The pandemic has made for an extremely difficult environment when it comes to selling clothes. With no parties on the calendar, no meetings to attend and no vacations in the offing, shoppers have had little reason to go on a spree for new outfits, and the enticement of hunting the racks for something new has simply evaporated. As a result, ...

September is being cast as a fresh start for the Covid-battered UK. Children will return to school, their parents can resume disrupted work lives and Britain’s economy can begin to right itself. Is there anything a shiny new pencil case can’t fix? “Even as adults, that feeling of going back to school after the summer often stays with us,” wrote ...

Bloomberg Several of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s biggest investors have converted billions of dollars in US shares for Hong Kong stock in part to avoid potential US sanctions and de-listings of major Chinese technology companies. Temasek Group Holdings Pte, Baillie Gifford & Co, and Matthews Asia are among the major shareholders that have swapped stakes in the Chinese e-commerce giant ...