Marks & Spencer pauses online orders as firm struggles with cyber-attack fallout
Contactless payments now restored in stores after week of problems as retailer apologises to shoppers
Vinterior: meet the boss who quit finance to set up a thriving vintage furniture site
Sandrine Zhang Ferron on how she created her online business, from building the website to signing up 100,000 customers
Retail sales rise unexpectedly in Great Britain as sunshine lures shoppers
Overall 1.6% rise in sales across first quarter, compared with last quarter of 2024, is strongest rate since July 2021
Shoplifting offences in England and Wales at highest level ever recorded
Total increased to 516,971 last year, official figures show, but retailers fear data ‘severely underestimates’ problem
Topshop to return to high street via other retailers’ stores
Fashion brand also relaunching stand-alone website as owner Asos reveals sales continue to slide
Clean up on aisle four: the Toys R Us movie shows shopping and cinema are now interchangeable
The retail chain that filed for bankruptcy in 2017 believes a film starring mass produced kids’ merch will be a good way to refresh its brand relevance. Let’s all blame Barbie …
Rachel Reeves looks at ending zero tax regime for low-value imports
Chancellor reviewing rule that lets foreign retailers such as Amazon and Shein pay no duty on items costing under £135
Government pauses plans to ease slot machine rules across Great Britain
Fast-growing AGC sector ‘frustrated’ by decision to shelve relaxation of ‘80/20’ regulations
M&S apologises after ‘cyber incident’ hits contactless payments and online orders
Retailer reports issue to National Cyber Security Centre after tills stopped working
‘It might be gutted’ – Boots braces for dose of private equity’s bitter medicine
The 176-year-old chemist is preparing for another change of hands. What’s the mood of staff and residents at its home base in Nottinghamshire?
Growers criticise UK supermarkets for heavy Easter discounts on vegetables
Fears produce could be permanently devalued by price war, as it ‘creates unrealistic expectations about costs’
Dark chocolate Toblerone to be discontinued in UK due to ‘changing tastes’
Maker of triangular-shaped almond-and-honey-laced chocolate bar says it has made ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw product
Show goes on for Ralph Lauren as fashion reels from Trump tariffs
With the sector bracing itself for a global trade war, investors may find comfort in a trusted pair of hands
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