Hammerson sells £1.5bn stake in Bicester Village owner to private equity firm
Property company will use some of proceeds with LVMH-backed investor L Catterton to pay down debt
John Lewis trials repair service in partnership with Timpson Group
Five stores will offer to alter, clean or mend clothes in service marketed as a way to help prevent waste
This old thing? How UK customers are clamouring for ‘trashed-look’ vintage clothing
Store owners say marks and holes add character to pieces and make them more appealing to discerning buyers
Indonesians who paid thousands to work on UK farm sacked within weeks
Exclusive: Several sent home for slow fruit picking face debts as watchdog investigates alleged illegal fees
Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out
Stronger, stinkier, softer: how Britain fell in love with cheese beyond cheddar
From halloumi to provoleta to comté, sales of overseas cheeses are up as UK tastes turn to the exotic
From trains to retail, how CrowdStrike outage caused havoc across industries
Transport, hospitals, television stations, sports clubs and financial systems among the sectors hit
Windows global IT outage: what we know so far
Outage linked to Windows operating system hits banks, airlines, rail services and supermarkets
British retail sales slump by more than forecast amid chilly weather
Drop of 1.2% in June comes as households rein in spending during cost of living crisis
Pret a Manger customers left fuming over end of ‘free drinks’
Chain calls time on five-a-day coffee subscription it launched in UK after Covid pandemic
Body Shop nears rescue deal with group led by British cosmetics tycoon
Mike Jatania’s Auréa heading consortium in exclusive talks with administrators for UK chain
Amazon workers in Coventry lose union recognition ballot by handful of votes
TUC insists fight will go on after GMB fails to secure right to represent retailer’s staff by just 29 votes
UK grocery inflation falls to 1.6%; Fed chair Powell hints at US rate cuts – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business economics and financial markets as Kantar data shows pressure easing on UK shoppers, and the Fed hints at nearer term rate cuts
Ocado shares jump as it narrows losses and boosts technology business
Revenues from tech arm, which sells robots to retailers, climbed by nearly 22% in six months to June
Falling inflation, football and fake tan fuel UK retail spending
Sales at supermarkets rise as consumer confidence improves, only slightly dampened by wet weather