The Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s oil weapon
The West is in a dependent relationship with Middle Eastern oil
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Lessons for Keir Starmer in Tesco Town
War in Iran loomed large at London’s biggest supermarket: time for government to enter crisis mode.
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Christmas can’t save the high street
Property owners, the pandemic and Black Friday have killed the town centre.
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The return of inflation is bad news for Labour
The government’s room to manoeuvre is disappearing fast.
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The fall of fast fashion
Asos has posted disappointing results. For high streets, that can only be good news.
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Black Friday’s green dilemma
Can retail culture ditch the climate cover-ups and focus on getting the planet “out of the red”?
By27 January 1988: The boom in women’s self-help books.
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Black Friday’s carnival of consumerism feels increasingly untethered from reality
British consumers have already racked up more than £4bn in outstanding debt this year.
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How UK consumer confidence is plummeting
Confidence among consumers has fallen to its lowest level since the last national lockdown.
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