Excl: Royal Mail, Microsoft and Biffa are among the companies owed millions from the collapse of Carpetright thetimes.com/article/d3c0d2…

Boohoo is at risk of another backlash among its suppliers amid talk that it has shortened payment terms for only some of them thetimes.com/article/72ce42…

Elsewhere on the retail front: River Island has threatened to return clothing orders to suppliers if they do not agree to retrospective discounts thetimes.com/article/2dfa2c…

Covid surges in demand for goods; climate change depleting water levels in trading arteries; ships getting stuck in canals. These crises have thrown the fluidity of the global shipping network into the spotlight. How is it coping? With Isabella Fish 🐟 thetimes.com/business-money…

It’s not every day that you get to tuck into a two-course (restaurant standard) meal made by one of your interviewees. This week’s Lunch With The Times was with Lyssa McGowan, the boss of Pets at Home. Her first interview since becoming top dog in 2022 thetimes.com/business-money…

About 21,000 customers are owed nearly £8 million for outstanding orders at the flooring chain Carpetright, which fell into administration in July, and most of them will not be refunded thetimes.com/article/b732b0…

💥 Bosses at Boohoo are considering a break-up of the struggling fashion seller after pressure from shareholders to revive its fortunes thetimes.com/article/e3e129…

🚨 Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is pushing for a merger between the troubled fast-fashion retailer Boohoo and its rival Asos, The Times can reveal W/ Helen Cahill thetimes.com/article/a6afc3…

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🚨The Times has learnt that Homebase is preparing to line up administrators, in a move that could threaten significant numbers of shops and jobs thetimes.com/article/24e9d9…

It is understood Wells Fargo pulled the plug on a crucial refinancing deal amid concerns over future trading. Some stores to be bought by The Range via pre-pack deal Read more here 👇 thetimes.com/article/24e9d9…

Police are investigating claims of stalking and “corporate espionage” made by executives at Boohoo Group, The Times can reveal. With Richard Fletcher Fiona Hamilton James Hurley thetimes.com/article/d1e109…

A security company hired by Boohoo uncovered a campaign of “extensive hostile surveillance” targeting several of the retailer’s bosses, The Times can disclose. James Hurley Fiona Hamilton Richard Fletcher thetimes.com/article/a601bb…

🚨Original Factory Shop exploring ‘options’ after failure to find buyer thetimes.com/article/eb0839…

Big news for fashionistas 💥 Asos is understood to be exploring options for a standalone Asos-branded store in London, with a design agency hired to identify suitable locations. It is also mulling stores for Topshop thetimes.com/article/487a92…

Shein has cut ties with two UK corporate communications companies brought in to support its London stock market flotation as the fast-fashion giant quietly puts its preparations on hold amid pressure from President Trump’s tariff war thetimes.com/article/244101…

High street shop fronts in Holland > in the UK

“Customers expect more than good products and good services”, says Ken Murphy, the boss of Tesco, in his opening address for this years’ #worldretailcongress

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