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• Will the Bank’s 7-2 vote on interest rates entice consumers to spend?

  22 Oct 2014: Phillip Inman: Rates will remain steady for now, but mortgage payers might play a cautious hand after all the ‘will they, won’t they’ discussion

• SuperGroup chief becomes ‘founder’. What an odd job title

  22 Oct 2014: Nils Pratley: ‘Founder’ Julian Dunkerton steps aside for Euan Sutherland. While the newcomer’s CV impresses, his attire is questionable

• Poll: is the UK love affair with DIY over?

  Poll, 22 Oct 2014:

  Homebase is closing up to 1 in 4 of its stores saying that the UK no longer lives for doing DIY, with consumers preferring instead to hire a tradesman

• Fashion archive: Bus Stop reaches its terminus

  22 Oct 2014:

  Observer, 21 October 1979: Lee Bender, designer of disposable fashion for the glittering working girl, looks to the future as her boutiques close

• Homebase to close one in four stores as UK falls out of love with DIY

  22 Oct 2014: Home Retail Group says new consumer has less time for DIY, is more likely to pay a tradesman and prefers buying goods online

• Breaking Bad dolls withdrawn from sale

  22 Oct 2014: Toys R Us recalls figurines of characters from hit drama after petition by Florida mother attracts 8,000 signatures

• Holiday shopping season kicks off with temp workers who have no rights

  21 Oct 2014: Amazon’s recruitment of 80,000 temporary workers is a symptom of America’s culture of the low-paid seasonal worker

• Tesco to reveal details of new chief’s multimillion-pound golden hello

  21 Oct 2014: Supermarket group had promised to compensate Dave Lewis for share bonuses amassed during 28-year career at Unilever

• Christmas e-commerce: expert tips for retailers

  Guardian Professional, 21 Oct 2014: From in-store experiences to selling on mobile, four industry pros share their top tips for retailers ahead of the festive season

• Asos shares rebound but the fashion stakes remain high

  21 Oct 2014: Rather than dream of what might happen in 2019, investors should take the current pulse and not expect too much too soon

• Sainsbury’s performance worst since 1990s as sales slide by 3.1%

  21 Oct 2014: Analysts say supermarket’s performance is in context of a tough market, with only Asda seeing sales growth over the period

• Bank bosses mugging shareholders – the facts are laid bare

  20 Oct 2014: Nils Pratley: Sir John Cunliffe has exposed the scale of the heist, but even he is too polite about the unequal division of the pie

• Primark reaches US retail space deal with Sears

  20 Oct 2014: UK fashion chain to take over more than 48,310 sq metres of space in next 18 month as part of push to conquer US market

• Amazon spreads Christmas cheer and improves pay for temporary staff

  20 Oct 2014: Online retailer promises to pay 13,000 seasonal workers 20p an hour more than minimum wage, up from 1p last year

• Craft beer: top 10 supermarket buys

  20 Oct 2014: Tony Naylor: The big breweries are keen to muscle in on the craft beer market and their often ineffectual “craft” ales are now commonplace in high street stores. But it is worth remembering that our supermarkets do stock some truly world class beers. Here are 10 of the best.

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