The European Commission is asking merchants on Amazon's Marketplace to pass over information that might be helpful in a potential investigation into whether the e-commerce giant is abusing its data insights to gain an unfair advantage over rivals, "The Telegraph" reports.

French dairy company Lactalis has consolidated much of its global media account and awarded the expanded brief, including the UK, to Zenith, "Campaign" reports.

The IAB Tech Lab has released a beta app-ads.txt, which is designed to ensure that app producers can list who is entitled to sell their inventory, "Mobile Marketing" writes.

Adobe has promised to pump an additional GBP63.5m into the UK as it increases its workforce here by 20%, "Mobile Marketing" writes.

Black Friday failed to lift the gloom on the high street as November sales levels fell 0.5% compared to last year. "Sky News" reveals that it is the first fall in November revenue for the high street since 2015, and leaves stores with what it calls a "nerve-wracking run-up to Christmas."

The Editor of "The Independent" has delivered a petition with one million signatures to Downing Street calling for a "Final Say" referendum on Brexit, "Press Gazette" reports.

Two of Adam & Eve's co-founders, David Golding and James Murphy, have left the business five years after selling it to Omnicom for GBP108m to form a new creative agency, "Campaign" reports.

The Christmas news just keeps on getting better for Iceland. "Campaign" reveals that its "Rang-Tan" video, which was not permitted to be used as a Christmas ad, has been viewed 65m times and sales of mince pies have soared, alongside the retailer rocketing to the top of a consideration league table for supermarkets.

iTV is looking for a new sponsor of its 'Love Island" reality tv show after it emerged Superdrug has not extended its sponsorship contract. The Guardian reveals the tv station is expecting to command GBP3.5m from the hit show's next sponsor, up around 50% on the fee paid by Superdrug.

Sir Martin Sorrell's S4C Capital has bought American programmatic advertising company MightyHive for $150m "London Loves Business" reports.