LONDON / Bloomberg UK retail sales fell for a second month in March as Britons bought less of everything from food to clothing. The volume of sales dropped 1.3 percent from February, far more than the 0.1 percent decline forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Sales excluding auto fuel fell 1.6 percent, the most since January 2014. The Office for ...

  Reuters Saudi Arabian retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co missed analysts’ estimates as it reported a 98 percent fall in fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday after its operations made losses and total group sales fell. The company made a net profit of 3.17 million riyals ($845,626.48) in the three months to March 31, down from 201.74 million riyals in the ...

  Reuters Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it will shrink its board by three members to 12, bringing it closer to US corporate norms in a move the largest US retailer hopes would allow it to respond more nimbly to rapid market changes. The change will take place after Wal-Mart’s annual shareholders’ meeting on June 3, it said in a statement. ...