Company news from across global commerce: M&A, leadership changes, earnings, and corporate strategy.
ASOS publishes full-year results on Thursday 5 November, its first numbers since hackers took customer data in October. Profit is already flagged above the midpoint of guidance; trading since the hack is the figure that matters.
Associated British Foods publishes Primark’s full-year results on 3 November 2026, with UK like-for-like sales guided to +0.6% and the group total to -2.6%. Shoppers should watch for a home delivery launch window, the cost of the Iconic Value price cuts and the demerger timetable.
Poundland owner Gordon Brothers has declined a solvent takeover offer from Martin Property Group, pushing the 600-shop discount chain towards administration. A revised bid within 48 hours could still save the business whole.
The Very Group, owner of Very and Littlewoods, reported record adjusted EBITDA of £317.5m on flat sales of £2.09bn as home and credit offset falling fashion. Shoppers face a free delivery trial over £75, InPost lockers and new Very Pay instalment plans.
Debenhams Group, the owner of boohoo and PrettyLittleThing, made a £28.3m pre-tax profit in the six months to August, its first since 2021. A one-off US warehouse credit did much of the work, but sales growth, cash flow and the marketplace share all improved.
Shein posted its first results as a listed company on September 28, reporting USD 11.08bn of net revenue and a 13.9% drop in Europe after the EU scrapped its EUR 150 customs duty exemption. The company blamed pre-emptive price rises and advertising cuts, with a further per-parcel handling fee due November 1.
Nike releases fiscal 2027 first quarter results on Thursday, October 1, 2026, with consensus near $11.3 billion of revenue and $0.44 in diluted EPS. The print lands with the stock at a 12-year low, tariff costs running at $1.5 billion annualized, and Bank of America newly at Underperform.
H&M publishes its nine-month report on September 24 at 08:00 CEST, with consensus calling for SEK 57.1 billion of Q3 sales and SEK 5.1 billion of operating profit after a second-quarter sales miss. The unanswered question is the US tariff refund process the company disclosed in June and has not quantified.
Shein Global Holdings fell as much as 10% to a post-listing low of HK$36.04 on September 14 after Australian and New Zealand regulators recalled Shein-sold contact lenses and Jefferies initiated at underperform with a HK$26 target. The stock now trades a quarter below its HK$48.56 IPO price two weeks after listing.
Next plc publishes half-year results on 17 September 2026, six weeks after a second-quarter beat lifted full-year profit guidance to £1,243 million. The statement will show whether UK store weakness and a cautious second-half outlook temper the international boom.