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As Black Friday approaches and retailers gear up to welcome an influx of shoppers, Barclaycard is warning merchants to prepare for an increase in customer returns. Paul Lockstone is the Managing Director at Barclaycard, and he joined Share Radio to discuss those shoppers who deliberately over-purchase and then return unwanted items.

Chancellor Philip Hammond is to release his maiden Autumn statement, in the second of two big economic statements made by the government every year. What key words or statements might move the pound? To offer an insight, Simon Smith, Director and Head of Research at FxPro, joined Share Radio Breakfast.

According to reports, digital strategy will be a main element of the Autumn Statement delivered by Philip Hammond. The Chancellor is expected to announce £400m for a new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund with private investors asked to match the amount. But is this enough? Ewan Taylor-Gibson is from price comparison website uSwitch, and he joined Share Radio to discuss.

US president-elect Donald Trump is promising to pull the US out of the international trade Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as TPP. This promise was released in a video just hours after Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, warned that the TPP would be "meaningless" without US participation. Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at the University of Shizuoka, joined Share Radio Breakfast to give a take from Japan.

As part of our series looking at the most common scams and how to spot them, Simon speaks to Financial Journalist and Author Rodney Hobson about tip for tap scams.

Nearly a third of online shoppers may be tempted to put themselves at risk of fraud during the frenzy to grab a Christmas bargain. Financial Fraud Action UK is urging consumers to be vigilant against fraudsters' tactics and pause before clicking the buy button, ahead of shopping bonanzas Black Friday and Cyber Monday when retailers offer an array of limited time offers and discounts. Olivia Demetriades spoke to Katy Worobec, Director at Financial Fraud Action UK and Tony Blake, Senior Fraud Prevention Officer at the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit.

Business people aged between 18 and 35 are the most vulnerable to fraud attacks. Over one third of young business owners say they've been victims of invoice, mandate or CEO fraud, and that figure rises to over half for people aged under 25. It suggests fraudsters target inexperienced business owners with invoice-related scams. Jim Wadsworth, Managing Director of Accura, who did the research, spoke to James Brydges.

Alex Deane - Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting joins Simon to discuss French primary campaign and presidential election, Nigel Farage (ambassador to US) and Trump as well as the sale of Iron Bru in the parliamentary states

Dr. Michael uses data from millions of young people surveyed in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth—one of the biggest info gathering studies ever—to explore how the science of scarcity and choice (often used for big business and government) can help guide more-personal decisions about schooling, career, partners, health and parenting. Michael is the founding dean and professor emeritus at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and a senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center, both at the University of Chicago.

Stuart Andrews, Head of Corporate Finance at finnCap gives a roundup of some of the biggest news coming out of the junior stock market this week.