For bears of SuperGroup it is the profit warning they have long been predicting. The fashion retailer behind the Superdry brand said problems at its distribution warehouse would hit profits for up to £9 million... more
Which retailer will be the first to warn that this week's supposed heatwave will hit sales? We suggested Thorntons or Blacks Leisure or Clinton Cards...... more
It's been a miserable few months for the High Street but Next, one of the stars of the retail sector, today showed that it is still possible to
entice shoppers... more
Dixons Retail takes a £310 million hit for closing its Spanish arm and writing down the value of its Greek arm, while insisting it would emerge as the winner from the crisis in the electricals market... more
Is the commodities boom petering out? Goldman Sachs reckons so, its prediction contributing to a drop in the price of oil and metals today as speculators pocketed profits... more
"It's the usual story." So said long-time retail watcher Nick Bubb of Arden Partners in response to the latest figures from Debenhams, a fairly meaty half-year trading update. Profits and margins are up but sales are flat. And the shares? Don't ask about the shares... more
Market round-up: The miserable GDP figures leave gloomy expressions on many faces in the City, but it wasn't enough to stop gossip in the Square Mile... more
Market round-up: It's a little chilly for donning your birthday suit but that has not stopped Travelzest — which owns Britain’s biggest naturist holiday group Peng Travel — from attracting attention... more
Traffic should be banned from the West End for the post-Christmas sales to boost the number of shoppers and save chains from 'disaster', a top retail boss said... more
Market Round-up: The British high street faces a gloomy Christmas and a miserable 2011 as shoppers turn Scrooge in response to Government spending cuts... more
Could HMV fall into the hands of private equity? That was one of the yarns doing the rounds after retail expert Nick Bubb of Arden Partners said the chain’s shares look so cheap it could attract a venture capital suitor... more
Legal & General is being overlooked by investors. That’s according to Goldman Sachs, which today restated its buy case for L&G, pushing the life insurer to the top of the Footsie winners board ... more
There was no shortage of punters pulling their chequebooks out when veteran property entrepreneurs Raymond Mould, Patrick Vaughan and Humphrey Price came calling ... more
It's a tale of two High Streets. While supermarkets, budget clothes shops and HMV have emerged as recession-winners, most of their rivals remain in the doldrums, praying for the recovery to come ... more
The big income funds, which look after our pensions and life assurance annuities, may have to face up to some lean stock-market pickings in 2009.... more
Let's hope Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has a very merry Christmas because it is unlikely to be a prosperous New Year for the best-known name on the High Street... more
Could electrical retailer DSG International go bust? Some in the City have begun to pose this question as analysts scramble to put a value on the company... more
Shares of Marks & Spencer were edging precariously closer to their lowest for eights years today after broker Pali International chose to dump the retailer just days before it unveils first-half results... more
WITH administrators and liquidators picking over corporate carcasses around the country and consigning thousands to the dole queue, step forward the annual Insolvency and Rescue Awards... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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