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Sarah Butler

Sarah Butler is a Guardian journalist, writing about retail companies, consumer goods and workers' rights. Twitter @whatbutlersaw

August 2024

  • Three young women eating ice cream cones on a street by the River Thames in London

    Observer business agenda
    Sun, sea and sales … Britain’s delayed summer arrives to thaw the retail chill

  • Woman browses the freezers in a branch of Iceland

    Warm Septembers lead Iceland to delay launch of autumn foods

  • Supermarket freezers full of frozen food

    Morrisons trials raising temperature of its freezers to save energy and money

  • The Bank of England in London.

    Business live
    Public sector pay rises unlikely to drive up inflation, says Bank of England after interest rate cut – as it happened

July 2024

  • Man browses samples at CarpetRight retail store

    Most of Carpetright’s £345m debts are unlikely to be repaid

  • Greggs vegan sausage rolls on paper bag

    Greggs adds 5p to cost of sausage rolls despite plan not to raise prices

  • General views of Fonthill Road.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Eye-popping and under pressure: a unique London fashion street’s struggle

  • He sits at the inquiry wearing suit and tie

    Business live
    Chief of staff to ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells drafted email ‘to discourage investigating prosecutions’ - as it happened

  • UK motorists still being overcharged for fuel, says watchdog

  • Unilever shares jump as it defends price rises despite higher profits

  • Shares in LVMH and Kering down as shoppers rein in luxury spending

  • UK ice-cream and lolly prices up by more than 30%, analysis shows

  • Two-fifths of British berry growers could go bust by end of 2026, study finds

  • Carpetright rival buys 54 shops in rescue deal but more than 1,500 jobs will go

  • Business live
    Business secretary expects to call in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail takeover for review; Ryanair profits fall 46% – as it happened

  • Hammerson sells £1.5bn stake in Bicester Village owner to private equity firm

  • Shops and restaurants hope for ‘halo’ effect of Labour win and big weekend of sport

  • EU plan to impose import duty on cheap goods could dent Shein and Temu

  • M&S increases stocks of smaller womenswear sizes due to higher demand

  • Sainsbury’s sales growth slows as poor weather hits non-food ranges

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