Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match
Customers report having to use cash at stores such as Tesco and to buy drinks due to outage at payments processor WorldPay
Readers reply: Is ‘ripen at home’ fruit the supermarkets’ idea of a joke?
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The rise of the luxury barbecue: the UK’s new outdoor cooking obsession
Sales of high-end barbecues are booming as hotter and longer summers increase appetite for alfresco dining
Shoppers splash out on fans and paddling pools as retail sales in Great Britain hot up
May heatwave drives up volume of sales 1.2%, the strongest monthly growth since January, says ONS
‘How am I supposed to know if it’s cute on me?’ The strange death of the changing room
A surge in online shopping means more of us are buying without trying – but not all stores want to see the end of the fitting room
Weather more important to sales than World Cup, says Tesco as growth slows
Strong sales of canned cocktails and Irn-Bru help retailer beat forecasts – and sunshine made people spend
NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs
Supply problems pose risk to health, with common painkillers, epilepsy medication and HRT affected
AO boss blames Labour as it shifts UK call centre roles abroad
About 150 jobs have already been lost in Bolton as the retailer reports 145% rise in profits and hands £20m to shareholders
John Lewis injects £20m into Glasgow city centre store in wider branch reboot
Upgrade to Buchanan Galleries part of £50m spend this year and £800m by 2029 to revive appeal of department stores
Mike Ashley’s Frasers follows Hugo Boss bid with offer for Australia’s Accent
UK billionaire’s fashion group offers £166m for takeover of 77.1% of shares in shoe firm it does not already own
Australia’s Sigma drops out of talks to buy UK’s Boots
End of discussions on takeover estimated at $10bn extends uncertainty for 177-year-old British chain
One Stop shop worker sacked after trying to tackle suspected shoplifter
Convenience store employee Eileen Fox, 56, said suspect ‘banged into metal stand’ but no one was injured in incident
Hugo Boss shares jump as it ‘thoroughly examines’ Frasers’ takeover offer
Mike Ashley’s retail group has made near-€2bn bid for the German fashion house, in which it holds a 26% stake
Australian billionaire Brett Blundy wages high-stakes campaign to oust chair of Victoria’s Secret
Blundy’s investment firm, BBRC International, owns about 13% of the US-listed lingerie brand, giving it a potential platform to launch a hostile takeover
Mike Ashley’s Frasers makes €1.98bn takeover bid for Hugo Boss
Fashion and sportswear group, which owns 26% of the German luxury brand, is now seeking full control