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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      LexKingfisher PLC
      Kingfisher: sinking profits leave Garnier to brazen it out

      DIY retailers, despite their best efforts to shake off their cyclical label, remain vulnerable

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Kingfisher PLC
      B&Q owner Kingfisher reports 20% drop in profits

      Sales at retailer boosted by demand for energy and water-saving products

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      LexJohn Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis: mutual would not be knowingly overvalued Premium content

      Any external investor would have to be comfortable with big staff bonuses in good years and a form of worker democracy

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis considers historic change to staff ownership structure

      Sale of minority stake after 73 years as partnership would enable struggling retailer to invest

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis scraps staff bonus and warns of job cuts after annual loss

      UK retail group struggles with inflation and falling sales

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      John Lewis appoints first chief executive in bid to stop financial slide

      Former Hovis boss Nish Kankiwala takes on newly created role as partnership struggles with rising costs and losses

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Greggs PLC
      Greggs to open 150 stores despite high costs

      UK bakery chain warns of persistently high energy and wage bills

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Starbucks Corp
      Starbucks to open 100 outlets in UK after abandoning sell-off plan

      Chain shelves proposed sale of owner-operated UK coffee shops after opposition from franchise partners

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Harrods Ltd
      Harrods chief shrugs off recession fears because ‘rich get richer’

      Sales at luxury London retailer above pre-pandemic levels and Windsor framework seen as step forward on EU relations

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
      Reckitt Benckiser’s sales volumes slide as demand for disinfectant wanes

      Maker of Durex and Nurofen says sales also affected by tough price negotiations with retailers

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Ocado Group PLC
      Ocado losses jump to £500mn after shoppers tighten belts

      Shares in UK online retailer fall 9% as analysts describe results as ‘awful’

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      UK business & economy
      Lidl becomes fifth UK supermarket to ration salad vegetables

      Government seeks to reassure the public of ‘resilient’ supply chains

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Judith Evans
      Supermarkets should consider their role in the great British salad crunch

      Supply chain breakdown has led to a shortage of vegetables but low prices are also to blame

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      LexAssociated British Foods PLC
      ABF/Primark: fast-fashion group enjoys shopping’s speedy recovery Premium content

      Medium-term growth prospects justify bullish view of the shares

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      UK agriculture
      UK salad shortages to last ‘for weeks’, retailers warn

      British Retail Consortium’s forecast comes as Asda and Morrisons ration purchases of fruit and vegetables

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Positive UK retail data nods to tentative consumer confidence

      Also in this edition: Russian spring offensive, Rishi Sunak in Northern Ireland, Pentagon official visits Taiwan

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      UK retail sales
      UK retail sales unexpectedly rebound in January

      Sales volumes were still down 5.1% compared with a year earlier

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Watches of Switzerland
      UK Christmas strikes hit sales at Watches of Switzerland

      Luxury watch retailer says market sentiment hit a low point over the festive period

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Lidl and Tesco square up in High Court logo battle

      UK group vigorously defends lawsuit and brings counterclaim against German discounter

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Tesco PLC
      Tesco buys Paperchase brand from administration but not the stores

      Purchase puts at risk 1,000 jobs at stationery chain and follows supermarket’s own shake-up affecting 2,100

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      ASDA Group Ltd
      Asda puts 300 jobs at risk and 4,000 face pay cuts

      Supermarket announces changes to night shifts, in-store Post Office shops and pharmacies

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Primark Stores Ltd
      Fashion chain Primark posts record Christmas sales

      Parent company ABF says stronger US dollar and price rises helped boost its profits

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      UK retail sales
      British retail sales drop unexpectedly in December

      Volumes fall 1% over crucial Christmas shopping period, according to official figures

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Boohoo.Com PLC
      Boohoo sales fall at Christmas as shoppers return to the high street

      Longer delivery times reduce demand for fast-fashion retailer’s products

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Dr Martens Clothing Ltd
      Dr Martens’ shares plunge after US bottleneck hits profits

      British bootmaker affected by operational issues at new distribution centre in Los Angeles

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