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Shopping

July 2024

  • Emma Beddington

    We’ve reached peak tat. It’s time to turn all online shoppers like me into primeval ooze

    Emma Beddington
    Does anyone really need a hamster harness or a £2.93 bag of 40 miniature plastic babies that will be washing up on beaches for the next millennium?

June 2024

  • basket of goods

    Did you pay for that? What is driving the massive rise in shoplifting?

  • A woman walks past a large sign in a Tesco supermarket saying "£4.50 Clubcard price"

    Members only: are loyalty card discounts a good deal for UK consumers?

May 2024

  • Yvette Cooper, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner in an aisle of Sainsbury’s

    Waitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls show

  • Barbara Ellen

    ‘Bum-boosting pants’ aside, I’m emotionally invested in M&S’s fortunes, but can’t think why

    Barbara Ellen
  • How to grab a bargain at a car boot sale

    Money hacks
    Car boot sales: expert tips on how to grab the best bargains

  • People with umbrellas in the wet weather in Piccadilly Circus, London, in 2023.

    Rain hits retail sales in Great Britain as shoppers reduce spending

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

  • You be the judge
    You be the judge: should my girlfriend buy expensive sunglasses when she keeps losing cheap ones?

  • Money hacks
    From holidays to shopping: eight discounts for UK over-60s you might not know about

April 2024

  • A woman, seen from behind, waist down, with a spotty olive shopping trolley, standing next to some bedding plants on sale

    The wheelie bag rides again as ‘nanna glamour’ takes hold

    Younger women and men are discovering the former fashion faux pas is a great alternative to lugging heavy bags
  • Co-op in Garstang

    Ethical shopping on the rise in UK despite cost of living crisis

    Increase in Fairtrade income to £13m shows shoppers still prioritising environment and workers’ wellbeing
  • Elia Barbieri - The Guardian Saturday - Big Idea - 30th March 2024 - shopping revival-01 copy

    The big idea
    The big idea: why going shopping is due a comeback

    Bring back raucous changing rooms and friendly smiles – things you can’t buy online

February 2024

  • Cavendish House in Cheltenham

    ‘Big mausoleums of stuff’: Cheltenham is latest town to mourn loss of beloved department store

    In an age when we love bagging bargains online, locals and experts in one of the UK’s most affluent towns debate whether there’s any future in high-street retailing

January 2024

  • a man negotiates a treadmill of various purchases such as clothes shopping, bank cards, loans. Illustration: Jamie Wignall

    Money hacks
    Pick the right card, and mix and match: how to get the best out of cashback deals

  • Listerine Fresh Burst mouthwash in Canada.

    Paying more for less: Which? lays bare size of ‘shrinkflation’ and ‘skimpflation’

  • Man dressed as Santa, wearing dark sunglasses and singing enthusiastically into a microphone

    Notes and queries
    Readers reply: is there any evidence that playing Christmas music in shops improves sales?

  • Money Hacks 2024 feature - spread WEB

    How to cut your spending: from cashback and loyalty card perks to supermarket deals

December 2023

  • A man with a child on his shoulders looks at a Christmas window display

    Boxing Day shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn, a big drop on last year

  • Sale now on signs on London's Oxford Street

    Energy saving: the best deals in the UK sales, from bikes to air fryers

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