Baking a deal? Hovis and Kingsmill owners in talks about historic merger

Associated British Foods’ sale of Allied Bakeries would bring together two of the UK’s biggest breadmakers

‘Women designing for women’: the new wave dominating UK high street

Whistles recruits ex-Topshop design chief, while M&S, Uniqlo and Cos thrive with women in top creative roles

Sainsbury’s tea to return to Fairtrade label after dropping it in 2017

‘Tipping point’ as supermarket’s move will increase amount of Fairtrade tea sold in UK by almost 50%

Clothing shortages, food waste and millions lost each day: inside the M&S cyber-attack chaos

‘It’s easier to list the things that work than the things that don’t’, said one worker, but customers are impressed with staff resilience and analysts believe the retailer will bounce back

Co-op apologises after hackers extract ‘significant’ amount of customer data

The National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency are assisting with an inquiry, the group said

M&S boss urges shoppers to visit stores in person as it battles cyber-attack

Retailer ‘working day and night’ to tackle incident that has hit its online operations

Harrods is latest retailer to be hit by cyber-attack

Luxury department store is forced to shut some systems but website and shops continue to operate

How ‘native English’ Scattered Spider group linked to M&S attack operate

Cybersecurity expert says group are ‘unusual but potently threatening’ coalition of ransomware hackers

Co-op forced to shut down part of IT system after hack attempt

Exclusive: In a letter seen by the Guardian, staff were told steps had been taken to keep systems safe

Marks & Spencer cyber-attack: products run short in some stores

Retailer takes some of its systems temporarily offline ‘as part of proactive management of incident’

UK Ikea boss backs calls to pedestrianise Oxford Street as flagship store opens

New outlet due to welcome shoppers on Thursday regarded as key to helping revive famous London thoroughfare

M&S cyber-attack linked to hacking group Scattered Spider

Reports on group thought to have previously hit MGM Resorts come as Marks & Spencer online orders remain paused

Primark owner’s shares drop as sales fall amid Trump tariff fears

Company says consumer confidence could deteriorate further as countries face risk of recession

Adidas warns Trump tariffs will put up US shoe prices

Company had strong first quarter but says it cannot raise outlook for this year owing to tariffs uncertainty

UK supermarkets spend hundreds of millions on promotions in price war

Nearly 30% of total spending by biggest chains over four weeks was on special offers and discounts, says Kantar