TOKYO -- Facing a shrinking Japanese market for suits, menswear chain operator Aoyama Trading aims to diversify and widen its foreign footprint, and the company will kill two birds with one stone ...

MANCHESTER-based shoe repairs to key-cutting chain Timpson has more than doubled the number of its branches by acquiring the Minit UK group. Loss-making Minit UK comprises 240 rival Mister Minit ...

It’s an age-old profession mentioned in the same breath as blacksmiths and candlestick makers – but what does it mean to be a cobbler in 2021? For Steve Whittard, who owns seven Mr Minit stores on the ...