9:00pm

M&S loses online ads battle to Interflora

High Court rules retailer infringed trademark to promote products

From LUXURY 360 6:03pm

China demand lifts Burberry sales to £2bn

Luxury goods group counts on Chinese demand

5:37pm

El Corte Inglés pursues new debt terms

Family-owned group is battling falling profits during recession

Amazon workers in Leipzig on strike on May 14 ©Getty 5:19pm

Amazon ethos challenged by EU workers

Strikes at German warehouses an unwelcome first for the company

Burberry From LEX 3:58pm

Burberry: entrenched in Asia

UK luxury group should provide more detail about its sales

Lombard 3:43pm

Third time unlucky for G4S CEO

Security groups opts for newcomer from restocked board

2:15pm

Best Buy and Home Depot sales contrast

Stiff competition in electronics while housing recovery boosts DIY

From ENERGY 12:57pm

Imtech chief calls for return of bonuses

Dutch infrastructure group’s preliminary figures show net loss

9:27am

M&S hit by weak clothing sales

Pre-tax profit drops 14% to £564.3m

Giorgio Armani fashion show in Beijing ©Reuters From LUXURY 360 May 21, 2013

Armani operating profit up 20% to €339m

Company to focus on China and emerging markets

From SPECIAL REPORTS May 20, 2013

Building blocks: Online retailer grabs top spot from bricks and mortar rival

Walmart grows but Amazon has its nose in front, writes Barney Jopson

From FOOD & BEVERAGE May 20, 2013

Sainsbury caught out over salmon labels

Supermarket labelled farmed fish as reared in fast-flowing water

From FINANCIALS May 20, 2013

Co-op’s retiring chief skips annual meeting

Move to draw a line under its recent troubles

May 19, 2013

Tesco seeks China partnership

Retailer seeks to contain capital expenditure

May 19, 2013

H&M rethinks sourcing policy

Move follows factory deaths in Bangladesh

Week in Review from ENERGY May 17, 2013

Week in review, May 18

Hayward likes life ‘on the edge’

From UK May 17, 2013

Singleton households dominate marketing

Data show UK has nearly twice as many one-person homes as family ones

May 17, 2013

Morrison and Ocado deal sparks row

Waitrose appoints legal counsel to look at contracts

Undercover Economist from COMMENT May 17, 2013

Mile-high bid to step up to a better class

Auctions seem a fine way of assessing willingness to pay, writes Tim Harford

From LEX May 17, 2013

Macy’s: the strongest link

For US retailers the recovery is over – and then there is Macy’s

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