UK retailers predict tough times
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Two UK clothing retailers, Next and French Connection, warn that there are tough times to come on the high street.
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Business & money: Spending binge looks likely to be followed by a big rise in personal insolvencies and falling house prices
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Business & money: Retail Watchdog may be on trail of bullyboys whose threats drive down prices.
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If the second-quarter comps are any indication, this retailer's still struggling.
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Business & money: Retailer blames stayaway shoppers and fierce discounting by rivals for decline in sales
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Higher oil prices and rising interest rates are likely to lead to a slowdown in spending on the UK High Street, business leaders predict.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7 -- The nation's retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants reported their weakest January performance in nearly four decades.
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Business & money: Chief executive warns of tougher times until 2009 as retailer reveals first drop in two and a half years
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British sweets-to-DVDs retailer Woolworths Plc  said that trading over the key Christmas period was "very challenging", knocking its shares, but it expected its retail unit to return to profitability this year.
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Retailers may be in for a blue Christmas this year as worries about soaring energy prices, consumers' cost-consciousness and a warmer December than last year make for lackluster holiday sales, retail analysts said.
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Figures showing a drop in retail sales spark fears that the recent consumer spending rebound could be coming to an end.
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The impact of rising interest rates and bad weather on stores will be seen as Marks & Spencer outlines recent trade.
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Poor Target. What an unfortunate time of year for people to get word of a major retailerâs unpopular decision. It seems likely that all eyes will be on Target Corp.
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The electronics retailer has a tough quarter, as expected.
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Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket group, says that it faces a "tougher year" as interest rates rise.
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Business & money: Retail Chief rejects M&S's view of doom and gloom but fortunes differ for fashion chain and jewellery group
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Business & money: Marks & Spencer and House of Fraser to emerge as  winners from brutal Christmas trading period