Retail

Ashley sells Sports Direct shares for £100m

Sale made to improve liquidity in stock, an issue for investors

• Sports Direct on target for profits
• Ashley cool over House of Fraser bid

Retailers turn to M&A to survive

Chains fight weak and increasingly digital economy

• Swire bids for French fashion brands
• Ireland ripe for M&A; surge, says report

Sales of frozen burgers plunge

Frozen burgers and readymeals sharply down, survey finds

• Food scandal to sustain Fairtrade boost
• Ikea drawn into horsemeat scandal

Intu weathers high street storm

Profits at shopping centre owner rise

• CSC buys Milton Keynes mall
• CSC to rebrand malls with Intu title

Supermarket chain succeeds in cutting initial OFT fine

• Lombard 100 per cent beef beef
• Tesco plans DNA testing of meat products

ABF food brands fail living wage test

Group lags behind in poorest countries

• Lombard Irish M&A; and Elan / Bunzl / ABF
• Ikea drawn into horsemeat scandal

Barnes & Noble: towards some novel ideas

Perhaps the founders aren’t thinking creatively enough

• B&N; chairman bids for retail stores
• Barnes & Noble hit by Nook’s tale of woe

Ikea drawn into horsemeat scandal

Batch of retailer’s meatballs withdrawn from sale in 13 countries

• Sales of frozen burgers plunge
• Food chain alert for investors

B&N chairman bids for retail stores

Deal looks to separate B&N’s digital and college book units

• Lex Barnes & Noble
• Barnes & Noble hit by Nook’s tale of woe