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Co-op reported an underlying operating loss of £35m for last year

UK's Co-op warns of weak consumer confidence due to war

The Co-op Group, which runs a range of businesses in Britain including grocery stores, warned today that mounting instability from the Iran war would hit consumer confidence in 2026, after a cyber attack and higher costs pushed it to a loss last year.

Business • 26 Mar

The Co-Op group said it made a underlying loss before tax of £75m in the first half of the year, compared to a profit of £3m the same time last year

Britain's Co-op to take £120m hit from cyberattack

The UK's Co-Operative Group has revealed it is set to take a full-year earnings hit of around £120m from a "malicious" cyberattack that left it with bare shelves and saw data stolen for all its 6.5 million members.

Business • 25 Sep 25

The Co-Op Group said last month that hackers had attempted to break into its systems

Co-Op systems now running normally after cyber incident

Britain's Co-Op Group has said availability in its shops and website will start to recover from this weekend as it brings its systems back online following a major cyber attack.

Business • 14 May 25

Luxury London department store Harrods has restricted internet access across its sites yesterday as a precautionary measure after an attempt to gain unauthorised access to its systems

Harrods latest UK retailer to be hit by cyber attack

Harrods has become the latest high-profile UK retailer to fall victim to a cyber attack amid a wave of hacking incidents.

Business • 02 May 25

The Co-op said the attack had forced it to shut down some of its back office and call centre operations

Co-op latest British retailer to be hit by cyber attack

Britain's Co-op Group said that hackers had attempted to break into its systems, the second high-profile cyber attack on a major UK retailer in as many weeks, following an ongoing incident at Marks & Spencer.

Business • 01 May 25

The retail-to-funerals business has today reported pre-tax profits of £58m for the first six months of 2024, compared to losses of £33m a year ago

Co-op Group returns to profit in first half of 2024

The UK's Co-operative Group has laid bare the rising impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores surged by nearly a fifth to £40m in the first half of the year alone.

Business • 25 Sep 24