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Shopping

July 2024

  • A figure made out of east Asian food items, standing on a bright pink and blue plinth, against a yellow background

    ‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture

  • Two Met police officers patrol Oxford Street, London, at Christmas time

    Shoplifting in England and Wales rises to new 20-year high

  • Jack and Harrison Edwards stand next to each other, one in a beanie and one in a baseball hat and holding a dachshund, outside the 99 Vintage store in Winchester.

    This old thing? How UK customers are clamouring for ‘trashed-look’ vintage clothing

  • Emma Beddington

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

    Emma Beddington

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

    You can earn on most things you buy – but it’s wise not to let them lead your decisions
  • Listerine Fresh Burst mouthwash in Canada.

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

    Study highlights products whose pack size or amount of expensive ingredients have gone down but not price
  • 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?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
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