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Primark's Fast Fashion And Pension Pots Clash At AB Foods: Gadfly

Conglomerate Associated British Foods is fighting a war on two fronts. The first is at home. Its fast fashion retailer Primark reported its biggest annu...

Pernod's Investors Should Keep Their Champagne On Ice: Gadfly

Don't get too excited about a Chinese luxury recovery. That's the message from Pernod Ricard, seller of high-end spirits. And despite an improvement in...

M&S's Retreat from Abroad Can Include a Domestic Clearout: Gadfly

For Marks & Spencer, abandoning Europe is back in fashion. Investors should be grateful, but really, they should look to clean up the domestic clos...

Wal-Mart Couldn't Survive in Trump-World: Paula Dwyer

Donald Trump threatens to revoke the North American Free Trade Agreement and impose stiff tariffs on imports from China or products made by U.S. companies...

Obama Finds An Ally In Wal-Mart, Whose Stores He Once Shunned

As a freshman senator with his eye on the presidency, Barack Obama said he’d never shop at a Wal-Mart and held the company up as an emblem of corpora...

The History Of U.S. Retail's Top 20 Hints At Its Future: Gadfly

Fast-shifting shopper preferences are reordering the retail industry. The scurry to keep up with consumer tastes led to Walmart's recent $3.3 billion ac...