Bloomberg Europe’s travel and leisure stocks took a fresh beating amid concern about a tightening of pandemic restrictions over the key Christmas period to stem the spread of the omicron Covid-19 variant. The Stoxx Travel and Leisure index fell as much as 3.4% in early trading, the most since worries about the new strain emerged last month, with airlines ...

  Bloomberg Target is an early winner of the US holiday shopping season. The big-box chain increased sales approximately 10% in November, according to Bloomberg Second Measure, which analyses anonymised US consumer transactions to measure revenue. The retailer’s gains doubled the rate of top rivals Walmart and Amazon. Of course, December could be a different story with the arrival of ...

  Bloomberg McDonald’s Holdings Co Japan will only offer french fries in small sizes after flooding at a Vancouver port and the coronavirus pandemic have cut off supplies of one of its key offerings. While the fast-food chain is trying to address the problem with alternative flights and is cooperating with suppliers and importers, it will only offer small-size french ...