Supermarkets in England are preparing for hundreds of thousands of metal shopping baskets being stolen as customers try to evade the 5p plastic bag tax. One of the UK's biggest grocery stores has ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s reasonably well-known that WPP stands for Wire & Plastic Products, the wire basket manufacturer that Sir ...

Earlier this year, news of renowned fashion brands monetising on Indian handmade products made headlines. Among them was the humble wire koodai (basket), which has been a household craft for decades, ...

Tesco have put security tags on their shopping baskets at one Greater Manchester store after a third of them were stolen in a week. Shoppers have taken the baskets from the store on Featherstall Road ...