditions’ made it hard for financial partner Aberdeen to raise funds
‘We’re losing accessibility’: the US says goodbye to the mass-market paperback
The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read
Criminals ‘systematically’ targeting UK shops, costing £400m last year, say retailers
British Retail Consortium warns over ‘endemic’ violence towards shop workers and says theft is causing anxiety
US businesses clamor for refunds after supreme court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
Refunds were not addressed by supreme court ruling, and they’ll likely play out in lower courts over extended period
‘Doubling down on meat’: is the UK’s love affair with vegetarian food over?
McDonald’s, Wagamama and others scale back plant-based choices in the UK in favour of ‘high-margin’ meat-led dishes
Stock markets rally and US dollar dips after supreme court rules against Trump’s sweeping tariffs; Hat-trick of good UK economic news – as it happened
Investors respond after US supreme court rules that Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers
Asos co-founder dies in fall from 18-storey building in Thailand
Police say UK entrepreneur Quentin Griffiths fell from 17th floor of an 18-floor condominium on 9 February
Art and antiques help lift retail sales in Great Britain to biggest monthly rise since 2024
January increase of 1.8% beats forecasts and was also driven by shoppers snapping up jewellery online
Ebay buys Depop for $1.2bn in effort to lure younger shoppers
Deal agreed to acquire British secondhand fashion resale app from Etsy as eBay attempts to fend off Amazon
Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs
BRC survey finds finance bosses expect technology to improve productivity, with 69% pessimistic about the economy
‘By the end of the day we’re just knackered’: business booms for UK’s south Asian jewellers as gold prices soar
Economic uncertainty drives customers to snap up 22-carat gold bars and coins or sell off unworn jewellery
UK shoppers warned over spread of harmful and illegal skin lightening kits
Many products contain substances banned because of serious and sometimes irreversible health risks, says CTSI