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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/12/28 22:32 GMT: Sears Struggles to Keep Business Afloat

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Sears Struggles to Keep Business Afloat

First broadcast 2018/12/28 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/12/28 22:32 GMT: Sears Struggles to Keep Business Afloat

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Sears Struggles to Keep Business Afloat

The US retailer set itself a deadline of Friday to find a buyer

The US retailer Sears set itself a deadline of Friday to find a buyer. Barbara Kahn, professor of marketing at the Wharton school, at the University of Pennsylvania, explains why that may be an uphill battle. Modern day slavery is an industry that generates billions of dollars for criminals - the BBC's Russell Padmore looks at efforts by the aviation industry to help the global fight to stop criminals forcing people in to slavery. And apps preventing food wastage have blossomed. We look at the app Too Good To go, its market and how it works, drawing on local people to pick up food quickly that’s about to expire.

(Image: A Sears store in Torrance, California. Credit: Getty Images)

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