Your commercial news round-up: new tariffs, Ocado job cuts, John Lewis, chocolate thieves
Posted on 26 February 2026
The economic and corporate landscape is shifting once again as US President Donald Trump’s newly imposed global tariffs take effect. In the UK, Ocado is preparing to shed around 1,000 jobs amid major restructuring, John Lewis has abandoned its ambitious rental-homes plan and retailers across the country are resorting to locking up chocolate bars as theft continues to rise. Read on for LCN’s picks of this week’s top commercial stories!