Less is more when it comes to US shopping habits; Americans are increasingly choosing to spend their hard-earned dollars at smaller retailers rather than big box superstores. Recognising this shift, Target is planning to open hundreds of small-format stores in dense, urban areas.

Having reshaped the British grocery landscape, discount supermarket Lidl has announced its first fashion line. As competition for ‘top UK supermarket’ steps up, is selling jeans next to the milk aisle now non-negotiable? And what does it say about our changing shopping habits?

With Britons doing more online shopping than any other nation, high street retailers are finding new ways to lure people through their doors. London's EAT17 is a one-stop shop, offering kitchen towels, gourmet sausages, a quick burger or fancy evening meal, all under one roof.

Previously referred to by politicians as ‘hard-working families’, ‘the squeezed middle’ and ‘alarm clock Britain', weak income growth and rising everyday costs mean there are now six million JAM – just about managing – working-age households on low to middle incomes in the UK.