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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 16: Philip Green and Kate Moss are sighted arriving at Unique A/W14 catwalk show during London Fashion Week on February 16, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Phelan/GC Images)
7:00pm COMMENT

BHS: A dealmaker’s debacle

Philip Green sold the UK chain for £1 a year ago but he is now under fire following its collapse

12:28pm Instant Insight from COMMENT

What Apple can learn from Dyson

The US tech company should take notes from a British innovator, writes John Gapper

Sir Stuart Rose, ex Chairman and CEO of Mark and Spencer, now of Fulton Management, photographed for FT Wealth in central London this morning.
12:45am City Insider

Rose will move heaven and earth to remain

Former M&S boss on Brexit; Dominic Chappell’s ‘cloud cuckoo land’ and an ex-trader’s naked restaurant

C90G6D Radisson Hotel Blue Astrid a luxury hotel at the Koningin Astridplein square city centre Antwerp Anvers Flanders Belgium Benelux
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Apr 28, 2016 TRANSPORT

HNA in race to grab Chinese tourists

Hainan-based group acquires Carlson Hotels

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Apr 28, 2016 TRAVEL & LEISURE

Tui to sell Hotelbeds Group for €1.2bn

Travel group looks to bolster finances and focus on core business

Mayborn had sales of nearly $40m last year
Apr 28, 2016 FINANCIALS

Ping An buys Tommee Tippee baby brand

Sale to Chinese group will return £135m to private equity owner 3i

Electrolux shares jump on forecast rise

Household appliance maker continuing to turnround US operation

Apr 27, 2016 RETAIL

PPF rejected BHS pension offers

Rescue fund deemed proposals inadequate

Apr 27, 2016 Lombard from FINANCIALS

Barclays: the eagle is stranded

Results illustrate why the big blue bird of banking is down in the pecking order

Apr 27, 2016 RETAIL

Landlords face struggle to fill BHS sites

Retailer failed to modernise much of its oversized portfolio

Apr 27, 2016 COMMENT

The king of shops and capitalism’s dark side

If we address the abuses, some good may be salvaged from the BHS wreckage, writes David Davis

Apr 27, 2016 RETAIL

BHS set to be toughest pension battle

Watchdog probe comes as deficits weigh heavily on UK companies

Apr 27, 2016 UK

Whitehall sees little value in BHS action

Compared with Tata Steel, the retailer has had little attention

Apr 27, 2016 UK

Asda singled out in supermarket price war

Competition watchdog raises ‘areas of concern’ about group

Apr 27, 2016 RETAIL

BHS’s finances under Philip Green

Complex transactions involve property and dividends

Apr 27, 2016

Adidas lifts profit and revenue forecasts

Sales boost second-biggest sportswear group in race with Nike

Apr 27, 2016 RETAIL

Conforama sets limit on Darty offer

Steinhoff-owned group appears to have called an end to intense battle

Apr 27, 2016 RETAIL

Argos owner hit by impairment charge

Takeover by Sainsbury’s expected to complete in third quarter

Ravleen Ruppal pictured on her stand at The Jewellery and Watch Show, Birmingham NEC
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Apr 27, 2016 SPECIAL REPORTS

The British-Indian wedding jewellery revolution

The enthusiasm of British Indians for giving gold to newly-weds continues but tastes are changing

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