[ad_1] By David Milliken, William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – British shoppers kept a tight grip on their wallets last month as retail sales grew at their slowest annual pace since…
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Tesco outstrips retail rivals with Christmas sales rise
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco TSCO.L, Britain’s biggest supermarket group, rode out a “subdued” Christmas to lift UK sales by 0.1%, enough to beat its main rivals amid the toughest…
UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 10
[ad_1] (Adds company news items and futures) Jan 10 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 4 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures down…
M&S’s marketing boss latest to go in management shake-up
[ad_1] The logo of Marks & Spencer is seen in front of the store on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer LONDON (Reuters) –…
British retailer John Lewis to cut 1,500 head office jobs
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British retailer John Lewis said on Wednesday it would cut 1,500 head office jobs as part of its strategy to return to sustainable profit by 2025.…
UniCredit buys 32.5% of Italy’s Esselunga real estate unit: sources
[ad_1] MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s biggest lender UniCredit CRDI.MI has invested 435 million euros ($469 million) to buy a 32.5% stake in the company that owns the real estate assets…
Beijing unlikely to approve ByteDance’s TikTok deal with Oracle – Global Times
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A deal China’s ByteDance has struck with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc over the future of its video-streaming app TikTok is unlikely to receive Chinese government…
French supermarkets to face same lockdown limits as small shops: minister
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarkets will face the same limits on selling non-essential goods as small shops but shopowners are not allowed to challenge government’s new COVID lockdown rules,…