Alana Schetzer

For bags and shares alike, it is possible — if not easy — to justify the expense

Don’t expect Alison Brittain to sit back just because the ink has dried on a £2.5 billion cheque

A focus on practical, colourful clothes has helped Joules to defy the wider retail gloom

Fierce competition costs linked to branch closures pushed down Santander’s profits in the UK

A tumble in profits at PZ Cussons has prompted a sell-off of some brands

Big supermarkets are nursing a hangover from last summer’s beer-fuelled spending spree

Domestic and export orders fell at the fastest rate since the financial crisis

Data suggests government action on business rates and development may be working

Property company makes deal as a result of European Medicines Agency’s move to Amsterdam

The founder’s centrality to business mean minorities are exposed to a buyout at a jumble sale price

Judge rules that landlord can expedite challenge to restructuring proposals