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Why a cut-price wizard will be good for Marks & Spencer

20.11.09
There is urgent whispering in the aisles of Marks & Spencer: Sir Stuart Rose, the smooth, pin-up boss (for lady shoppers of a certain age) is no more... more

M&S shock as Morrisons chief lands the boss’s job

18.11.09
Marks & Spencer shocked the City and the retail industry today when it appointed the boss of Britain’s fourth-biggest supermarket as its new chief executive... more

Citigroup sounding alert on supermarkets as prices fall

02.10.09
Lessons from across the pond are not always relevant but here’s one that might turn out to be a timely early warning. Severe food price falls in the United States are likely to have a major impact on supermarket earnings in the States and a similar flood of cheaper food here could be the signal to get out of the UK supermarket sector ... more

Goldshield war may run and run as counterbid rolls in

02.10.09
Another bid for drugmaker Goldshield? It must be Friday. Stakes in the poker game for Britain’s biggest quoted generic medicines group just seem to get higher and higher as former management bet against the improbably named Fuhrer family of Israel for the Goldshield prize... more

Can Morrisons come between me and Ocado?

14.09.09
Could Morrisons get the last laugh on the middle-class urbanites like me who turned their noses up when the cut-price northern store first moved south? ... more

Shoppers flock to Morrisons as march on south pays off

10.09.09
Morrisons today showed that its plan to eat into rivals’ territory in London and the south is bearing fruit as it unveiled another leap in sales ... more

Voda ex-chief joins board of Safeway

26.08.09
Former Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin was today appointed to the board of US superstores chain Safeway ... more

OFT has ‘new evidence’ in supermarket price-fix probe

23.07.09
The consumer watchdog today said fresh evidence has emerged in its investigation into Tesco and Morrisons over the alleged price fixing of milk, butter and cheese ... more

Out to lunch at Lehman before the fortress fell

15.09.08
One of the best lunches I’ve ever had ­— in a career of many lunches — was at Lehman Brothers... more

Morrisons soaring by 19 per cent as shoppers seek lower prices

11.09.08
Consumer: Wm Morrison is attracting some 500,000 more shoppers a week to its supermarkets - sending sales at the grocery giant soaring... more

Don't call me an antique! Fiona Bruce fears that her BBC days are numbered

22.08.08
I know I'll get the push soon...As she presents her first series of Antiques Roadshow, the BBC golden girl says that even she lives in fear of ageist bosses.... more

Morrisons sales leap as food and fuel soars

05.06.08
Grocery giant said the end of cheap food and big rises at its petrol pumps are boosting top line... more

Critic's choice: top 5 gigs

13.04.07
Cartoon ghouls The Horrors and rapper Lady Sovereign provide the youthful oomph this weekend, while Bob Dylan's never-ending tour reaches Wembley.... more

CDs of the week

02.02.07
We take a look at the biggest CDs released this week including the debut album from chart-topping Mika, and the latest offerings from Bloc Party and Lady Sovereign.... more

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