Image copyright Reuters Image caption The pair said that they had had a great life together Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage. The pair announced the move in a joint statement on Wednesday on Twitter. “After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we …
Image copyright PA People required to complete a self-assessment tax return must act now as the deadline is looming, accountants have said. Nearly 12 million people, primarily those with more than one source of income and the self-employed, are required to complete returns. The deadline for online filing is the end of January, but those …
Image copyright Getty Images It is frustrating: you buy a new appliance then just after the warranty runs out, it gives up the ghost. You can’t repair it and can’t find anyone else to at a decent price, so it joins the global mountain of junk. You’re forced to buy a replacement, which fuels climate …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The firm was founded by Jessica Herrin in 2003 San Francisco-based jewellery firm Stella & Dot appears to be exiting the European market after seven years. A number of its UK sales reps, some of whom host parties to sell jewellery, have posted messages on social media. They say …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Car sales are down in China for the first time in two decades Car sales in China, the world’s biggest vehicle market, have seen their first annual fall in twenty years. Sales fell 6% to 22.7 million units in 2018, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The …
Image copyright ASA Image caption Tests revealed the jumper contained real fur – likely to have come from a rabbit Boohoo has been caught advertising a jumper that contained real animal hair as being made with “faux fur”. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint it received about a pom pom jumper being sold …
Image copyright Getty Images Energy regulator Ofgem is to tighten up the rules for new suppliers of gas and electricity after nine new entrants ceased trading. The latest to collapse was Economy Energy, which ceased trading on Tuesday. Ofgem is looking for a new supplier for its 235,000 customers. Mary Starks, Ofgem’s executive director for …
Image copyright Getty Images Mother and baby retailer Mothercare has blamed a “difficult consumer backdrop” for a fall in sales in the UK in its last quarter. Sales fell 11.4% and online sales dropped more, by 16.3%, the firm said. The business is in the throes of a UK store closure programme, with 36 currently …
Image copyright Sainsbury’s Sainsbury’s has seen sales fall over Christmas after general merchandise trading was hit by consumer caution. Like-for-like retail sales, which exclude sales from new stores, fell by 1.1% across the Christmas period. General merchandise sales, including at Sainsbury’s-owned Argos, fell by 2.3% and overall clothing sales by 0.2%. Chief executive Mike Coupe …
Image copyright Samsung Image caption Arch-rivals Samsung and Apple have snuggled up together in Samsung’s new Smart TVs Samsung has said that from spring 2019 its new smart TVs will include iTunes – software made by rival tech firm Apple. The move was “a true first”, senior Samsung executive Dave Das told the CES tech …