Elena Rossi 
Leslie’s filed prearranged Chapter 11 petitions on September 30, 2026 and closed 76 underperforming stores, with lenders holding over 80% of its debt backing the plan. The restructuring targets elimination of roughly $685 million, about 90% of funded debt, and hands majority ownership to the lender group.
Best Buy will open a native storefront on TikTok Shop in late October 2026, offering close to 10,000 products with its own fulfilment and in-store returns. It is the first US big-box chain of its scale to commit a general-merchandise assortment to the platform.
Britain’s Competition Appeal Tribunal certified an opt-out class action against Apple and Amazon covering Apple and Beats products bought on Amazon’s UK marketplace, a claim the claimant values at £289m to £306m including interest. It refused to certify the larger portion covering purchases from Apple directly and from other retailers.
Retailers have booked most of their IEEPA tariff refunds, and the second-quarter filings split into reinvestors (Walmart, Dollar Tree, Burlington) and bankers (Target, Home Depot, TJX, Ross, Dollar General). The signals point to the banked cash reaching shareholders by the March 2027 reporting round, with Target resuming buybacks as the test case.
Seattle City Council votes September 22 on CB 121267, a first-in-the-nation city ban on grocery surveillance pricing that reaches Kroger, Albertsons, Amazon, Walmart and Instacart. The ordinance carries fines of up to $3,000 per violation, a private right of action capped at $1 million, and a September 1, 2027 start date.
Tesco has made Whoosh rapid delivery free on orders over £25 from 14 September 2026 to 11 January 2027, but only for Anytime Delivery Saver members who join by 18 October. Here is what the offer saves, what it excludes and how it stacks up against Sainsbury’s, Asda and Ocado.
Tesco has referred a fake “Tesco casino” advertised on Facebook and Instagram to City of London Police, the latest UK brand hijacked by unlicensed offshore casinos. Meta removed the adverts, but the site was still reachable and regulators say trademark misuse falls outside their remit.
Matalan puts a sharper, more premium-looking autumn/winter collection into stores and online on 12 September, backed by 40 store refits and a narrowing £54.7m loss. Here is what is in the range, who is running the reset and how it stacks up against Primark and Next.
CBP published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on September 2 asking how it should require importers to disclose foreign export documents, name every supply chain party, and trace origin. Comments on docket USCBP-2026-1058 close December 1, 2026.
USPS, UPS and FedEx all repriced holiday parcel delivery within five weeks, closing the cheap lane retailers used to absorb past surcharge cycles. Signals point to at least three top-50 US online retailers raising a published free-shipping threshold, or gating it behind membership, before Black Friday on November 27, 2026.