MSPs back festive shops shutdown
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MSPs vote overwhelmingly to back plans to close large stores on Christmas Day and New Year's Day
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Retail stores owned by Apple will be closed from 2PM to 6PM on Friday, prior to the iPhone's release.
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A Tesco store in Port Talbot was one of more than a dozen closed on police advice after a series of threats.
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Marks & Spencer suffers a blow to its "Christmas spectacular" when a glitch on its website leaves customers unable to place orders.
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Heavy snowfall shut down five British airports Thursday and forced the cancellation of some train services in England and Wales.Comment
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UK shoppers left their Christmas shopping late this year but there was a seasonal rush, retailers say.
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The Post Office is to close branches in Cardiff, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan and the south Wales valleys.
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Cutthroat competition and a possibly slow holiday put Mattel in time-out.
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Tesco is to axe 400 jobs at a distribution centre in Buckinghamshire. The UK's largest retailer plans to shut its automated picking operation at Fenny Lock, in Milton Keynes, after a review of its distribution network.
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this
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Tube workers have called off a planned New Year&#39;s Eve strike, averting travel chaos, after reaching a deal with managers over hours, pay and conditions.
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THE threat of travel chaos for holidaymakers was lifted yesterday when British Airways staff called off a planned strike. Unions representing baggage handlers and check-in staff at airports
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Londonâs subway network virtually shut down when 2,300 maintenance workers walked off their jobs in what they said would be a three-day strike over pensions and security.
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Organisation will temporarily close operations in St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg after 'pressure'
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UK shoppers left their Christmas shopping late this year, but there was a seasonal rush in the last 10 days, retailers say.
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[World News]: Dhaka, Oct 10 : Shops were shut in Bangladesh as most vehicles stayed off the roads in a daylong strike called by opposition parties to demand the resignation of the government.
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Economic pressures and online deals might have led consumers to sharply limit their trips to retailers in the week leading up to Christmas, data tracker ShopperTrak RCT said on Thursday.