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Marks & Spencer Launches Braille Gift Cards

M&S has launched a first of its kind ‘Happy Birthday’ braille gift card, developed in consultation with the Royal National Institute of Bli...

Pot Noodle Trials New Paper-Based Packaging In The UK

Unilever has announced that its instant noodle brand Pot Noodle is trialling moving from plastic to paper for its packaging.

Sensodyne Toothpaste-Maker Haleon Planning Job Cuts - The Guardian

Haleon, the world's biggest standalone consumer health business, is planning to cut hundreds of roles in the UK and potentially thousands worldwide, the Gu...

Private Label Accounts For Nearly 22% Of Global Grocery Spend: Kantar

New research from Kantar has found that private labels currently account for nearly 22% of global grocery spend, up from 21.1% in 2021.

Top 10 European Markets By Consumption Of Contraband And Counterfeit Cigarettes

A new study by KPMG, commissioned by Philip Morris, has found that consumption of contraband and counterfeit cigarettes in the EU27 grew by 0.7% last year,...

Co-op Launches Campaign On Social Mobility To Break 'Class Ceiling'

UK retail and services business Co-op has announced it is taking action to break what it describes as the ‘Class Ceiling’, as new research has...

Co-op, RSPB To Partner On Peatland Restoration

Co-op and the RSPB, the UK's largest nature conservation charity, have announced a three-year partnership to protect some of nature’s carbon ‘s...

UK Clears Amazon's $1.7 bln Deal For Roomba-Maker iRobot

Britain's competition regulator on Friday cleared Amazon.com Inc's planned $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot Corp, maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner.