Caroline Baldwin

Sainsbury’s bike delivery service Chop Chop is helping the grocer expand its delivery capabilities from ‘dark convenience stores’ during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Supreme Court rules Morrisons is not liable for a data breach involving a disgruntled former employee.

Next will not be taking online orders from tonight, but River Island’s website remains open – it just doesn’t know when customers will receive orders.

Conflicting government guidelines has forced Schuh to join Moss Bros and Fenwick in closing down its retail operations completely to fight Covid-19

Fenwick temporarily suspends its online operations due to lack of automated fulfilment systems.

Contactless payment limit lifts to £45 to help stores keep cash payments to a minimum to avoid spreading the virus further.

The government is enforcing a UK lockdown where citizens may only leave their homes for certain activities including grocery shopping.

Boots is asking all beauty consultants to consider switching roles to healthcare.

GlobalData predicts coronavirus will wipe £12.6bn from retail sales in 2020 – with clothing retailers being hit the hardest.

Supermarket retailer Morrisons is installing plastic screens at the check-out to reduce physical contact between cashiers and customers.

This year’s RetailEXPO has been cancelled due to the growing concerns around the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon ramps up US hires to 100,000, while Morrisons reveals a 3,500-strong recruitment drive in the UK to deal with the delivery surge following the Covid-19 outbreak.