B&M ventures out despite stormy weather in retail

Andrew Griffin

May 22, 2014 02:45 pm

sale — London, United Kingdom. 21st December 2013 -- Christmas shoppers hunt for bargains and sales on the busiest retail day of the year known as panic Saturday. -- Thousands of Christmas shoppers filled Oxford Street in London despite the bad weather on the busiest retail day of the year, known as panic Saturday. Shoppers hunted for bargains and sales offered by department stores and shops. Christmas Shoppers Fill Oxford Street on Panic Saturday | Amer Ghazzal / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images

UK retailer B&M is looking to be valued at up to £2.5bn as it launches its IPO on Thursday, despite plunging sentiment in the sector and a pulled IPO for a peer the same morning.

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