David Beckham Promotes H&M underwear collection

There’s something very real about David Beckham. Despite being a global superstar, everyone in this queue believes you could have a good chat with him

Tesco Promoted Or Demoted Bob Robbins?

Tesco Promoted Or Demoted Bob Robbins? Tesco: Being switched to special operations is often the corporate equivalent of being sent to Siberia. In some cases, however, it’s the opposite: the recipient can become the chief executive’s enforcer, a roamer who can’t be given a proper job title because that would put too many noses out [...]

Peacocks In Administration

Peacocks, the budget fashion chain, has fallen into administration, putting 9,600 jobs at risk, after a management buyout deal collapsed at the last minute.

Versace For H&M Fans Queue For Hours

Versace For H&M – The significance of a pop-cultural phenomenon can be judged by the length of the queue – and the speed with which the website crashes,

Argos Profits Down 94%

Argos has blamed the squeeze on living standards faced by low-income families for a devastating collapse in trade that almost wiped out its first-half profits.

Carrefour Sounds The Alarm Over The Economy

Carrefour Deepening economic gloom has forced Europe’s biggest retailer, Carrefour, to issue its fifth profit warning this year and Germany’s leading independen

Marks And Spencer Vendors To Pay For Refurbishments

Marks and Spencer has raised eyebrows by asking its clothing suppliers to stump up millions of pounds towards its expensive store refit programme. Last week Mar

Play.Com Sold To Rakuten Of Japan For £25m

Play.com, The Channel Islands-based music and film website has been sold to Rakuten of Japan in a surprise £25m deal that comes as the sun sets on the VAT looph

Tesco Sausage Ad Chopped

Tesco sausage ad has been banned by the advertising watchdog, saying it misleadingly implied that the meat used for the sausages came from free-range pigs. Four

High Street Braces For More Closures

High street retailers are braced for another wave of closures following one of the worst summer trading periods in years and growing concern about pressures on