Shopping

Nectar cardholders can now collect points on Argos purchases – both in store and online – for the first time.

Tesco's Clubcard Prices promo, which offers Clubcard holders discounts of up to 50% on a large range of items, is back again – and this time it's here to stay, with reductions to be offered on an ongoing basis. While savings aren't huge, and initially only on 200 frozen items, if you're buying at Tesco anyway then showing your Clubcard, or getting one if you don't have one, is a no-brainer – see our full analysis below.

Coffee and sandwich chain Pret a Manger has launched a new subscription service, offering up to five coffees or other drinks a day for a £20 monthly fee.

Tesco customers who are signed up to the Clubcard Plus subscription service have been unable to access the shopping discounts they pay for due to ongoing technical problems with the app.

Starbucks is set to launch a new rewards system where customers are rewarded for how much they spend at the chain rather than how often they visit.

The fee for plastic carrier bags is set to double to 10p in England from April next year, with the charge also being extended to smaller shops.

Tesco has started charging flat fees for grocery delivery and Click & Collect slots, in a major shake-up which means cheaper times are no longer available and some customers will have to pay much more.

Secondary ticket seller StubHub is now warning people that tickets bought on its site "may not get them into an event", after action from the competition watchdog.

Morrisons will remove all plastic 'bags for life' from its checkouts and replace them with large paper bags if a trial is successful.

The Post Office is to close its online shop at the end of the month, meaning you'll need to go to one of its branches in person to buy its products – but if you want to buy stamps online, there are still plenty of other options.