10 Sep 2014:
Vladimir Antaki has been documenting shopkeepers all over the world. His project was born from his desire to document and pay tribute to these ‘guardians of urban temples’ that we meet everyday without really noticing
8 Sep 2014:
Mystery luggage auctions have become big business. Stuart Heritage went to visit one, hoping to pick up a suitcase full of treasure. It didn’t quite work out like that …
28 Aug 2014: Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 28 August 1977: Guardian foreign correspondent Simon Winchester, like the locals, invites strangers to his house hoping they will buy his unwanted possessions
As Aldi announces plans to ban sweets and chocolates from its tills, Paula Cocozza performs a supermarket sweep to see where the last-minute temptations are strongest
27 Aug 2014: Morwenna Ferrier: There’s a reasonable chance summer is over. Or at least on standby. If you picked up any of this, then great – you were both on-trend and sorry, also a cliche
Sandra Haurant: La Boqueria in Barcelona or your local farmers' market? A Moroccan souk or a French street market? Share your favourite markets for fantastic food and spectacular sights
24 Aug 2014:
When Guardian writers revealed their drunken shopping disasters, confessions flooded in from readers. From bulk-buying Dettol to a £100 Gandalf statue, here are your best cautionary tales
22 Aug 2014:
Wavey Garms, a Facebook site set up 18 months ago to sell niche streetwear, has become the go-to site for what’s cool and what’s not. Morwenna Ferrier reports
19 Aug 2014:
One glass of wine too many and one click too far – these days you can pay a high price for being drunk in charge of a laptop or smartphone. Our writers share their stories of accidental bulk buys and bargains that didn’t seem so wise the morning after
13 Aug 2014: Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: My father told me I was ‘born to shop’, yet the idea that mannequins will talk to me via my smartphone as I pass by fills me with abject horror