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Restructuring retail: Lifeline or legalised pause button?

Store closures, rent cuts, and creditor cramming – restructuring plans have become a familiar headline in UK retail. But beyond the legal jargon, questions are mounting: Are these plans really turning businesses around, or simply buying time? And is the sector offloading its problems onto landlords, rather than fixing what is broken? River...

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Dow to close three upstream European assests

Dow, a leading material science company, is set to close three upstream assets in Europe in response to structural challenges it is currently facing in the region. The decision is a follow-up to the European asset actions first published in April 2025 and has been approved by the Board of Directors. The three assets that will shut down include...

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Struggles at Lanvin Group as parent company eyes asset sales

Fosun International’s efforts to build a global luxury portfolio under its fashion arm the Lanvin Group, may be in flux. The Chinese conglomerate, which spent the last decade acquiring high-end brands including Lanvin, Wolford, and St. John Knits, is now reported to be open to divesting from some of its fashion investments, highlighting the...