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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Friday 30th July 2021
5. Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney for breach of contract for streaming her film Black Widow at the same time as its cinema release meaning she was deprived of potential earnings.
The superhero film set a box office record for the Covid-19 pandemic when it came out this month, grossing $218m (£157m) on its first weekend.
4. Amazon has predicted slower sales growth in the third quarter as a boost from the Covid pandemic subsides.
Amazon's breakneck growth is beginning to level as customers start to return to bricks and mortar shops with revenue climbing 27% to $113bn (£81bn) in its second quarter, but this missed analysts' expectations.
3. More shareholders are coming out against a proposed £6.3bn private equity-backed takeover deal for supermarket chain Morrisons.
Money manager M&G said the bid "does not reflect the true value of the company."
2. Dairy giant Arla, which supplies milk to all major UK supermarkets, has said a lorry driver shortage has forced it to cut back on its deliveries.
UK managing director Ash Amirahmadi said the firm normally supplied 2,400 stores a day, but had been experiencing driver shortages since early April.
1. The number of empty shops in Britain has continued to rise as retailers struggle with the effects of the Covid pandemic, the British Retail Consortium has said.
Shopping centres have been hardest hit, with nearly one in five units empty, the industry group said.