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Consumer Products Corner - Sentiment Shaken Again As CP Companies Face Into Q1 Headwinds

Retail sales climbed in Q4 2025 compared to Q3 2025, driven by growth in sports, leisure, clothing, and specialty retailers, while the home building and furnishings sectors contracted amid soft demand.

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Large-cap Dominance, Private Equity Strength, And Food & Beverage Resilience: Q4 2025 Consumer & Retail Deal Trends

Global consumer and retail dealmaking saw a decisive shift toward large‑cap transactions in Q4 2025. Total deal value rose to £88bn, up 52% quarter‑on‑quarter...

Worldwide Healthcare

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AlixPartners

Consumer Duty: How Can Wealth Managers Stay On The Front Foot In 2026?

Since coming into force on 31 July 2023, the FCA's Consumer Duty has raised complex questions about scope and compliance, especially for wealth managers...

United Kingdom Wealth Mgt

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Travers Smith LLP

European Commission Issues Responses To Digital Fairness Consultation

The European Commission has published a summary of feedback from its recent consultation on digital fairness. The summary highlights several key areas of concern...

European Union Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Retail & Consumer Risk Radar 2026

United Kingdom Consumer

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Addleshaw Goddard

Global Consumer Outlook In Focus: Competing For The Cautious Chinese Consumer In 2026

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Not Fit For Purpose: Legal Remedies For Defective Products

United Kingdom Consumer

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LegalVision

The UK's New Subscription Contracts Regime: What, When And Why?

United Kingdom Consumer

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Travers Smith LLP

Agentic Commerce: Contractual Boundaries And Consumer Rights Under UK Law

United Kingdom Consumer

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Balogun Harold

FCA PS25/22—FCA's New Targeted Support Regime Snapshot

United Kingdom Finance

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A&O Shearman

FCA Initiatives For Retail, Wealth And Private Banking—FCA DP25/3 On Expanding Consumer Access To Investments

United Kingdom Finance

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A&O Shearman

Why Unlocking Volume Growth Is Retail's Defining Challenge

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: December 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

UK Consumer Protection Round-up 2025

United Kingdom Consumer

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Episode 23: Mergerspresso - Christmas Special (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

The EU's Digital Omnibus: Everything You Need To Know

European Union Technology

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Ius Laboris

Legislation To Reverse PACCAR Decision And Regulate Litigation Funding Agreements Accelerated

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Insights From Our Future Of Data Centres Series

Worldwide Real Estate

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Addleshaw Goddard

Hiring For Startups: A Straightforward Guide

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Price Transparency Under The DMCCA: Key Takeaways For Businesses

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finalised its price transparency guidance under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA)...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Logan & Partners

Client Categorisation: A Reset, Not A Relaxation

The FCA's proposals to overhaul the elective professional client regime represent one of the most significant changes to UK conduct regulation since Brexit.

United Kingdom Finance

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Burness Paull

CCI Final Rules: What You Need To Know

On 8 December 2025, the FCA published PS25/20, setting out final rules for the Consumer Composite Investments ("CCI") regime.

United Kingdom Consumer

BP

Burness Paull

Consumer Duty For Co-manufacturers: Clarity Now, Consultation To Follow

The statement was published on 8 December 2025 as part of a broader package of retail investment reforms...

United Kingdom Consumer

BP

Burness Paull

The CCI Regime: Five Strategic Questions Every Firm Should Be Asking

United Kingdom Consumer

BP

Burness Paull

Spending, Disrupted: AlixPartners' 2026 Global Consumer Outlook

Worldwide Consumer

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AlixPartners

Ahead Of The Curve: Consumer Duty – Is The Future Brighter For Wholesale Firms? (Video)

United Kingdom Consumer

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A&O Shearman

CMA Cracks Down On Pre-ticked Boxes: What Online Sellers Needs To Know

United Kingdom Consumer

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Lewis Silkin

Consumer Duty And Client Categorisation

United Kingdom Consumer

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Ropes & Gray LLP

CMA Investigates Businesses Over Pricing And Finalises Pricing Guidance

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Browne Jacobson

The Digital Services Act: Recent Enforcement Actions And What They Mean For Retail

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Browne Jacobson

Retail Law Roundup: November 2025

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Airbrushing To Authenticity: A Future Of Age Inclusive Advertising?

