This week we meet Laura Kinsella and Judith Graepel.

Around 400 jobs at clothing retailer Kookai were safeguarded tonight after the founders of the Oasis fashion empire bought a string of Kookai’s UK stores from administrators.

THE list of casualties on the British high street lengthened yesterday when the operator of the Kookai retail chain in Britain was placed into administration.

Barred Chinese clothing shipments are piling up at European ports, prompting warnings of retail stock shortages and higher store prices just weeks after the EU moved to stem an import surge deemed a threat to jobs.

The London market failed to find enough momentum to end the week on a high note today as the weak US dollar dampened spirits.