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Renting out UK dwellings is an entirely different business to selling saucepans
Inflation, energy prices and rail strike threats add to retail woes
Some shops and other properties would be turned into houses as part of joint venture
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Company still earns about 30 cents for every $1 in sales
About 100 stores will be retained and Next will also acquire the upmarket clothing retailer’s head office
Analysts say move reflects sharply declining fortunes of online fashion retailers
Staff working on Alexa, Kindle and Halo are the first to go, but investors want further cuts
There is no guarantee asset sale will be enough to pay group’s debts
Value chain plans for ‘plausible’ scenario as inflation and spending squeeze bite
What it’s like to live with a shopping addiction, and how to overcome it
Ecommerce company pledges to help ordinary workers as Beijing targets wealth gap
Share divestment in South American peer part of efforts to sell assets worth €4.5bn to reduce leverage
Lithuania’s first unicorn stands to benefit from worries about waste and the cost of living
Plus, EU ministers try to head off trade war with US and UK limits use of Chinese surveillance systems
Toys and electronics marked down at start of holiday season with consumers pinched by inflation
Bargaining power shifts away from applicants as retailers forecast weaker sales growth
Acting chief hunts for profits after continent’s first ever tech unicorn plunges 70% in value since New York listing
French luxury group relies on the Italian brand for two-thirds of profit but has trailed rivals
They’re barely noticeable, but promoted items on digital sales platforms are at the vanguard of an industry worth tens of billions of dollars
Fall in visitors coincides with 41% decline in average retail rents in Tsim Sha Tsui district
Refurbed’s co-founder on the online marketplace’s growth and start-ups in Austria
Vital garment industry reels from surging inflation and the knock-on effect of war in Ukraine
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