Exclusive-Online retailer Shein to hold roadshows soon ahead of London IPO, sources say
By Julie Zhu, Amy-Jo Crowley and Hadeel Al Sayegh HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – Shein is set to hold informal investor meetings i..
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Levi Strauss shares fall on weak holiday-quarter forecast
(Reuters) – Levi Strauss’ shares fell about 7% on Thursday after a tepid forecast for holiday-quarter revenue underscored ..
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Britain’s Tesco lifts profit outlook after strong first half
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket group, lifted its annual profit forecast on Thursday after..
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Britain’s Tesco lifts annual profit forecast after strong first half
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket group, lifted its annual profit forecast on Thursda..
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Euro area long-dated yields rise after sharp drop, geopolitics in focus
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – Euro area government bond yields rose on Wednesday, a day after long-dated yields posted their ..
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Sainsbury’s boss looks to UK budget to lift spending gloom
By James Davey COBHAM, England (Reuters) – Britons bruised by a cost of living crisis will not start spending strongly again unt..
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UK house prices rise 0.7% in September, Nationwide says
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices rose by a higher-than-expected 0.7% in September from August, with the annual growth rat..
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Exclusive-ByteDance plans new AI model trained with Huawei chips, sources say
(Reuters) – TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compat..
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Discounter Pepco’s sales hurt by supply chain disruption
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -European discount retailer Pepco Group said its fourth-quarter underlying revenue was lower th..
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Miniso shares slump on plans to buy stake in Yonghui Superstores
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of Miniso Group Holding plunged as much as 39.2% to HK$20 ($2.57) on Tuesday after the company said..
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Nike veteran Hill to replace Donahoe as CEO; shares jump
By Juveria Tabassum, Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) -Nike said on Thursday that former senior executive Elliott Hill will rejoin the comp..
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Nike’s next CEO Hill brings a bootstraps mentality
By Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) – Elliott Hill started at Nike as an intern in 1988 but steadily scaled its ranks, banking on v..
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UK supermarket sales growth slows after summer holidays
LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket sales growth slowed over the last month as consumers trimmed spending after their summer ..
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French millers face long grind as rain-hit wheat harvest comes in
PARIS (Reuters) – Flour mills in France are facing higher costs and a long search for grain as they feel the effects of a dire w..
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UK’s Asda says retail veteran Stuart Rose to lead business
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket group Asda, which has been losing market share, said its chairman, veteran..
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Daimler Truck eyes half of Europe sales from EVs in 2030
By Ilona Wissenbach and Andrey Sychev HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) -Daimler Truck, one of the world’s biggest commercial ve..
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BP to sell its US onshore wind business
(Reuters) -BP plans to sell its U.S. onshore wind energy business, it announced on Monday, saying the assets were not aligned with its..
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Central Europe factories and retailers shut in flood-hit areas
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Factories and stores across central Europe shut down production lines and closed their doors on Monda..
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British ministers head to Gulf for talks on new trade deal
(Reuters) – Britain’s new trade ministers visited the Gulf region on Monday in a first joint visit for talks on a possible..
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UK’s Domino’s Pizza plans to hire 5,000 staff ahead of peak holiday season
(Reuters) – Britain’s Domino’s Pizza Group said on Monday that it plans to hire 5,000 staff across the UK and..
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Saipem wins $4 billion contract from QatarEnergy
(Reuters) – Italian energy engineering group Saipem said on Sunday it had won an offshore contract worth $4 billion from ..
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US locks in steep China tariff hikes, many to start Sept. 27
By David Lawder (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday locked in steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports, including a 100% duty o..
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Zara to offer its secondhand clothes service in US by October
MADRID (Reuters) – Zara will offer its service for selling, repairing or donating secondhand clothes in the United States by the..
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Scotland’s only oil refinery to close next year, 400 jobs to go
By Ron Bousso and Robert Harvey LONDON (Reuters) -Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, is to close in 2025 with the loss o..
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Bank of England eyes growth with lighter bank capital reforms for UK lenders
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England aims to roll out revised new rules on how much capital UK banks must set aside ..
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Zara owner Inditex sees early autumn sales perk up after summer slowdown
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) -Zara owner Inditex reported a jump in sales of its autumn/winter collection on Wednesday, boosting it..
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Services’ grip on UK economy tightens as manufacturing share ebbs further
By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – Britain’s shift towards a services-dominated economy is accelerating, pushing manufacturing̵..
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Etihad Airways plans IPO no earlier than 2025, sources say
By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andres Gonzalez and Federico Maccioni DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways plans to make its ..
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Key events at Nike under CEO John Donahoe
(Reuters) – Nike will hold its annual meeting virtually on Tuesday and a key issue to be voted on will be a workers’ right..
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UK pay growth cools, keeping BoE on track for another rate cut
By Andy Bruce and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British pay growth cooled in the three months to July to a more than two-year low an..
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Aldi UK says shoppers trading up as inflation eases
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Supermarket group Aldi UK said its prices this summer were on average lower than a year ago, easing s..
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South Africa’s SPAR sells Polish business to Specjal
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s second-biggest grocery group SPAR has sold its loss-making business in Pola..
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Malaysia central bank to hold rates at 3.0% until at least 2026: Reuters poll
By Pranoy Krishna BENGALURU (Reuters) – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will leave its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday..
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Oil edges higher as halted Libyan exports balance expected OPEC+ supply boost
By Nia Williams and Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Monday, recovering some losses from late last week, as ..
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BMW worldwide recalling Mini Cooper SE electric models, company says
BERLIN (Reuters) -German automaker BMW is recalling electric Mini Cooper SE vehicles due to problems in their batteries, which ..
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Lowest euro zone inflation in 3 years sets up ECB for cut
By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT/TALLINN (Reuters) -Inflation in the euro zone fell to its lowest level in three years..
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HMD launches Barbie phone in partnership with Mattel
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – HMD Global, which makes Nokia-branded phones, said it has teamed up with toymaker Mattel to launch ..
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