Shareholders of French retail group Carrefour are considering a break-up of the company into three listed units to enhance the value of their investment, Le Figaro reported on Monday.
The three American giants are ready to pay as much as 3 to 4 million dollars for the purchase of Groupon.com. The website offers users daily deals on services like restaurants and theatres that are only valid if customers can get enough people to sign up.
Not content with making city streets the world over accessible to us via Street View, Google is now planning on taking us inside shops as well. Thirty towns are already being tested.
U.S. consumers boosted spending for a fifth straight month in February, government figures showed.
Millions of women around the world are feted on International Women's Day but for Waris Dirie, the Somali nomad turned supermodel, the idea is absurd.
Guns, guards and soldiers are everywhere. But so are markets and shoppers, who risk their lives crossing chaotic roads crammed with everything from trotting donkey carts to smart four-wheel drives and menacing military vehicles.
Without four-wheel drive, Manica's potholed dirt roads are a challenge, but thanks to a steady stream of illicit diamonds from neighbouring Zimbabwe, more and more people in the impoverished town in western Mozambique can afford one.
People under 30 have been pounded by this recession and its job losses and the implications for some retailers are proving to be dire this holiday season.
Woman journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein was freed after spending a day in jail for refusing to pay a fine for wearing "indecent" trousers, the Sudanese Union of Journalists said.
Collective Brands Inc said it planned to expand Payless ShoeSource into the Russian market in 2010 along with franchise partner M.H. Alshaya.
The shiny glove Michael Jackson wore during his first performance of the moonwalk goes on auction this November -- with the current owner hoping to earn 40,000 to 60,000 dollars.
If the strong earnings trend keeps up next week, black will be back in style on the balance sheets of more of the nation's retailers.
Retailer Wal-Mart de Mexico, or Walmex, said its July same-stores sales rose 4.6 percent from a year ago, above analysts' forecast, as strong promotions attracted more customers to its outlets.
Scarlett O'Hara had her fair share of trials and tribulations in "Gone with the Wind," but nothing matched the problem she had in Washington this week: her bodice slid off at a charity catwalk 'Sweet Charity', showcasing edible outfits.
Many economists expect the U.S. recession to end in the second half of this year, but companies catering to consumers showed on Wednesday that the prolonged downturn and rising unemployment are taking a toll on business in the near term.
