Calming cuppa lifts fortunes for Fortnum & Mason
Venerable store brews £9.6m annual profit and says it’s all down to tea and biscuits
Retail industry
Asda beats Waitrose and Harrods in Which? mince pie taste test
Supermarket tops consumer group’s chart but general standards drop due to rising cost of ingredients
Mulberry blames high street crisis and House of Fraser woes for loss
Sales fall 8% while debts from department store collapse and fewer tourists add to losses
Thomas Heatherwick’s Coal Drops Yard – shopping in the Instagram age
Thomas Heatherwick’s ‘kissing’ roofs top a new high-end shopping mall in the old coal sheds. But why does the whole King’s Cross scheme not quite feel real?
John Lewis to launch £10,000 ‘private shopping’ service
New Cheltenham store will offer after-hours service for those willing to spend big
Selfridges is selling Iceland own-brand mince pies – and proud of it
Unusual collaboration between upmarket department store and frozen food specialist is because both have committed to going palm-oil-free