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

ASA Rulings Deep Dive: LED Facemasks

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

The Digital Services Act: Recent Enforcement Actions And What They Mean For Retail

Recent enforcement actions by the European Commission (the Commission) demonstrate that the retail sector – from fashion marketplaces to social commerce platforms – faces unprecedented scrutiny on how they manage illegal content...

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Retail Law Roundup: November 2025

This edition comes hot on the heels of the Chancellor's Autumn Budget announcement. The reaction from UK retailers has been mixed, with some grocery chains welcoming the business rates surtax...

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Airbrushing To Authenticity: A Future Of Age Inclusive Advertising?

The ASA recently published its research on the portrayal of older people in advertising, with authenticity emerging as a key theme - particularly in how beauty and fashion retailers depict older women.

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

ASA Rulings Deep Dive: LED Facemasks

These made online, either in paid-for social media advertising or on advertisers' own websites. According to Deep Market Insight, the UK market for LED face masks was worth $22.82 million...

United Kingdom Media & IT

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Pricing And The CMA - The Highlights Of Our Webinar

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

The Collective XCHANGE2025: Key Takeaways

xCHANGE 2025 brought together founders, investors, technology experts, GCs and brand leaders to reflect on a core question...

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

CMA Opens First Consumer Law Investigations Under New DMCC Enforcement Powers

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has now announced its first enforcement action under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC).

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Burness Paull

CMA Launches Consumer Protection Drive

On 18 November 2025, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") launched what it described as a "major consumer protection drive" targeting online sales tactics...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Baker Botts LLP

Retailers And Brands Face A Deluge Of New Challenges, As CMA Intensifies Action On Drip Pricing

In 2025, consumer law has been pushed to the very top of many businesses' compliance agenda. Key parts of the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) have come into force...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gowling WLG

CMA Unleashes New Consumer Powers With Online Pricing Blitz: What's New And What's Next?

United Kingdom Consumer

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Mayer Brown

UK Government To Ban Ticket Touting

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

European Commission Launches 2030 Consumer Agenda To Shape A Fairer, Safer Market

European Union Consumer

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Lewis Silkin

Retail: Sector-specific Predictions And Implications

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

High Court Dismisses Challenge To FCA's Decision To Name Firm In Investigation Announcement

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

BREAKING NEWS: The UK's Consumer Law Revolution Starts Here! CMA Fires Starting Pistol On Its First Enforcement Work - Targeting Misleading And Unclear Price Claims

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Infrastructure And Energy Spotlight – Autumn/Winter 2025

United Kingdom Energy

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Travers Smith LLP

AlixPartners Publishes 2025 UK Retail Christmas Forecast, Predicting Fashion Industry Will Lead UK Christmas Retail Growth

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Counterfeit Automotive Parts: Car Manufacturer And Dealer Risks

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Tapping Into The Right Opportunity

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

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Lewis Silkin

UK Subscriptions Rules Set To Be Delayed To Autumn 2026... And New EU Rules For Cancelling Contracts

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

Jingle Bell Rock – And A Hard Place – For U.K. Retailers And Consumers This Christmas

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

The FCA's Consumer Duty And Wholesale Firms: A Road To Reform

United Kingdom Consumer

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Addleshaw Goddard

Randy Chapman, Consumer Products Partner & Managing Director, Speaks With NPR Marketplace About Coca-Cola's Decision To Sell Soda In Mini Cans

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

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GLP-1: Implications For Retail (Video)

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AlixPartners

How Can Planners And Developers Integrate Design With Purpose? (Video)

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Gowling WLG

COVID-19 And Consumers – Guide To Cancellations And Refunds (Video)

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Wiggin

Business To Consumer (Video)

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Alpha Partners

Digital Transformation And The Digital Consumer (Video)

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Dentons

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