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Tesco trials checkout-free store

UK retailer Tesco has opened its first checkout-free store in central London, giving customers the opportunity to shop and pay without scanning a product or using a checkout. The new store trial, GetGo at...

A family meal, is it a thing of the past?

Families around the globe have had plenty of time to sit for a meal in their own house, due to the Covid-19 lockdown. However, Sainsbury's reveals that just 28% of households are sharing...

Retailers in UK start selling The Big Issue for the first time

The Big Issue magazine is sold by some of the UK’s most vulnerable people to lift themselves out of poverty. Starting today, to give them a hand, Sainsbury’s and McColl’s will be...

Tesco to maximise convenience with Metro stores changes

Tesco is implementing operational changes to the way it runs its Metro stores in the UK. According to the retailer, they will simplify and reduce processes and administrative tasks across all 153 Tesco...

Middle-aged blazing a trail for vaping

Middle-aged people are leading the surge in vaping in the UK, according to new figures from Mintel. The market research company found that the biggest rise in vapers is in those aged 45...

Female SME leaders cope better with stress

Female SME leaders are better at handling stress than their male counterparts, says research from merchant services provider Paymentsense. According to the findings, 45 per cent of the UK male respondents said stress...

Man high on ‘monkey dust’ tries to extinguish cigarette with petrol pump

Police arrested a man in the UK after he attempted to put out a lit cigarette with a petrol pump. He was high on a drug called monkey dust, police discovered. The incident...

UK petrol prices on the rise for 59 days straight

The latest RAC Fuel Watch data has shown that UK supermarkets raised the price of petrol and diesel every single day from March 26 to May 23. In those 59 days, the...
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