UK soap and cosmetics company Lush decided to get its own back on the head of Amazon’s UK division, after they won a High Court battle to prevent the online retailer from selling bath products.

Amazon UK had its busiest day of sales ever as pre-Christmas shoppers hit the internet for Cyber Monday.

Amazon is to launch an online premium fashion store tomorrow in a bid to take on the likes of Net-A-Porter and ASOS.

One in 43 UK homes on average has pre-ordered the latest Harry Potter book, the Royal Mail said today.