Global economic growth will slow amid Trump tariffs, IMF warns – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as ECB reduces main interest rate from 2.5% to 2.25%, the seventh cut in a year

Sainsbury’s expects supermarket price war and rising costs to hit profits

Group joins UK retailers’ £1bn profits club but warns of flat year ahead despite cost-cutting plans

Shein says ‘operating expenses have gone up’ as both Chinese retailers also drop ad spending in US

Carl Cowling says there is ‘no logic’ in why there would be inflation as east Asian suppliers seek alternatives to the US

Spring sunshine boosted spending on gardening, DIY and food products, but households are still ‘prudently budgeting’ as bills rise

Australia’s consumer watchdog says it is investigating complaints of social media ads purporting to be from local boutiques

Trees, decorations and gifts such as sheep jumpers and bunny-shaped trinkets are a distraction from the gloom

The Guardian speaks to Manna Aero founder and orders coffee via startup’s app to be delivered to a suburban home

Shoppers stayed away in March as footfall declined 5% and stores worry US trade war could have chilling effect

Supermarket deepens existing measures and forecasts lower profit for year amid price war with rivals

It may take at least six months for retailers like JD Sports to know the real-world effects of Trump’s trade warfare

Businessman who loved selling and built up his multimillion-pound retail empire from a single shop in Hendon, north London

Chancellor says asking shoppers to prioritise UK products would make country too ‘inward-looking’

With the brand to disappear from town and city streets, readers share their memories of how it touched their lives

Tycoon was named in Lords as having obtained injunction against Telegraph to stop publication of misconduct allegations