Shopping News
Independent retailers in Ramsey are to be offered advice and support to help develop their businesses.
The British Retail Consortium writes a letter to the government asking for help to support struggling High Street stores.
Discount supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl see sales grow as UK consumers look to save cash, figures suggest.
A gang posing as cashpoint engineers target five shops in the Republic of Ireland to clone thousands of credit cards.
Two shops in Knowsley are caught selling knives to an underage teenager.
Shares in Woolworths soar after the struggling retailer rejects a takeover bid for its network of 815 stores.
Police begin a city-wide purge on thieves who are targeting shops in East Yorkshire.
Troubled retailer Woolworths says it has rejected a bid for its network of 815 stores, calling it "unacceptable".
Shops, firms and local people are being asked for their views on a study about problems facing the Manx retail sector.
Shopkeepers and locals welcome the full reopening of Perth Road in Dundee following months of works.
Two of the biggest-name US retailers, JC Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch report lower sales.
Police are warning that a way has been found to hack into chip-and-pin readers to steal customers' details.
Sales of goods in China's shops grew by 23.3% in July, figures show, the fastest rate in a decade.
Retail sales fell again last month according to the British Retail Consortium, with consumer confidence at record lows.
Why reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social ills.
A number of retailers in the UK say they are cutting petrol prices, following recent falls in the price of oil.
A scheme sending teenagers to buy knives under police supervision is launched as part of a crackdown on knife crime.
Property firm Hammerson sees pre-tax losses of £417.1m in the first six months of 2008, after cutting the value of its property portfolio.
An ex-US secret service informant is accused of being the ringleader in the country's biggest identity fraud case.
