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  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK retail sales
    UK retail sales jump despite surge in inflation

    Sales of clothes, drinks and tobacco rise in April

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  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    How retail stocks went from ‘recessionary playbook’ to market casualty

    Higher prices stun consumers while cost and inventory pressures hit chains in dismal week

    3 hours ago
  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    Retailers meet the bear market Premium content

    Plus, some optimism on sticky inflation

    3 hours ago
  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK consumer confidence falls to lowest on record

    Index drops to minus 40, reflecting soaring inflation and raising the risk of recession

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    THG PLC
    THG rejects £2bn bid as Candy weighs up online retailer

    Approaches from Belerion and King Street rebuffed amid interest from property tycoon

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Target Corp.
    Target shares tumble after US retailer warns on rising costs

    Grim outlook will heighten investors’ concern over damage higher inflation is inflicting on corporate profits

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    LexTarget Corp.
    Target: consumer demand guessing game foxes a pandemic winner Premium content

    Company blames mismatch on ‘bulky categories’ such as kitchen appliances, televisions and outdoor furniture

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Burberry Group PLC
    Burberry shrugs off China lockdowns to stick by growth targets

    UK luxury label reports ‘significant disruption’ from Covid restrictions but expects strong rebound

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Nike Inc
    Nike’s diversity head to leave company after two years

    Felicia Mayo will be the second executive to leave the role at the world’s largest sportswear maker in as many years

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Walmart Inc
    Walmart shares suffer biggest drop since 1987 after guidance cut

    Stock of world’s largest retailer falls more than 11% as inflation hits profits

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    McColl's Retail Group PLC
    Morrisons paid £182mn and waived debt to bag McColl’s

    EG Group offered ‘materially’ more cash but position on creditors aided bid, say PwC documents

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo to revamp executive pay policy after share price falls

    Online retailer’s existing plan based on market capitalisation less likely to pay out

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Mastercard Inc
    Mastercard launches biometric ‘wave to pay’ programme

    Payments using gestures have struggled to gain widespread adoption among consumers

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Will I pay more tax if I send my child to school in the UK?

    I am a British expat living in Spain

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Made.com Design Ltd
    Made.com shares fall sharply after profit warning

    Online furniture retailer says supply chain disruptions are hitting business

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Greggs PLC
    Greggs says city-centre sales unlikely to ever return to pre-Covid levels

    UK bakery chain cites shift in working patterns caused by pandemic

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    The rise, fall and rebirth of the shopping centre

    The decline of bricks-and-mortar retail has been a catastrophe for malls. But landlords and local authorities are trying to ensure they have a future

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    Michael Moritz
    An online sales tax will further blight the high street

    San Francisco’s exodus of tech companies offers a warning for UK policymakers

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Have US retail sales been hit by stubbornly high inflation?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    News in-depthEcommerce
    Boohoo and Asos bullish despite pandemic threat to fast fashion

    Online retailers retain lofty growth ambitions even as costs surge

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    John Gapper
    Goodbye to the golden age of consumer choice

    As inflation raises supermarket prices, higher interest rates will curb investment in innovation

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    US politics & policy
    US to increase baby formula imports to tackle national shortage

    Move follows days of criticism from Republicans that the White House is not doing enough to address crisis

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    Why convenience stores are still worth sparring over

    Morrisons and EG Group’s tussle over McColl’s shows an industry surviving if not thriving

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    UK retail sales
    UK’s rising cost of living puts brakes on consumer spending

    Retail sales record first decline in 15 months, with big-ticket items suffering particularly hard

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    McColl's Retail Group PLC
    Morrisons wins battle for UK convenience group McColl’s

    Grocer prevails over petrol station operator EG Group and promises to take on all 16,000 staff 

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