Mixed fortunes for UK retailers
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Debenhams reports better-than-expected Christmas trading, but Blacks Leisure warns on profits.
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Returns cost retailers big bucks when customers' expectations don't match products' reality.
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Business & money: Bargain-chasing shoppers force stores into heavy price discounting after slowest Christmas sales growth in three years
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LONDON In the take-no-prisoners battle for the pocketbooks of British shoppers, Tesco, the No. 1 supermarket, posted a 30 percent rise in first-half net income on Tuesday while Marks Spencer, once the champion, reported a further decline in sales.
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The big three in discount retailers look like a good bet in a slowing economy.
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The retailer's disappointing August comps create a buying opportunity.
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The FTSE 100 extended recent falls on Monday, with retailers at the fore-front of the sell-off. With the key Christmas spending period upon us, the sector was hit by continued consumer spending fears.
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Retailers look set to see a pick-up in Christmas trade in the coming days, despite grim predictions earlier in the season.
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British producers struggle to keep up with consumers' soaring demand.
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Buy high or low? The tale of sales offers some insight.
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London equities rose in opening trade on Tuesday, but gains were kept in check by losses for retailers after a trading update from Tesco failed to impress investors.
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UK stocks including J Sainsbury Plc, Britain&#39;s third-largest supermarket chain, fell. The company said first-half earnings fell by as much as 66 percent as it lost market share.
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Business & money: Retailer turns in stunning performance over first half, pushing profits ahead by more than 50%.
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Business & money: UK spends like there's no tomorrow with frenzied activity at the sales despite gloomy economic forecasts
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Two leading retail stalwarts &#151; J.C. Penney Co. and discounter Target Corp. &#151; reported on Thursday better-than-expected profits in the second quarter. Still, the outlook for consumer spending in the coming months remains muddled amid higher energy costs, rising interest rates, war in the Middle East, and the latest terrorist threat.
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Investors may want to shop elsewhere for inexpensive retail stocks.
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The impact of rising interest rates and bad weather on stores will be seen as Marks & Spencer outlines recent trading.