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H&M is the world's second-biggest fashion retailer

H&M says recovery uneven after sales tumble 50%

Business / 15 Jun

M&S has reassured that the post-crisis future of the business was strong

M&S warns of 'severe impact' from coronavirus

Business / 20 Mar

French Connection said it would continue to hold back paying dividends this year

French Connection posts full year loss

Business / 10 Mar

3,214 new cars were licensed here during the month

Car imports continued to power ahead in October

Business / 08 Nov 19

Tesco said its group like-for-like sales rose 0.2% with like-for-like sales in its Irish operations rising by 1.3%

Tesco's sales growth slows in subdued UK market

Business / 13 Jun 19

Next has maintained its sales and profit guidance for the full 2019-20 year

Next benefits from warm Easter with 4.5% Q1 sales rise

Business / 01 May 19

Morrisons said its total revenue rose 2.7% to £17.7 billion, with like-for-like sales up 4.8%

Britons stock up on toilet roll, painkillers: Morrisons

Business / 13 Mar 19

BMW expecting a slight increase in sales this year despite challenging market conditions.

BMW says group sales up 1.1% in 2018

Business / 11 Jan 19

Unilever reports lower than expected second quarter sales

Unilever's second-quarter sales disappoint

Business / 19 Jul 18

IKEA Group reports retail sales of €34.1 billion in its fiscal year up to August

IKEA Group's full-year sales up 4% to €34 billion

Business / 10 Oct 17

Tesco said its UK and Ireland underlying operating profits jumped 21.1% higher to £471m in the six months to August 26

Tesco to pay first dividend since 2014-15 crisis

Business / 04 Oct 17

Next's first-half profit fell by 9.5% to £309.4m

Next lifts its full-year outlook higher

Business / 14 Sep 17

Sales of tablets were down 8.5 per cent during the last quarter compared to a year earlier

Tablets tumble as sales decline continues

Technology / 05 May 17

Net profit at Nestle fell to 8.5 billion francs last year - disappointing the markets

Nestle scales back its growth targets

Business / 16 Feb 17

Tesco said that like-for-like sales in Ireland grew by 0.1% over the 19-week period

Tesco caps year of recovery with Christmas trade

Business / 12 Jan 17

REI said footfall in many urban centres is up, but the mild weather in recent weeks has had a negative impact on sales of winter stock - particularly in ladies fashion, footwear and children's wear

Christmas trade should be 'on par with 2015' - REI

Business / 22 Dec 16

Sainsbury's made an underlying pretax profit of £277m for the 28 weeks to September 24, down 10% on the same time last year

Sainsbury's targets more cost savings, profit fall

Business / 09 Nov 16

Debenhams has reported pretax profit for the year ended September 3 of £114.1m

Debenhams annual profit inches higher

Business / 27 Oct 16

P&G sold 41 of its brands, including Clairol and Wella, to Coty in a $12.5 billion deal earlier this month

P&G's quarterly profit beats on cost cuts

Business / 25 Oct 16

The company's third quarter group sales were dragged lower by the results of Philips Lighting

Philips' third quarter profits miss targets

Business / 24 Oct 16

Pearson is the world's biggest education company

Cost cuts help Pearson to reiterate targets

Business / 17 Oct 16

Worldwide PC shipments in the third quarter of this year totalled 68.9m units in a 5.7% decline from the same period a year earlier, according to preliminary estimates by Gartner

PC sales sliding amid shift to mobile devices

Business / 12 Oct 16

Apple launched the new iPhone 7 at a San Francisco event earlier this month

Initial quantities of iPhone 7 Plus sold out

Business / 15 Sep 16

Burberry is struggling to counter a sales downturn in mainland China and Hong Kong and fewer tourists in Europe

Burberry's Q1 like-for-like sales fall by 3%

Business / 13 Jul 16

Today's trading update is the last under Debenhams CEO Michael Sharp, who steps down on Friday after five years

Debenhams like-for-like sales fall 0.2% in Q3

Business / 22 Jun 16

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