John Lewis

Several of this year’s festive campaigns have already arrived – even if the HGVs have not

Tech firms tend towards maximum choice for staff, with financial firms the most rigid

The former ‘queen of shops’ says people ‘have been shown the wrong ideas on how to live’

President’s visit marks 100 years since hundreds of black residents killed by white mob

Ankara incident shows women have a more insidious enemy than Erdogans and Trumps

London Letter: Renovation controversy re-enforces questions about the PM’s judgment

Employee-owned group recorded £517m annual loss

Online events will focus on Frederick Douglass’s ‘transformative’ four-month visit

Clive Woodward backs his compatriot, Simon Zebo explains Finn Russell’s nickname

UK stores to insist on face coverings as 45,533 new cases and 1,243 deaths reported

Scientific experts give the proposed programme a mixed reception

Patrick Freyne: There’s nude pigeons, flying snow people, heart-shaped haircuts – and a broken time-space continuum

World leaders congratulate president-elect, while Trump has yet to concede

Republicans have reached out to president-elect but not White House

A bitterly polarised nation could do with a little of the spirit Lyndon Johnson showed in 1965

Boss of prominent retail chain flags ‘very uncomfortable’ period for retail staff

Planet Business: Constructive discussions all round

Gloomy picture persists for high street despite sales volumes rising 0.8% in August

Brown Thomas and Arnotts delay decking their halls as retail spending appetite curbed

Move comes after chain entered administration and closed 11 stores in Ireland in April

Rhetoric from both sides points to potential constitutional crisis if result is close

President seeks to foster law and order credentials ahead of November election

America Letter: Democratic candidate believed to have Kamala Harris at top of list

Former president calls for expanded early voting and national holiday during Lewis eulogy

Grim economic data form stark political backdrop to US president’s claims of voter fraud

Growing concern about possible further outbreaks of coronavirus on Capitol Hill

Letter sent to senior black representative criticises Amazon and Walmart for selling shirts

Robert O’Brien is the administration’s most senior member known to have contracted virus

Lewis’s personal history paralleled that of the civil rights movement from Selma to George Floyd

Further easing of lockdown as Boots and John Lewis announce 5,000 job losses

Retailer to restructure its UK head office and close optician stores amid Covid-19 fallout

George Floyd’s death in police custody was the trigger, but African-American fury has deep roots

‘Stalwart’ of London-Irish community, ‘most noble daughter of Ireland’ dies of Covid-19

There’s a stretch in the evenings so why not try these fresh ways to get into the garden

Helen O’Rahilly is moving house this morning, but there’s nowhere to put her ‘besk’

Pricewatch: About 15m crackers will be pulled in Ireland over festive season

Does it make me (a) leak tears and money or (b) wonder why Edgar is such a pain in the hoop?

Planet Business: In tense times, there’s always leopard print and Lego

Clothes viewed from the sofa and metal straws among big sellers

UK retailer says may not be possible to mitigate ‘significant’ impact