Swiss watch exports suffer first monthly decline in two years

Shipments fell by 0.9% last month to 2.2 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion) with China driving the downturn, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said Tuesday. Exports to…

Trial to begin of former Tesco executives accused of fraud

Christopher Bush, who was managing director of Tesco UK, Carl Rogberg, who was UK finance director, and John Scouler, who was UK food commercial director, are all charged…

China August investment, retail data to highlight soft domestic demand

Economists polled by Reuters also forecast industrial growth has flatlined for the third month in a row.While August headline growth readings are expected to be unchanged from July,…

UK retailers suffer weakest July sales growth on record

The industry figures add to signs of slowing demand from households, the one sector of the economy which has held up relatively well since June 2016’s vote to…