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A city that declared war on its empty shops is filling them from the top floors down
Aberdeen’s Union Street was once packed with shoppers from across north-east Scotland. The council is now filling vacant units directly and…
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Technology
The Foodpanda case turns on a slip of paper every supplier in Bangladesh signs and nobody keeps
Strip out the warrants and the court and what is left is a fight about Return to Vendor slips and deductions — the ordinary plumbing of…
World
A Dutch court has banned Lidl from selling Birkenstock lookalikes, at €5,000 a day if it does not comply
The supermarket must stop selling copies of five Birkenstock models in the Netherlands, hand over sales data and pay compensation. The…
World
A $178 jumper with the Nvidia boss’s face on it, worn the way you would wear a football shirt
Natalie Fratto does not work for Nvidia. She owns a woollen jumper carrying a cartoon of its chief executive, and compares it to her All…
Technology
Point Google Lens at a product on the shelf and it shows the price, reviews and whether the shop next door has it cheaper — in the US, for now
With location sharing on, Lens now recognises a product photographed in a physical shop and returns its details, buyer reviews, price and…