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UK Supermarkets Brace for Food Price Hikes: Gadfly

Marmageddon, Toblerone-gate, shrinking fish fingers. Get ready for more food fights. The 12% slump in sterling following Britain's vote to leave the Eur...

Brexit's Business Cheerleaders Blame Anything But Brexit: Gadfly

Brexit's wealthy business supporters are waking up to the fact that there's economic pain ahead for ordinary Brits. Whether they will change their minds...

Tesco's Big Profit Plan Is Just What Investors Ordered: Gadfly

Dave Lewis, chief executive of Tesco, has made a big deal of listening to customers. He's obviously listened to shareholders too. As well as the third c...

The British Clothing Slump Makes M&S's Silence Deafening: Gadfly

Been shopping for clothes lately? No? Neither has anyone else. That's why a string of U.K. retailers, including Next, Sainsbury, John Lewis and even Pri...

U.K. Retailers, The Bond Market's Not Finished With You: Gadfly

John Lewis department stores, Next, Primark owner Associated British Foods. A slew of household retail names have already said this month that their pensio...

German Grocery Discounters Are Down But Not Out In Britain: Gadfly

Britain may have achieved peak discounter. But the big four supermarkets should still be worried. Financial results published Monday by the U.K. arm of...

Reality Bites For British Retail As Storm Clouds Gather: Gadfly

Reality is finally starting to bite for Britain's clothing and home furnishings retailers. While there was plenty of commentary from Next, John Lewis an...

Quiche. Morrison's Secret Weapon in the War on Price: Gadfly

Morrison has a secret weapon in the supermarket price war: quiche. Its own food production facilities, from fish processing plants to pie-making factori...