Penneys and Primark to raise prices as cost pressures mount
Retailer plans price increases for autumn-winter stock in delicate balancing act
Thai conglomerate in advanced talks to buy Brown Thomas and Arnotts
Stores are part of Selfridges portfolio of high-end retail outlets in €4.7bn deal
Brown Thomas and Arnotts may sell in £4bn Selfridges deal – report
Weston family appoint Credit Suisse to advise after unsolicited offer for group
AB Foods earnings fall 40 per cent on Primark’s Covid-19 hit
Primark’s profit plunged to £362m from £969m as pandemic measures shuttered stores
Penneys owner AB Foods omits dividend to save cash in Covid-19 crisis
First-half operating profit rises 7% to £682m, while revenue increases 2% to £7.6bn
Business leaders pay tribute to ‘retailer pioneer’ Arthur Ryan
Dublin man established Penneys and Primark as a major global fashion brand
AB Foods says weak sugar market to hold back earnings next year
Drag on business offsets strong demand for fashion retailer Primark
Strong Primark guidance lifts AB Foods outlook
But company warns on sugar business, expecting reduced profit as sugar prices fall
Penneys owner AB Foods’ first-half profit held back by sugar
Resilient performance at Primark fashion brand offset by lower sugar prices
Penneys owner ABF calls for Brexit transition deal amid fears of customs chaos
Penneys and sugar drive 20% rise in earnings at Associated British Foods
Penneys owner Primark opens its eighth store in US
Fashion retailer plans to open two more stores, in New York and New Jersey
Primark owner AB Foods says currency effects to dent profit
Associated British Foods reports 2 per cent fall in 2014-2015, forecasts ‘modest’ decline
Can bargain-hunting US shoppers be convinced to spend in Penneys?
Boston, with its large Irish community, is a good beachhead for Primark to attempt its most ambitious retail invasion
AB Foods chief dismisses speculation about divesting Primark
‘It will not happen on my watch,’ says John Bason
Fitzwilliam buys €140m of Arnotts’ loans
British retailer Selfridges believed to be providing financial backing to Fitzwilliam
Primark boosts AB Foods results
Discount fashion chain’s adjusted operating profit rises 44 per cent to £514 million
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