Asda strikes deal to use Ocado software for home deliveries from next year

UK’s third biggest supermarket will use tech of online grocer, which already provides support for M&S and Morrisons

Mutual retailer triples boss’s pay to £2.2m despite fall in profits

OurCoop criticised by members after withholding annual profit-share payment despite soaring executive pay

Company, which paid boss Joshua Schulman £4m in year to March, becomes latest to extend deadline to become carbon neutral

European Commission finds shoppers on Chinese website very likely to find unsafe items and imposes €200m penalty

Of 11 seasonal items in Guardian price comparison, six hit highest price in last three months, with some nearly doubling in price in last week

UK private equity investor with reputation for hard-nosed restructuring says it is backing existing management

German-owned discounter’s sales rise 8.8% year on year as households seek ways to keep bills down

Peer’s comments come as Milburn report is likely to find government has failed to tackle youth unemployment

DIY chain owner Kingfisher is top FTSE 100 riser as it sticks to full-year profit outlook

Errors and delays in tracing accounts at the trusted savings institution have compounded the stress of relatives losing loved ones

Data shows even if Iran war ends, shop price inflation on rise, while only 16% of firms left unscathed by conflict

Exclusive: Research shows cost of crime for each affected business was on average £83,000 in past year

Global events and the climate crisis have left Britain’s food system dangerously exposed and in desperate need of an overhaul

Court action represents rare attempt to hold global platforms to account for allegedly hosting scam digital shopfronts

Some locals fear Nansledan, touted as a blueprint for community-focused retail, is draining life from the town next door