The Intake

The introduction of a new online sales tax would “kneecap” retailers and have a disproportionate impact on smaller businesses, UK startups have warned.

Marble Arch will gain a climbable "hill" after lockdown ends in a bid to lure shoppers back to Oxford Street.

Burberry has repaid a £300 million loan from the Bank of England, underlining the growing gulf between the corporate haves and have-nots.

Mike Bennett runs a small firm called Bennett Silks in Stockport, Greater Manchester, which has been in his family since his great-grandfather set it up in 1904.

Just a few months shy of her 60th birthday, Karen Millen can still fit into a pair of wool trousers she acquired in the 1990s from the high street brand bearing her name. “We did good trousers,” she says. “They were a classic cut and we always used good fabrics.”

Online retail sales recorded five years of growth in just 12 months as the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the shift to digital shopping, the latest research showed.

Cosmetics sales have plummeted during the pandemic as store closures, coupled with the shift to homeworking, saw many women to ditch their makeup bags.

There have been fresh calls for government to step in and demand retail tycoon Philip Green plug Arcadia’s pension deficit, as the pensions lifeboat fund begins assessing the scheme.

Sir Philip Green, a long-standing sceptic about online fashion and technology in general, refused to sell clothes from his flagship Topshop brand on ASOS until two years ago.

If you thought January couldn’t get any worse for Britain’s struggling high streets you would be wrong. To cap off a month that has been so tough for so many businesses and employees, it emerged this week that a series of major deals are in play that will result in some of retail’s most famous brands disappearing from town centres forever.

The fashion retailer Uniqlo has apologised after its online operation went into meltdown leaving frustrated customers waiting months for refunds for failed orders.

The dismantling of Sir Philip Green's high street empire is about to accelerate after the appointment of agents to oversee the sale of the...

Presents worth a record £6.9bn will be sent back to depots after Christmas as millions of people chuck out unwanted gifts following this year's...

The number of department stores in Britain looks set to fall below 1,000 next year for the first time in decades as the future for these retail...

With its army of perfectly groomed and manicured shop assistants the department store beauty hall has traditionally been the backbone of a £2.5bn trade...

Clothing retailers have come under fire for selling dresses from just 8p on Black Friday, with critics accusing them of encouraging “fast fashion” and...

Last week the designer Jil Sander told the New York Times that it was time to finally ditch sweatpants because “down-dressing is a drainer”. A...

Sir Philip Green's retail empire drafted in independent pension trustees last year to help tackle its pension deficit. The retailer appointed advisers from Dalriada last...

Top executives at Boohoo are set to be quizzed by lawyers after judges rejected the retailer’s attempt to dismiss a $100m (£75m) legal action...

UK factories could be making up to £4.8bn more goods for British retailers in the next 12 months as the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit...