Poundland shuts 149 stores, cuts 2,200 jobs and focuses on £1 items
Discounter relaunches Pep & Co clothing brand after a switch to ranges supplied by its former parent group hit sales
British retail sales jump as online jewellery firms offer surprise Christmas sparkle
Sales volume rise of 0.4% in December confounds forecasts as new survey shows sharp rebound in consumer confidence
B&M and The Works hit by tough Christmas trading
Retailers report weaker sales over festive period amid ‘subdued consumer confidence’
Next buyout saves footwear brand Russell & Bromley but 400 jobs likely to be lost
Retailer buys chain from administration for £3.8m adding to portfolio ranging from FatFace to Made.com
‘An evolving era of play’: UK toy sales rise for first time since pandemic
Film and TV tie-ins, Lego sets and Toniebox speakers help push sales 6% higher in 2025, after five years of no growth
UK supermarkets go all out for ‘Jab-uary’ with food for those on weight-loss drugs
M&S, Morrisons and Ocado among retailers bringing out ranges targeting shoppers taking Wegovy or similar
‘Designed for uncertainty’: windbreakers are a hit in turbulent times
From Greenland’s prime minister to Timothée Chalamet, the anorak signals a shift from aspiration to realism
‘The consumers are still out there’: why a bankruptcy for Saks Global may not spell the end
Just more than a year after the new luxury behemoth was formed, it announced it had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Saks Global files for bankruptcy after takeover leads to financial collapse
Debt-riddled retail giant’s demise has cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashion
UK retailers endure ‘drab December’ as non-food sales fall flat
Sales of clothes and computers fall, but discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl enjoy bumper trading
JD Sports plans to let shoppers buy through AI platforms
Retailer to allow ‘one-click purchases’ through assistants such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, beginning in US
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Sainsbury’s blames ‘significant headwinds’ for drop in Argos sales at Christmas
Online competition and weak consumer confidence behind fall, although sales at group’s supermarkets rose
What is Modella Capital? Firm in spotlight as Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop face collapse
Investment firm that also bought WH Smith’s high street business has reputation for rapid and hard-nosed restructuring
The Primark machine suffers a continental splutter at a bad moment
Big fall in sales in rest of Europe means split from owner’s food businesses would be distraction best avoided for year or two