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Retail industry

5 September 2024

  • People walk past the former Topshop store on Oxford Street

    Topshop could return to high street after Asos sells stake for £135m

    Online fashion retailer hands control of brand to Jack & Jones owner with sale of 75% stake to help repay debts
  • John Lewis promotional image with never knowingly undersold slogan

    John Lewis brings back ‘never knowingly undersold’ promise

    Retailer says it will use AI tools to match in-store and online prices of 25 competitors after axing policy in 2022
  • A model wear s an M&S electric blue velvet suit and off-kilter tie in a Georgian square

    M&S using AI as personal style guru in effort to boost online sales

    Shoppers can use technology to advise them on outfit choices based on their body shape and style preferences

4 September 2024

  • Amazon workers strike over pay at a fulfilment centre in Coventry, UK.

    Amazon announces near 10% pay rise for tens of thousands of UK workers

    Increase will lift minimum rates by 9.8% and comes after online retailer defeated GMB union bid for bargaining rights on pay

3 September 2024

  • John Lewis store front

    John Lewis submits £80m plan to turn Reading depot into rental flats

  • Woman Stealing In Supermarket

    Huge rise in retail crime driven by gangs, not stealing to survive, says Co-op

2 September 2024

  • Picnic setting on a blue checkered tablecloth

    UK retail sales pick up as shoppers seek picnic and barbecue food

  • Dexter Dragon

    Pass notes
    How much is that dragon in the window? Aldi’s £4 cuddly toy infuriates posh plushie-maker Jellycat

  • Harrods department store

    Harrods owners hand themselves £180m more despite profit dip

  • Students milling around in a hall

    Students’ university shopping lists expand to include air fryers and steamers

1 September 2024

  • Groceries at the checkout

    Full Story
    What you buy and what it says about the economy – Full Story podcast

  • Alex Baldock (left) with a technician at the Currys customer repair centre in Newark

    VAT should be cut on refurbished electricals, says Currys boss

  • Helen Scarsbrook stands outside with her arms crossed, looking at the camera. She is wearing a loose white shirt and has short blonde hair

    ‘People tend to think these battles have been won’: Next equal pay claimant on fight for recognition

  • Bobby’s in Bournemouth

    Going up: Can Britain’s empty department stores be brought back to life?

August 2024

  • Models present Burberry's Autumn/Winter 2024 collection at London Fashion Week in February this year.

    Observer business agenda
    Can Burberry fix its tattered image after chequered patch?

  • A man chooses secondhand clothes at a flea market

    Change by degrees
    Know your measurements and stick to the rules: Guardian readers’ top tips on shopping secondhand

  • A selection of Oasis CD albums

    Oasis vinyl and CD sales soar after reunion tour confirmed, says HMV

  • A clog on display in a Birkenstock shop.

    Clogs’ popularity helps Birkenstock to highest ever quarterly sales

  • UK stores ‘buying stolen goods’ from professional shoplifters

  • Sainsbury’s to buy 10 Homebase stores and convert them into big supermarkets

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