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Come on Irene, get your bid price for Cadbury up to 900p

22.10.09
The credibility of Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld is at risk if the food giant doesn’t win Cadbury ... more

‘Staycation’ is good news for buoyant Homebase

21.10.09
From Britons holidaying at home this year and getting their kicks instead by splashing out on swish new tellies to householders looking to tart up their fallen-value homes, Argos and Homebase have had a good recession ... more

Three-pronged dose of good news boosts car dealers

30.09.09
Could car dealers be on the road to recovery? ... more

Bidders make beeline for Churchill

28.09.09
Suitors are queuing up for a slice of Churchill Mining... more

Footsie surge set to continue as brokers talk up shares

11.09.09
Leading shares on the climb as growing confidence in the economy is being matched by the enthusiasm from brokers anxious to talk the stock market higher... more

Comet and Homebase add to High-Street cheer

10.09.09
The flow of good news from the High Street continued today, with upbeat numbers from the Home Retail Group and electricals firm Kesa, which owns Comet ... more

Tesco hit by new shareholder revolt over pay for executives

03.07.09
Shareholder anger over executive pay boiled over when investors holding a hefty 42% of the stock refused to back Tesco's decision to make its share option plan even more generous... more

Home Retail profits from rivals’ demise

11.06.09
Home Retail Group showed the upside to the financial crisis as it indicated it is benefiting from the collapse of various High Street rivals ... more

The fallen HBOS chief who landed on his feet at Boots

10.06.09
Andy Hornby is sitting in a Starbucks. At 42, he's just been made chief executive of one of our biggest, best-known businesses, Alliance Boots. But he's not wreathed in smiles and high-fiving it over the lattes ... more

Homebase struggles as shoppers dry up

29.04.09
How do you run a consumer-facing business in the teeth of a recession? With great difficulty, says Home Retail Group boss Terry Duddy ... more

Sales lift for Home Retail from rivals' departure

12.03.09
The demise of Woolworths and MFI is keeping the wolf from the door at Argos and Homebase... more

Home Retail hit despite gains from rivals’ demise

12.03.09
Shares in Home Retail Group were plunging toward new lows, off 16p at 188p, as the Argos and Homebase group admitted it would be doing a lot worse but for the demise of Woolworths and MFI... more

DSG sales slide 10% as UK shoppers cut spending

15.01.09
Retail: Britain's biggest electrical retailer DSG International sank deeper into the mire as shoppers cut back spending on big-ticket items and wait to buy computers and TVs ... more

UK job fears deepen with 3000 more hit

13.01.09
Economy: Britain has been hit by another 3000 job cuts. Merrill Lynch and its new owner Bank of America is axing 1900 jobs in London, while the Sheffield-based roofing materials group SIG shed 1000... more

City in front line as the jobs cull spreads

13.01.09
Economy: Britain has been hit by yet another wave of job cuts, less than 24 hours after Gordon Brown launched a package to help 500,000 back into work... more

Comet and Carpetright woes signal grim times

16.12.08
Retail: Further signs that retailers are poised to endure the toughest Christmas for decades emerged when Carpetright and the company behind electricals giant Comet unveiled a slump in sales... more

Market report:: Footsie pain as US rescue plan for carmakers fails

12.12.08
Shares tanked in London after the bailout of the “Big Three” US car giants stalled... more

Market report: Blue-chips await marching orders from the Footsie

08.12.08
Up to half a dozen blue-chip companies face losing their place as constituents of the Footsie 100 index when the regular quarterly review is undertaken later this week... more

Jobs axe to fall at Homebase

07.11.08
There were fears for hundreds of jobs at Homebase after it emerged that cost-cutting at the struggling DIY chain will include widespread redundancies.... more

Brokers are betting blind and may leave you broke

28.10.08
The City has been trying to shake off the notion that it's a casino for some time, but at the moment that's exactly what it feels like... more

Borat is no barometer of the nation’s health

27.10.08
Time and again, the TV news treats us to a report on the FTSE 100 against a backdrop of shoppers laden with carrier bags from shops that are not in the index. The two bear no relation to each other... more

Home Retail Group braced for unhappy Christmas sales

22.10.08
Retail: Home Retail Group is braced for the worst Christmas in years after revealing that trading in the past few weeks has been disastrous... more

Gordon finally has to use that R-word

22.10.08
Gordon Brown finally admitted that Britain is heading into recession as new figures showed sales on the high street are plunging... more

Market report: High Street retailers ‘in for a grim Christmas’

20.10.08
There will be little festive cheer on the High Street this Christmas as shoppers turn Scrooge and keep a tight grip on their cash... more

Market report: Website threat makes it all wrong for Rightmove

18.08.08
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Homebase hit by high street slump

12.06.08
The hardware superstore is suffering as Homebase show a worse-than-predicted sales slump... more

Only a few bright spots on High Street as hard times hit stores

01.05.08
Even in hard times, retailers with innovative ideas can still flourish... more

Bad weather and slowdown shake Homebase owner

30.04.08
Home Retail Group close to a profits warning after a shocking downturn at Homebase... more

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