Retail

  Mumbai / Bloomberg ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. has picked arrangers for an initial public offering of as much as 60 billion rupees ($892 million), people familiar with the matter said, in what could be India’s biggest first-time share sale in six years. The country’s largest private-sector life insurer selected Bank of America Corp. and ICICI Securities Ltd. to …

London / AFP Britain’s historic menswear chain Austin Reed, whose suits were worn by Winston Churchill and The Beatles, said on Tuesday it will close 120 stores by the end of June as it winds down its operations. The company fell into administration last month and no viable offers were made for its purchase. Austin Reed’s administrators AlixPartners said: “We have …

  SHENZHEN / AP Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one of China’s largest cities. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs — were they bulging? “When I come here, I have a look,” she said. “If it’s good, then I will buy it. …

  Beijing / Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. said it’s prepared to take action to protect its intellectual property rights after performers dressed as Snow White and Captain America were sighted at Dalian Wanda Group Co.’s new theme park and entertainment complex in China. “We vigorously protect our intellectual property and will take action to address infringement,” the company said in …

  Philippines / Bloomberg San Miguel Corp. President Ramon Ang gave up his telecom ambitions by agreeing to a $1.5 billion deal that raises money for his energy, infrastructure and other businesses’ expansion. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and Globe Telecom Inc. acquired the telecommunications business of San Miguel Corp. for about 70 billion pesos ($1.5 billion), including debt, according …

  Shanghai / Bloomberg China’s slowing economy isn’t putting the brakes on tourism. Shanghai Disneyland attracted almost 1 million visitors to its public areas weeks before the $5.5 billion theme park officially opens June 16. And tourism spending is likely to triple by 2020 after industry investment jumped 42 percent last year, the government says. “The Chinese consumer is spending …

  San Francisco / AFP Seducing hyper-connected “Millennials” poses an increasing challenge for luxury brands, which find their markets slowing as young, skeptical consumers force them to rethink strategies. Goldman Sachs estimates that 92 million Americans are in the Millennial generation — born between the early 1980s and the 2000s — surpassing the famed cohort of postwar Baby Boomers who are …

  London / Bloomberg A weekly letter from Tesco Plc’s U.K. chief executive officer, posted in break rooms of the retailer’s 3,500 domestic stores, praises employees who go out of their way for customers. Recent examples include everything from fixing a motorist’s flat tire to collecting corporate memorabilia for a fan. During its rise to the top of British grocery …

  New York / Bloomberg PVH Corp., the maker of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger apparel, jumped as much as 7.6 percent after raising its full-year profit forecast and reporting first-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates. Adjusted earnings will probably be $6.45 to $6.55 a share during the 2016 fiscal year, the New York-based company said in a statement. That’s …

  The Hague / AFP Dutch electronics giant Philips set a price of 20 euros per share, a day ahead of a highly anticipated IPO of its lighting arm, and said it was expecting to raise 750 million euros. “The total number of offered shares is 37.5 million, representing 25 percent of the shares,” the Amsterdam-based Philips said in a statement. …