Patrick O'Brien

Top shrinkflation skills from P&G on Fairy washing powder: reduce size, but claim its the same number of washes by saying you need less powder per wash of the same formulation. Same price.

Reminds me of the only other time I tried voice ordering: "Alexa order me a pack of AA batteries on Amazon" resulted in it placing an academic book on batteries in my basket...for £250.

The new voice AI chatbot on Just Eat needs a bit of work. A request for Chicken "jail frazee" results in a link to a vegetarian restaurant. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Shein has another 3.5 years of being able to send parcels to the UK without import duty.

So farewell then Amazon Fresh.
You were the future once
"Just walk out", you said
Shame you didn't give us any reasons
To come back again

ONS explains the retail sales data delay but it just confirms why we have never taken much notice of its "seasonally adjusted" numbers www.ons.gov.uk/businessindu...

ONS delays retail sales data to address quality issues It is the latest in a string of setbacks regarding data published by the statistics body.

We have often had quality concerns about ONS retail data, and now, so does the ONS. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ons-del...

Morrisons Harrow must have been high on their own supply when spending £££s installing locked cabinets for its whiskey. They thought shoppers would 'buzz for booze' and wait patiently for help. They've sobered up now and opened the doors.

StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps Operators of secondary sites warn limit would have unintended consequences

Oh no StubHub, please don't go, you provide such a valuable service to us all such as inflating ticket prices and showcasing best in class drip pricing www.ft.com/content/7cba...

as a decidedly unbuffed man with hair, this is tremendous research Harry

...even after adjusting for sales tax. Shein assures US shoppers that it is committed to 'all-in' pricing and that they will not be charged extra at the point of receiving the goods. In which case prices will surely go up by substantially more by May 2

Shein raises prices for US customers but UK shoppers STILL pay more than they do

Help me honour five much-loved colleagues and save journalism Help Joel Hills raise money to support Cardiff University

The irrepressible Joel Hills, business editor at ITV News, is running the London marathon in memory of his colleagues and raising money to sponsor a journalist student at Cardiff University. You can help here... www.justgiving.com/page/joel-hi...

BrewDog or lapdog? The craft beer rebel’s sauce range is far from punk For a brand that once defined itself by challenging the status quo, BrewDog's sauce range feels surprisingly conventional, says Gareth Turner, director at Big Black Door

Not quite Colgate Beef Lasagna in terms of brand over-extension, but still a bit of a stretch

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That's a great headline

itvnews on TikTok The boss of Sainsbury’s and Argos is calling on the UK government to close a tax loophole that allows small parcels to enter the country tax-free. He warns that, due to the US-China trade war, cheap goods from China could flood the UK market. British retallers argue this gives foreign companies like Temu and Shein an unfair advantage. #itvnews #shein #tariffs #taxloophole

To my teenage daughter I am obviously totally uncool, as is my job. But this clip from the news that I was on last night somehow popped up in her TikTok feed. She's pretending not to be impressed, in case I get carried away. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdY1kg86/

IV bar

New casual options (between the mochi stand and the nail bar) at Westfield: IV drips.

I for one expected so much more from a company that describes itself as an 'investment boutique'

RIP WH Smith. I feel I should now confess that in the mid 80s I used to return ZX Spectrum games having copied them and then recorded over them to make them appear faulty. No wonder you only sold for £76m.

WH Smith shares down almost 4% today, following disappointingly low sale price for the high street arm.

Oh Decathlon, I'm so sorry, I...I... I've been busy, I'll get to it right away. Please forgive me.

Head and Shoulders 2 in 1 Classic 330ml down from £5 to £3.32. Our data hasn't tracked a 330ml bottle but can see that Asda were selling a substantially larger bottle (450ml) for less than £5 all this year. Why they would also have been selling a smaller bottle for more is anyone's guess. (5/5)

Nestle Munch Bunch Kids Pots 340g down from £1.78 to £1.18. But at one point last month it was selling at Asda for £1.17. (4/5)

Next: Cathedral City 360g was £3.48, is now £2.78. Our data shows that Asda were selling a slightly smaller 350g pack for £2.61 last month (3/5)

Lets have a look some of the products Asda have chosen to highlight. Firstly, Philadelphia Soft Cheese 165g down from £2.08 to £1.16. In our database we cannot find the exact product but we can see that a 'lightest herbs' version could be bought last month for as little as £1.13 (2/5)

So Asda has started a massive price war today - but are the price cuts they've highlighted all that they seem? (1/5) Data below is from GlobalData Online Price Intelligence...

There is nothing that says Spotify of Retail more than paying each b(r)and a very very small amount

"Hey babes, have a guess whether you need to check or uncheck boxes to unsubscribe from White Fox, cause we ain't telling ya"

Thoughts and prayers for Alex during these difficult times. Their local Homebase is being replaced with a Wickes.

Club launches Me Old China collection A special collection of bespoke, hand painted and hand crafted pieces of homeware are now available for supporters to buy

Arsenal have launched a set of homewares including a china vase that retails at £550. Need to get the cash for that striker in the summer somehow. www.arsenal.com/news/club-la...