Shoplifting rate in England and Wales hits highest level in more than 20 years
Police recorded 402,482 shoplifting offences in 12 months to September, ONS figures reveal
Dr Martens’ revenue plummets by a fifth as US sales plunge
Bootmaker says global sales fell by 18%, with cash-strapped consumers refusing to splash out at Christmas
Fake reviews and hidden online charges to be banned under new rules
Drip pricing is said to cost consumers £2.2bn, with entertainment providers, hospitality and transport sectors all using the practice
Primark holds prices steady after Rita Ora helps lift sales
Cut-price fashion chain toasts festive sales rise as online rival Boohoo reports decline
Peppa Pig to make Lego debut and expand global theme parks
Hasbro signs deal with Lego Group and Alton Towers operator Merlin Entertainments
Squishmallows success fails to cushion impact of £200m drop in UK toy sales
Cuddly toy costing £9 is best seller as parents buy fewer games and action figures for children
Mr Kipling maker to cut more prices after bumper festive sales
Premier Foods makes reductions on some lines but increases cost of own-brand products it makes for retailers
Trying to get my faulty TV fixed with Very has left me confused
I need an engineer’s report before it can be repaired, but that will cost £65
‘A shop can be your castle’: the surprising rewards of retail work
Working in retail can be dispiriting, but when the author Madeleine Gray took a job in a bookshop in her native Australia, she learned more about human kindness than she ever thought possible
Charities popup to take over part of Fenwick’s former Bond Street store
Charity Super.Mkt will also host DJ events as it sells vintage fashion on prestigious London shopping street
Paying more for less: Which? lays bare size of ‘shrinkflation’ and ‘skimpflation’
Study highlights products whose pack size or amount of expensive ingredients have gone down but not price
Walkers’ mini poppadoms are crisps in all but name, judges rule
Tax tribunal says product should incur VAT as it looks and is packaged like crisps, holds limited dip
‘We’ve got to break them up’: farming groups say supermarkets use market power to distort prices
Claim comes amid state and federal inquiries into Australian grocery sector and what producers say is a widening gap between wholesale and shelf prices
Retail slump raises spectre of recession as Hunt looks more Truss-like by the day
Surprise fall in December sales damages chancellor’s claims that UK economy is on right track
Retail sales in Great Britain plummet as Christmas shoppers cut back
December figures show biggest monthly fall since shops were forced to close during pandemic in 2021