General Retail
Shop prices are rising again — where the increases actually landed
Shop prices rose 1.5% in the year to August, the fastest in over two years. Food did most of it at 2.8%, and the cupboard shop rose faster than the fresh one.
General Retail
The business side of UK retail: sales figures, shop closures, new store openings, takeovers and the chains behind them. Not product reviews — those live in the section the product belongs to.
General Retail
Claire’s closed 154 shops, then started reopening — what that means for you
Two administrations, every standalone UK shop shut in April, about 1,300 jobs gone — and 356 concessions that never closed at all. The distinction matters at the till.
General Retail
Victoria Plum has gone — what that means if you bought from them
Administration in 2023, sold to its biggest rival, and stopped taking orders in November 2024. What happened to the guarantees, and the two ASA rulings worth knowing about.
General Retail
Boohoo buys Debenhams: what £55m actually bought
A name, a website and a customer list. No shops, no stock, no staff. Five years on, the name has swallowed the company that bought it.
General Retail
Debenhams: two administrations, 118 shops, and a name that outlived the business
A 242-year-old chain filed twice in nineteen months and ran out of buyers three weeks before Christmas. What happened, and where the name ended up by 2026.