2:43pm

Best Buy buyout bid fails

Quarterly earnings at the US retailer top expectations

2:14pm

Metro forced to cut dividend

German retailer feels effects of austerity Europe

Screens advertising the Sears website at a store inside the Del Amo shopping mall in Torrance, California ©Bloomberg 9:40pm

Sears chief heralds retail upheaval

Companies seek new ideas in face of weak sales

Business Blog 11:04am

Business blog: When will Groupon’s other insiders take responsibility?

From TELECOMS 10:11am

BSkyB buys Telefónica’s UK broadband arm

Deal follows Virgin Media sale to Liberty Global

From LEX 10:55pm

US retail: shutters are poised

A problem for every bricks-and-mortar retailer is internet retail

10:53pm

Ahold net profits slip 42 per cent

Food retail group hit by one-off charges

8:15pm

John Lewis ready to raise staff bonus

Payout of 15-16 per cent forecast for 81,000 partners

Entrance gates to Legoland theme park, Windsor, England ©Alamy From MANAGEMENT Feb 28, 2013

Tech companies line up to cut queueing

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

Feb 28, 2013

Mason poised for return to UK retail

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

From LUXURY 360 Feb 28, 2013

BCBG Max Azria explores sale

Move could fetch around $1bn

Feb 28, 2013

UK high street closures accelerating

Britain’s retail casualties up 10-fold in 2012

From LEX Feb 27, 2013

JC Penney: not dead yet

Chief still has time to show his strategy is working

Feb 27, 2013

Groupon shares tumble as losses rise

Shares drop 25 per cent in after-hours trading

Feb 27, 2013

JC Penney loses one-third of its sales

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

From FOOD & BEVERAGE Feb 27, 2013

Tesco vows to buy more local produce

Manufacturers warn move will raise price of weekly shop

Feb 27, 2013

Target set to open 24 stores in Canada

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

From FINANCIALS Feb 27, 2013

Intu weathers high street storm

Profits at shopping centre owner rise

Feb 26, 2013

Ashley sells Sports Direct shares for £100m

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

Feb 26, 2013

Retailers turn to M&A to survive

Chains fight weak and increasingly digital economy

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