Harris, the US-based investment firm which owns a 13% shareholding in Signet, the UK-listed jewellery retailer, said that although it was pleased that Signet's bid discussions with the buyout groups ... [more]

Gazal Corp, the Australian-listed clothing company, will sell off its remaining UK and Italian assets, according to Australian sources. Gazal has a market cap of £60m.... [more]

House of Fraser, the chain of 61 department stores, is to be acquired by a consortium led by Baugur of Iceland for £351m. Other members of the consortium include the Bank of Scotland and FL Group, the... [more]

Two Scottish shopping centres, Edinburgh's Cameron Toll and The Forge located in Glasgow, are for sale at a combined £230m. The Forge has an asking price of £140m while Cameron Toll is likely to sell ... [more]

4711, the historic perfume brand and creaters of the 'Eau de Cologne' frangrance, has been put up for sale. Owners Proctor & Gamble acquired the company when it took over the Wella hair care brand. Ge... [more]

MFI, the UK retail group, has been in talks with investment fund Merchant Equity Partners regarding the sale of its furniture business, which "may or may not lead to a transaction". MFI have reportedl... [more]

UK retail group AWG Property is rumoured to be reviewing the options for Shawlands, the shopping mall it acquired in July. Tesco, Asda and Waitrose are all tipped to be interested in the Glasgow devel... [more]