Oxford Street sweeter – with fewer shops empty or selling candy

Openings in past year include HMV, Under Armour and Rituals, with Ikea poised to join them in the autumn

No cheeze please: UK proposals could force dairy alternatives to change names

Concerns that ‘draconian’ plans, which are intended to prevent confusion among shoppers, would push up prices

Frasers Group suing over $900m cash demand linked to bets placed on shares in German retailer Hugo Boss

The Gibson Garage, the brand’s second store globally, has a secret VIP bar behind a door hidden inside a phone box

Brad Banducci will face a Greens-led Senate inquiry, but it is Amanda Bardwell who will have to rebuild the supermarket giant’s reputation

A superb Meg Lewis plays three characters losing touch with reality in Billie Collins’s play about a market-driven world

Chief executive Brad Banducci’s unexpected resignation comes as political pressure mounts over increased profits during cost-of-living crisis

Administrators tell staff seven shops will shut immediately with more to follow as business battles to survive

JD.com weighing up offer after UK electrical retailer rejects £700m bid from US private equity group Elliott

Electricals retailer is worth more than US hedge fund Elliott’s offer and should look for close to £1bn

Vulnerable people from the Amazon to Africa say stock may never be paid for by ethical beauty chain after it called in administrators

Electrical goods retailer says £700m offer ‘significantly undervalued the company and its future prospects’

A new review of post-Covid social research has revealed how much society has changed since the pandemic – and in unexpected ways

Belgian arm will be put into insolvency, with more than 460 jobs at risk across two countries

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as retail sales in Great Britain rebound by 3.4% in January