PERSONAL & HOUSEHOLD GOODS 5:01pm

Sluggish housing market weighs on AGA

Sales fall for UK maker of cast iron cookers

RETAIL 4:18pm

JC Penney cuts 2,200 jobs

US retailer grapples with dramatic sales decline

From WORLD 3:50pm

Noma diners fall ill in hygiene scare

Four-fifths of customers in five-day period get sick

From LEX 10:15am

China wine: connoisseurs beware

Wine fans should think about what might happen if China lowered duty

From FINANCIALS 3:03am

3i buys Brazil eyewear group Óticas Carol

UK group’s second foray into Latin America’s largest economy

RETAIL 11:07pm

Pennycook named as chairman of The Hut

Appointment paves way for flotation of UK online retailer

Lombard from FINANCIALS 9:28pm

Decoding life groups’ dividend plans

Payout cuts need not always undermine long-term investment case

John Lewis store RETAIL 9:07pm

John Lewis staff share £211m bonus pot

Retailer defies high street gloom with 16% profits jump

From LEX 8:24pm

Carrefour: in the right aisle

Asset sales lift profits but investors want more sustainable improvements

A woman carries GAP shopping bags inside a GAP store ©Getty RETAIL 7:21pm

Gap shares halted after early data release

Incident put a spotlight on monthly retail sales

The Last Word from MANAGEMENT Mar 7, 2013

Celebrity fans boost Yorkshire Tea in US

Endorsements help Taylors to head for America

TRAVEL & LEISURE Mar 7, 2013

Django and Les Mis buoy Cineworld

Cinema chain announces 15 per cent rise in pre-tax profits

Emma Jacobs from MANAGEMENT Mar 7, 2013

A hunter-gatherer’s wild career

Miles Irving turned a childhood fascination with plants into a food foraging business

Mar 7, 2013

Reebok charge dents growth at Adidas

Sports goods maker falls into loss for quarter

RETAIL Mar 7, 2013

Carrefour profits surge on asset sales

French retailer unveils plans for €2.2bn investment drive

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

Shake-up planned for vocational courses

Experts to design qualifications in engineering and construction

PERSONAL & HOUSEHOLD GOODS Mar 6, 2013

Dreams founder to set up furniture chain

Mike Clare will start Buzz Beds in competition

TRAVEL & LEISURE Mar 6, 2013

Rank agrees revised deal for Gala casinos

Group to buy 19 outlets to become largest UK operator

RETAIL Mar 6, 2013

Aurora break-up sees management exit

Restructure part of plan to refocus on online retailing

RETAIL Mar 6, 2013

Pressures weigh on Staples as sales fall

Sector grapples with competition from Amazon and Walmart

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