Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A worker pushes trolleys at a Tesco Lotus supermarket in Bangkok January 12, 2012. Tesco issued its first profit warning in living memory on Thursday, sending shares in British grocers tumbling on fears the world's third-biggest retailer would launch a price war to fight back from its worst Christmas in decades. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
An employee lifts a slaughtered pig onto a table at a supermarket ...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - An employee lifts a slaughtered pig onto a table at a supermarket in Suining, Sichuan province December 12, 2011. China's annual inflation may rebound a touch over the next two months from November's 4.2 percent, an official at the country's top economic planning agency said on state television on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
A customer looks at a price tag at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui ...
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A customer looks at a price tag at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui province December 9, 2011. China's annual inflation rate tumbled in November to 4.2 percent, the lowest level in more than a year, fuelling expectations of further monetary policy easing to combat deteriorating domestic and international economic conditions. The rate has dropped rapidly since hitting a three-year high of 6.5 percent in July and is now at a pace closer to the full-year government target for 2011 of 4 percent. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS)
A discount sign is displayed at Carrefour Planet supermarket ...
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:00:03 +0100 (Reuters) - A discount sign is displayed at Carrefour Planet supermarket in Nice Lingostiere November 29, 2011. Consumer confidence in the 27-nation European Union (EU) sunk to its lowest level this year in October as rising prices, muted wages growth and austerity measures have squeezed disposable incomes across crisis-hit Europe. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
Customers shop for groceries in a supermarket in London October ...
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:10:02 +0200 (Reuters) - Customers shop for groceries in a supermarket in London October 18, 2011. Inflation in Britain hit a three-year high in September driven by soaring gas and electricity bills, further eroding living standards and piling more pressure on the government to help struggling consumers. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)