Bloomberg Hugo Boss AG said it won’t return to growth until 2018 as Chief Executive Officer Mark Langer embarks on a turnaround plan for the ailing German fashion house that includes eliminating brands, slowing down store expansion and selling more online. The retailer said 2017 will be a transition year as it reorganizes its wholesale unit that sells to …

  Bloomberg Here’s one area where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is handily beating Amazon.com Inc.: telling shoppers what ingredients are in the products they’re buying. That’s the conclusion of a scorecard that ranks major retailers’ policies on harmful chemicals. Wal-Mart holds the top spot, followed by Target Corp. Amazon occupies last place in the study, which is scheduled to be released …

  San Francisco / AFP German-based hotel booking site trivago, controlled by US online travel giant Expedia, filed for a public share offering in New York. The firm founded in 2005 which aims to connect travellers to hotels at the lowest rate is used for booking at 1.3 million hotels in over 190 countries, and has 55 localized websites and …