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  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    John Lewis Partnership PLC
    John Lewis and Waitrose face demands to reinstate bonuses

    Some staff say partnership model is being eroded after no bonus was paid despite its profit increase

  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Asda Group
    Asda pledges more price cuts as sales fall 

    Revenues down 6% as grocer attempts to revive its fortunes

    A worker in an Asda uniform crouches to stack shelves in the bakery section of an Asda Express convenience store in London
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    UK inflation
    UK food inflation hits 1-year high, industry data shows

    Fresh food costs push prices to their fastest rise since May 2024

    A woman shops for packaged vegetables at a supermarket in London
  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    Claer Barrett
    This is not just any cyber meltdown: will shoppers forgive M&S?

    Customer loyalty is the magic ingredient that should see Marks and Spencer bounce back from this crisis

    A woman shops in an M&S store
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    Tata Consultancy Services carries out internal probe into M&S hack

    Indian IT company investigating whether it was gateway used by criminals to access retailer

    Tata Consultancy Services, M&S website on phone
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    UK retail sales
    British retail sales rose more than expected in April

    Warm weather encouraged shoppers to spend more across most sectors, says statistics office

    Shoppers walk along a bustling high street in Maidstone, UK
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S blames ‘human error’ for cyber attack that will hit profit by £300mn

    UK retailer discloses that breach came via supplier and warns online operations will be disrupted until July

    A close-up picture of the Marks and Spencer sign above a shop
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs boosted by warm weather and viral TikTok campaign, chief says

    Shares in bakery chain rise to highest level since February after reporting improved sales growth

    Exterior of a branch of Greggs at Cribbs Causeway retail park near Bristol
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S cyber insurance payout to be worth up to £100mn

    UK retailer to file big claim as it admits for first time that some customer data was stolen in recent hack

    Shoppers walk past a Marks and Spencer retail store in London, England
  • Monday, 12 May, 2025
    UK economy
    Spring sunshine and late Easter boost UK consumer spending

    Retail sales increase at an annual rate of 7 per cent in April despite uncertainty over US tariffs

    Shoppers in narrow pedestrian street in North Laine’s bohemian quarter in Brighton
  • Friday, 9 May, 2025
    UK retailers face 10% rises in premiums after cyber attacks

    Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches are expected to push up rates for the sector

    A sign at an M&S Food Hall in London warns of temporary delays with Click & Collect parcels
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
    Beware hackers imitating IT help desks, UK cyber agency tells retailers

    National Cyber Security Centre has urged companies to pay attention to so-called social engineering tactics

    A pedestrian looks at a phone while outside a Co-op store in London, England
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Ikea
    Ikea aims to lure city dwellers with store on London’s Oxford Street

    Swedish furniture retailer wants to expand beyond giant out-of-town warehouses

    The new branch of Ikea, on the site of the old Topshop store, will open on Thursday
  • Monday, 28 April, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S cyber crisis wipes almost £700mn off retailer’s valuation

    FTSE 100 company tells hundreds of workers to stay at home and admits it has no idea when operations will recover

    Shoppers pass a branch of Marks and Spencer in Bath
  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
    UK retail sales
    British retail sales unexpectedly rose 0.4% in March

    Increase before announcement of Trump tariffs was propelled by clothing and outdoor shops

    Shoppers on the high street in Maidstone, UK
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Asda fires opening salvo as UK supermarket price war looms

    Tesco and Sainsbury’s preparing a fightback, as grocer turns to price cuts to reverse decline in market share

    The image shows the exterior of an Asda supermarket in Bristol. People are seen entering and exiting the store, and there are displays of plants and flowers outside.
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    UK trade
    Supermarkets call for EU-UK deal on plant and animal exports

    Marks and Spencer and J Sainsbury intervene over veterinary agreement ahead of ‘reset’ summit next month

    Smithfield meat market
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    J Sainsbury PLC
    Sainsbury’s warns of flat profits as it gears up for price war

    Supermarket chain vows to defend ‘strong competitive position’ after Tesco and Asda signal price cuts

    A Sainsbury’s food delivery van
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    UK retail bosses raise fears of Chinese ‘dumping’ due to Trump tariffs

    Companies flag signs of goods being diverted from US to Europe via platforms such as Temu, Shein and Amazon

    A Currys store on Oxford Street in central London
  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Shein
    Shein wins nod from UK regulators for London IPO

    FCA’s preliminary approval comes as the fast-fashion company faces challenges from Trump’s tariffs

    Gift bags with the Shein logo are stacked in front of a large, partially visible logo of the fashion brand. The bags are part of a promotional display on a Christmas bus tour in Liverpool, Britain.
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco warns of dip in profit as price competition heats up

    UK’s biggest supermarket chain adjusts target to give it ‘flexibility’ to respond to changing market conditions

    A shopper walks down an aisle in a Tesco supermarket in London, carrying a blue shopping basket.
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    JD Sports Fashion PLC
    JD Sports warns of volatile trading as tariffs hit US customers and suppliers

    UK retailer, which makes almost 40% of its sales in the US, expects profits to remain steady

    Shoes in a JD Sports shop
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Philip Green fails in attempt to challenge UK parliamentary privilege

    European court rules human rights convention not violated after peer linked former Arcadia chair to sexual misconduct allegations

    Philip Green at a football match in September 2024
  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
    LexAsda Group
    Asda’s comeback kid has returned, all-out UK food wars have not Premium content

    Allan Leighton’s ‘rollback’ pricing strategy is back, but rival supermarkets are well-placed to weather any storm

    A man holds an Asda basket while shopping
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Co-operative Group Ltd
    Co-op takes £80mn hit from shoplifting

    Wave of theft is adding to raft of cost pressures on retail industry

    A view of a logo of the Co-operative supermarket in Archway, London
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