Ecommerce group broadens its online strategy with bricks-and-mortar outlets

Start-ups target new ways to cash in on global demand for alternative food sources

From office boy to the most powerful oilman in the world

Agreements will help mitigate regulatory risk and reduce complex filings for hosts

Desktop to be eclipsed but traffic not fuelling revenues as smartphones can be fiddly

Copenhagen will put its national interests ahead of old alliances in EU exit talks

The Big Read

Fashion retailers look best poised to adjust, carmakers the least

Sarah Gordon

Barcelona scores new deal, Samsung’s smart move, fake news and two UK heavyweights

Week in Review

Retailers’ discounts can sometimes involve ‘playing smoke and mirrors on price’

Three-year contract to show English football worth more than 10 times existing one

Pub group says living wage and business rates mean it must review pricing

Sought-after pieces snapped up, while lesser works fail to attract buyers

Fast-food chain aiming to attract millennial consumers in next stage of turnround plan

Dave Lewis concedes inflationary pressure hitting staple foods such as pork

Food and drink group hit by political backlash after CEO’s comments were misquoted

Demand for warm clothing spurs stronger than forecast 7.4% annual rise

New chief Hans van Bylen says capital expenditure to rise 50%

Group agrees to part-gift artwork to National Galleries of Scotland after outcry