Given that rental levels and business rates are based on sales area, and with retail rents in prime spots in London’s Oxford Street reaching...

Essentially, in the current climate, major retailers are faced with two significant drains on profitability. First, the high cost of fulfilment compared with B&M...

With all attention focused on the structural changes occurring in UK retail, in particular the growth of the discounters and Waitrose at the expense...

As shock followed shock in terms of profit warnings and Commercial Income challenges, resulting in junk-stock ratings and an SFO investigation of the biggest...

Given the rising trend of companies combining forces to optimize scale, reduce tax and drive the output of complementary R&D resources, it is perhaps...

The major realisation arising from the aftermath of the five-year global financial crisis is that we are in fact awakening from a 30-year dream...

With the current confused turmoil in the ‘double-dipping (?)’ market, causing savvy consumers to buy even more cautiously, with private label growing faster than...

With UK multiples currently achieving ROCE levels of approximately 10.5% to 13%, it might be felt that this level of performance was simply a...

Given Sir Terry Leahy’s shock announcement of his plans to retire in March 2011, coupled with recent changes of CEO at Asda and Morrisons,...