Holland & Barrett trains 600 women’s health coaches to give in-store support

Retailer says it is filling advice gap on subjects such as menstruation and hormones amid wellness-focused revamp

Asos says it will take ‘necessary actions’ after 18% drop in sales

Online fashion retailer says it is becoming ‘faster and more agile’, after pre-tax losses of £120m

Garden centres in UK stockpile plants before new Brexit checks

British growers and sellers fear government measures starting on 30 April could result in delays and plants being damaged

Dr Martens investors should be kicking themselves

After optimistic float, the boot is on the other foot with the fifth profit warning in three years, a fall in shares and CEO’s exit

Dr Martens chief to exit as shares hit record low after profit warning

British bootmaker says it does not expect to increase prices this year as it reports poor US sales

Superdry restructures to cut rents as co-founder leads fundraising

Julian Dunkerton decided against takeover offer and company will quit London Stock Exchange

UK retailers attract more Easter shoppers despite cost of living crisis

Figures show sales rose 3.5% in March, the first increase above inflation since early in the crisis

‘We’re the last bastion of rental’: the video stores resisting the rise of streaming

Cheap DVDs, torrenting and streamers looked to have killed off video rentals. But a group of cinephile shop owners are keeping the flame alive

Crippling mortgages and £16 olive oil: how much have UK prices risen in the past two years?

The government might be celebrating falling inflation, but higher prices for goods and services are here to stay

UK takes another step on path out of recession as GDP rises

February growth of 0.1% comes despite construction and retail being hit by wet start to year

Poundstretcher sold to Majestic Wine owner Fortress

US investment firm snaps up UK discount retail chain ‘with huge potential’ for undisclosed sum

So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you

This is how these bosses get rich: by hiding underpaid, unrecognised human work behind the trappings of technology, says the writer and artist James Bridle

Tesco says grocery inflation has lessened as it plans £500m efficiency savings

Profits up to £2.3bn for supermarket, which says it is ‘conscious things are still difficult for many customers’

Shoplifting crackdown to include £55m for facial recognition tools in England and Wales

Mobile units will be deployed on high streets to identify wanted people – including repeat offenders

M&S invests £1m in tackling methane from burping and farting cows

Retailer works on changing diet with aim of cutting 11,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year