Consumer & Retail

Retail upturn

Gyle sees rise in footfall as four tenants added

Gyle shopping centre exterior

Princes St aftermath

Council boss says SNP favoured Glasgow in fire support

Jenny Gilruth in Princes Street 2026-08-05

Shops champion

Scotmid chief takes chair at Scottish Retail Consortium

Karen Scott and shoppers

Disruption continues

Gilruth to meet council leader over Princes Street fire

Debenhams building and Boots

Retail sale

Sainsbury’s sells Argos to Swift Partners for £120m

Argos

Retail deal

Greaves snapped up by acquisitive Frasers Group

Greaves

First decision

Burnham axes VAT on domestic electricity bills

Heating themostat

Spending uplift

Workers face wage squeeze, but shop sales rise

Shoppers in Edinburgh

Tough trading

Frasers driven by overseas sales as profits slip

House of Fraser Glasgow

Plan in doubt

Uncertain future facing fire-hit Princes Street site

Debenhams fire damage (SFRS)