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UK Supermarkets Ask Shoppers To Keep Wearing Masks

Britain's biggest supermarket groups will encourage staff and customers to keep wearing face coverings from Monday despite new rules making it a matter of...

Pret A Manger To Open In Tesco Stores In Post-Pandemic Shift

Britain's Pret A Manger plans to open its sandwich and coffee shops within Tesco stores as it re-invents its business model after the coronavirus...

Garden Party Plans Help Push Up UK Retail Sales

British retail sales rose in February, helped in part by consumers buying outdoor furniture ahead of a partial relaxing of coronavirus restrictions which w...

UK Shopper Numbers Rise For Fifth Straight Week Despite Lockdown: Springboard

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain increased by 6.8% last week versus the previous week, a fifth straight week of uplift despite the...

Lockdown Decimates UK Retail, Borrowing Surge Slows

British retail sales tumbled in January as shops went back into lockdown, official data showed, but lower-than-expected public borrowing gave at...

Fall In UK Shoppers Slows As Consumers Adapt To New COVID-19 Curbs

The number of shoppers at British retail outlets fell only marginally last week as people got used to new measures to curb COVID-19 including a 10 p.m. clo...

Has The Virus Changed Our Shopping Habits For Ever?

Malachy O’Connor charts the key changes in our industry since lockdown began and looks at COVID-19’s lasting impact on grocery shopping...

UK Retail Sales Rebound In May, Borrowing Above Forecast

British retail sales rebounded much more strongly than expected last month as the country gradually relaxed its coronavirus lockdown, but public borrowing...