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  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Walmart Inc
    Bonobos co-founder to depart Walmart

    Andy Dunn exits as US retailer shakes up ecommerce operations

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  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Dixons Carphone needs vision of Christmas Future

    Retailer has long way to go to deliver a full, multichannel, 21st-century experience

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Analysis
    Fur flies in battle for control of Hudson’s Bay

    Canadian retailer faces shareholder vote over chairman’s plan to take it private

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Gillian Tett
    Can consumer spending overcome corporate gloom?

    US economic growth in 2020 depends on it

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Superdry PLC
    Superdry hit by sales drop but margins improve

    Co-founder Julian Dunkerton describes clothing retailer’s start to peak third-quarter period ‘encouraging’

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    LexJD Sports Fashion PLC
    JD Sports/Pentland: right royal Rubin Premium

    Foreign expansion is driving growth but becoming the US ‘king of trainers’ will be a stretch

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    Industria de Diseno Textil SA
    Inditex profits jump 12% as it streamlines technology

    Stock-tracking chips help world’s biggest clothing retailer cut inventories

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Amazon deal with Deliveroo faces in-depth competition probe

    Regulator expresses concerns and says it will investigate if groups do not offer remedies

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    Financial services
    Four men linked to failed LCF received £20m of savers’ funds

    Judgment reveals scale of transfers before mini-bond firm collapsed

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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Ted Baker PLC
    Ted Baker shares plunge as chief executive and chairman resign

    Fashion retailer forecasts full-year profits will fall as much as 90 per cent

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    How extreme agility put Zara ahead in fast fashion

    The retailer reinvented its supply chain in surprising ways to become super-flexible

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Jumia Technologies AG
    Africa’s Amazon hopeful Jumia retreats from big expansion

    One-time unicorn quits Rwanda after Cameroon and Tanzania as US-listed shares fall 90% from high

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Poundland Group
    Poundland owner seeks to expand in southern Europe

    Pepco looks at Greece and Italy in plan to triple sales and profits

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Fosun International Ltd
    Fosun banks on Chinese shoppers for fashion revival

    Group targets world’s top luxury market with acquisition of overseas brands

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Lex
    Tesco: shops on the block Premium

    Disposing of Asian operations would mean disposing of some of the UK-based retailer’s finest returns

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco considers sale of Asian businesses

    Grocery chain says it is reviewing its supermarkets in Thailand and Malaysia following ‘inbound interest’

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Property sector
    Landlords struggle for festive cheer in retail gloom

    Falls in rents and prices approach levels of financial crisis a decade ago

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Jonathan Margolis
    Tech entrepreneurs are transforming online fashion

    Clever young people are finding gaps in the fashion market

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Metro chief’s challenge was credibility not strategy

    Craig Donaldson believed in the challenger bank, but the City cannot believe in him

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    LexDunelm Group PLC
    Dunelm: no slouching Premium

    Soft furnishings group has enjoyed a stunning turnround but it must keep focusing on costs

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    LexLuxury goods
    Moncler/Kering: objects of desire Premium

    Acquisition of quilted jacket maker would offer benefits but does not tick every box

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Holiday Gift Guide 2019
    Jet-setter Saloni Lodha shares shopping secrets for women

    The designer’s family celebrations span Diwali and Christmas

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Kering SA
    Kering explores Moncler acquisition as luxury deals heat up

    Gucci-owner has held talks with Italian maker of ski suits and quilted jackets

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Ted Baker PLC
    Ted Baker appoints consultancy to review operations

    AlixPartners to help draw up turnround strategy in wake of difficult year

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    UK retail industry
    Clintons sold out of administration

    Current family owners to retain control of UK greeting card chain

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