8:52am

Ahold net profits down 42 per cent

Food retail group hit by one-off charges

12:03am

UK high street closures accelerating

Britain’s retail casualties up 10-fold in 2012

From COMPANIES BY REGION 5:04pm

Sports Direct buys Republic

UK’s largest sports retailer buys the collapsed northern chain’s 114 stores

Entrance gates to Legoland theme park, Windsor, England ©Alamy From MANAGEMENT 3:35pm

Tech companies line up to cut queueing

Devices and software are being designed to end tedious waits at theme parks or banks

RETAIL 3:35pm

Mason poised for return to UK retail

Former head of Tesco’s US arm set for senior role at Sun European

From LEX 11:41pm

JC Penney: not dead yet

Chief still has time to show his strategy is working

RETAIL 10:25pm

Groupon shares tumble as losses rise

Shares drop 25 per cent in after-hours trading

RETAIL 9:50pm

JC Penney loses one-third of its sales

Vaunted turnround plan wipes out $4bn in revenue during 2012

FOOD & BEVERAGE 8:10pm

Tesco vows to buy more local produce

Manufacturers warn move will raise price of weekly shop

From LEX 7:26pm

AB InBev: lacking fizz

Brewer reliant on higher prices to push up profits

TRAVEL & LEISURE 5:49pm

Restaurant Group shares rally on sales rise

Cinema attendance rise boosts Frankie & Benny’s chain owner

From WORLD Feb 27, 2013

US food shortages loom amid budget cuts

Inspectors’ furlough to halt meat production

RETAIL Feb 27, 2013

Target set to open 24 stores in Canada

Retailer plans to to invest further $1.5bn in expansion plans

FOOD & BEVERAGE Feb 27, 2013

AB InBev warns on US and Brazil beer sales

Belgian brewer expects ‘year of challenge and uncertainty’

From FINANCIALS Feb 27, 2013

Intu weathers high street storm

Profits at shopping centre owner rise

TRAVEL & LEISURE Feb 27, 2013

New Jersey legalises online gambling

Shares in 888 Holdings and Bwin.party jump

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 26, 2013

Croda cites niche products for sales lift

Speciality chemicals producer banks on consumer care division

RETAIL Feb 26, 2013

Retailers turn to M&A to survive

Chains fight weak and increasingly digital economy

RETAIL Feb 26, 2013

Sales of frozen burgers plunge

Frozen burgers and readymeals sharply down, survey finds

From WORLD Feb 26, 2013

Supermarket chain succeeds in cutting initial OFT fine

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