8:40pm

Steep discounts may take toll on UK shops

Analysts cut profit forecasts and prepare for downgrades

7:43pm

More than 1,600 jobs go at Barratts Priceless

Administrators fail to find buyer for concession business

7:11pm

Cut-price Christmas set to dent UK stores

Heavy discounting likely to take its toll on profits

6:59pm

Supermarkets on warpath to slash prices

New year offers target squeezed shoppers

Dec 30, 2011

Horrible year for underperforming Carrefour

The French retailer issued five profit warnings in a difficult 2011

Dec 29, 2011

Bidders offer Blacks hope of a reprieve

Four groups vie for majority of the retailer’s assets

Dec 29, 2011

US retailers gifted Christmas boost

Deep discounts likely to squeeze margins

Dec 29, 2011

UK retail insolvencies expected to soar

More buying online and margin erosion take their toll

Dec 29, 2011

D2 Jeans falls into administration

First significant post-Christmas casualty on UK high street

Dec 27, 2011

Late dash to shops spells buoyant trading

Shoppers bring joy to retailers

Dec 27, 2011

Amazon leads holiday online retailers poll

Netflix losing appeal after tough year

Dec 27, 2011

Bargain hunters lift UK retailers

Heavy discounting spurs 21.5% rise in store footfall

Dec 27, 2011

Sears Holdings to close up to 120 stores

Weak holiday sales force retailer’s hand

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Auditors put companies under the microscope

Liquidity checks on businesses a top priority

From WORLD Dec 27, 2011

Robust sales continue for second day

Retailers boosted by better than expected trading

Dec 26, 2011

US retailers brace for busy ‘mega monday’

2011’s third-busiest day of foot traffic expected

Dec 23, 2011

Blacks fails to find buyer for whole company

Shareholders likely to lose all their investment

Dec 23, 2011

Ocado bidders face £40m Waitrose bill

Online grocer falls after profit warning

Dec 23, 2011

Will Ocado ever fulfil its customers?

Online grocer’s recent travails add doubts about its future

Dec 23, 2011

Surge in online orders hits deliveries

15,000 parcels a day undelivered, company admits

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