Retailer’s chairman Ian Cheshire steps down and CEO Sergio Bucher leaves board The chairman and chief executive of Debenhams have been ousted from the retailer’s boardroom after two major shareholders… Read more »
Weak consumer demand prompts department store chain to consider scrapping bonus for first time since 1953 John Lewis may suspend its staff bonus this year in the wake of the… Read more »
Chains including Debenhams, House of Fraser, Topshop and New Look offer big discounts Struggling retailers are hoping for a late burst of trade on Monday as bargain hunting Britons take… Read more »
Government strategy to make ‘polluter pay’, with penalties for difficult to recycle items Retailers and producers of packaging will be forced to pay the full cost of collecting and recycling… Read more »
Downturn for fashion retailer suggests high street malaise is spreading to online companies Asos has issued an unexpected profit warning after a poor November, becoming the latest retailer to be… Read more »
Surrey-made £16 bubbly outclasses foreign rivals such as prosecco, cava and crémant A £16 English sparkling wine made in Surrey has triumphed in an annual consumer taste test of supermarket… Read more »
Clearcast says it had to shut Facebook page after it blocked film for being too political The body responsible for blocking Iceland’s Christmas ad had to remove staff pictures from… Read more »
Exclusive: ministers seeking to make firms pay more towards recycling their own waste Supermarkets, retailers and major drinks brands are set to pay tens of millions of pounds more towards… Read more »
Supermarket’s Greenpeace film on palm oil’s impact on orangutan deemed rule breach Iceland’s Christmas campaign has been banned from TV because it has been deemed to breach political advertising rules…. Read more »
Pubs, fashion outlets and estate agents prominent among 24,205 closures recorded in the first six months of this year Retailers have called for “decisive action” from the government to support… Read more »
Exclusive: employees allege mogul groped, threatened and humiliated workers Current and former employees of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia Group have come forward to allege a climate of fear, bullying and… Read more »
Lincolnshire town tops list that punishes locations which have bookmakers and fast food outlets Grimsby, the centre of the UK fish-processing industry and which has marketed itself as Europe’s Food… Read more »
Figures from Waitrose suggest animal welfare, environmental and health concerns driving sea change in UK diet One in eight Britons is now vegetarian or vegan, according to a new report… Read more »
Topshop boss rejects abuse claims and says he is being used as ‘target practice’ Sir Philip Green, the owner of Topshop, has denied sexual harassment and racist abuse of staff,… Read more »