A none-too-bright thief was arrested in the French city of Grenoble after he took a stolen laptop computer back to the shop to complain that the battery wasn’t working.
France's Virgin Megastore was to formally ask a court to declare it insolvent Wednesday as shoppers rushed to more fortunate retail establishments for the first day of twice-yearly sales.
Swedish furniture multinational Ikea hired private detectives to access French police records to snoop on employees and dissatisfied customers, according to trade unionists at the company.
France spends more time eating, sleeping and shopping than in any other country, according to a new survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
