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Shares in Marks and Spencer have fallen 4.25% after its increase in sales for the Christmas period failed to meet market expectations.

NAME LATEST CHANGE 0.68 0.00 AIB 1.50 -0.01 BoI 1.58 0.05 CRH 18.67 -0.08 DCC 20.00 -0.48 Elan 4.89 0.13 Glanbia 2.91 0.06 Grafton 3.30 0.16 Greencore 1.41 -0.02 0.12 0.00 ILP 3.47 0.07 Ryanair 3.49 0.03 2.13 0.03 M and S returns to sales growth in Q3 Wednesday, January 06 08:04:58 Retailer Marks and Spencer has posted its first rise in quarterly ...

Shoppers are facing confusion over January's VAT increase as retailers adopt different approaches to the tax hike.

The sound of Noddy Holder belting out the opening bars of Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody is guaranteed to send me a ' and probably thousands of other shoppers a ' shooting straight out of any shop which insists on playing it as part of its repertoire of tedious "seasonal musak". But with just three shopping days left to Christmas and shopper stress ...

Consumers have defied the wintry weather to hit the shops and give retailers their busiest weekend of the year.

DEPARTMENT store group John Lewis yesterday reported its third consecutive week of record sales.

There are some musicians who are great soloists, and there are others who excel as accompanists or in sections but aren't quite as spectacular in the spotlight.

Yes, the 1980s are back, courtesy of Balmain's door-busting shoulder pads and the remake of one of the decade's seminal films, Fame .

SOURCE: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey This is the 92nd anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie's birth.

SHOPPERS appear to be turning back to traditional supermarkets rather than budget outlets, according to industry figures published yesterday.

Retailer John Lewis aims to get public to change perception of fashion offering as 'dowdy and unfashionable' John Lewis advertising for its Bluewater store.

Some of the tips recall the thrift of wartime Britain. Others reflect more modern concerns, such as prolonging the life of gadgets.

The Bristol branch of John Lewis was the group's worst performing store in the whole of the UK last week, according to new figures.

The odds were stacked against Harry Belafonte when he produced the film-noir thriller "Odds Against Tomorrow" in 1959.

The Royal Albert Hall has today been announced as one of the UK's leading brands in the 2009/10 Superbrands list and voted, once again, as the leading Leisure and Entertainment Destination.

BBC News has taken a close look at the candidates for the forthcoming by-election in Norwich North which was prompted by the resignation of Labour 's Ian Gibson.

Asked to name the most insurrectionary artists associated with the Atlantic label, most jazz fans would probably think first of saxophonists John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman .

The House on Tuesday acknowledged the use of African-American slaves in the construction of the U.S. Capitol, ordering officials to place a marker inside the new Capitol Visitor Center using some of the original stone quarried by those slaves for the historic building.