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Moulton's Floors-2-Go calls in administrators

Britain's biggest wood and laminates flooring retailer falls victim to the sharp downturn in consumer confidence

Alchemy's Floors-2-Go calls in the administrators

Almost 100 staff made redundant and 41 stores shut as the flooring retailer becomes the latest credit crunch victim

Supermarket price cuts spark petrol pump war

Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have all reduced the price of fuel, but oil is rising again as hurricane season begins

Unilever sells Bertolli to Spanish Grupo SOS

One of the world's bestselling olive oils has been sold by Unilever to Spain's second-largest quoted food group for €630m

Business big shot: Geoff Quinn

Retailer TM Lewin, which sold 1.8 million shirts last year, is reaping the rewards of an expansion drive led by Mr Quinn

Indy and Transformers are heroes for Hasbro

America's second-largest toy company said second-quarter profits rose to $37.5 million from $4.8 million a year earlier

I’ll be there for the final sale

The General Trading Company was to nice middle-class girls like me what the Liverpool branch of Selfridges is to WAGs

Sloane Rangers’ favourite store hits the buffers

No one is immune from the credit crunch as the holding company for the General Trading store is placed into administration

Domino's profits soar 33% as UK rich trade down

Pizza company benefits from economic downturn as people shun restaurants to stay at home

High-street’s big retail guns revolt over rent

The retailers will appoint a representative to negotiate with property owners before the next quarterly payments in September

Britain stays in with a ready meal and plonk

Britons appear to be handling the prospect of recession and the economic downturn by staying at home and eating in

Bargain hunters lift John Lewis sales to £130m

Clearance helps reverse falling trend but only half the stores reported rises and Peter Jones' sales fell

Business big shot: Peter Hogsted

Peter Hogsted, Ikea's UK chief executive, is to join Kingfisher's, the DIY group, as head of the international division

Mothercare beats the high street gloom

The baby boom is proving a boon to the specialist retailer as Britain's birth rate climbs to highest levels since the 1990s

Gourmet group adds Bombay Bicycle to its chain

Jamal Hirani, a former buyer at Marks & Spencer, paid £4.4m for the Bombay Bicycle Club brand from Clapham House Group