More than half of German retailers pessimistic about Christmas: HDE
FILE PHOTO: Arlette Kaballo, designer and owner of several fashion stores gestures as she stands in her empty store with no customers and almost no […]
Holiday Shopping Moves to the Couch, Mostly: Black Friday Update
With sparse crowds and none of the stampedes of holidays past, some retail watchers started to refer to Black Friday as Blasé Friday instead — […]
From Cryptomania to Multi-Asset Environment: What Clients Want to Trade
Since the Bitcoin bull market collapsed at the end of 2017, the retail CFD/FX industry did not see a similarity in size attention from retail […]
Seoul Rises to Asia Real Estate Leader After Controlling Covid
Seoul has emerged as Asia’s top market for office and retail property deals after the South Korean capital averted a lockdown by controlling the Covid-19 […]
Hong Kong Slams Door on Retail Trading — Plans to Regulate Cryptocurrency Markets – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
In a massive crackdown on fraud and money-laundering, Hong Kong has announced a ban on the retail trading of digital currencies, and will now for […]
Mall Shakeout Just Beginning While Owners Drown in Complex Debt
The two U.S. mall owners that filed for bankruptcy on Sunday could be just the beginning. As retailers ranging from J.C. Penney Co. to Brooks […]
Stuck-at-Home Americans Crave Italian Deli Meats
Go ahead and add prosciutto to the list of items flying out the door at markets during Covid. Demand is surging for charcuterie — European-styled […]
Heartland businesses key part of Singapore's social network: President Halimah Yacob
SINGAPORE – Heartland businesses are a key part of Singapore’s social network and it is important for them to transform and continue being part of […]
Walmart is suing the federal government in a preemptive strike against claims the retailer fueled the opioid crisis by filling suspicious prescriptions
Walmart is suing the DOJ and DEA, asking a federal court to clarify what legal authority its pharmacists have to refuse to fill opioid prescriptions. […]
Starbucks pledges to have 30% of corporate workforce identify as a minority by 2025
Starbucks' latest commitments to diversity include a new mentorship program, hiring outreach workers at its cafes and pledges to have more minorities in its corporate […]
GIC, TPG to Invest $1 Billion in Mukesh Ambani’s Retail Business
Singapore’s GIC Pte. and private-equity firm TPG will invest a combined $1 billion in Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s retail unit, taking total inflows into the […]
Nearly Half of Consumers Have Started Holiday Shopping — Online
Instead of focusing on the biggest sale periods of the year, retailers should be launching their holiday strategy right now, according to experts from Affirm. […]
Leaked Microsoft slides show that the company has generated at least $61.7 million in revenue this quarter by selling to the smallest businesses and educational institutions, as it transitions former store employees to salespeople
Microsoft announced in June plans to shut down nearly all of its retail locations and transition employees to customer service roles "providing sales, training, and support." […]
Shopify Working With Feds to Investigate Security Breach
According to online retail platform Shopify, two employees pilfered customer data from more than 100 merchants, and now the company is working with authorities, including […]
KKR to invest $755 million in retail arm of Reliance
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc will invest $755 million in the retail unit of Reliance Industries Ltd, the Indian […]
Bitcoin Birch says no retail crypto-wide bull run likely for rest of 2020
Crypto prices may still be weighed down by a difficult global economic atmosphere, according to Joel Birch, co-founder of automated crypto investing platform Stacked. “I […]
COVID-19 shook out retail investors but emboldened BTC whales: Report
As the COVID-19 pandemic began, retail and institutional Bitcoin investors took very different approaches, new research from OKEx Insights and Catallact showed. The research, which […]
UPDATE 1-UK shopper numbers boosted by state-funded dining scheme
(Adds detail) LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Shopper numbers across all British retail destinations rose 6% in the week to Aug. 29 versus the week […]
Empty Hotels Might Just Be Next Big Short for Hedge Funds
Hedge funds and other short sellers are beginning to set their sights on a U.S. credit-derivatives index with outsized exposure to hotel debt as the […]
ClinTex Opens Up Retail Access to the $350 Billion Medical Trials Market
With modern advancements in the fields of medicine and health advancing at an ever-increasing pace, the value of research and development has followed suit, with […]
NYC Faces Retail Nightmare With Manhattan Struggling to Recover
It’s been almost two months since Manhattan started to reopen, but the shoppers aren’t around. Wealthy New Yorkers have decamped for the summer, or longer. […]
US retail sales jump 7.5% in June, but economy still ails
Fox Business Flash top headlines for July 16 Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. […]
Rich Nordic Investors Plow Record Cash Piles Into Tiny Firms
Nordic retail investors have found a new place to put their money, after years of ultra-low interest rates left them holding a lot more cash. […]
India’s Falling Wholesale Prices Signal Muted Inflation Pressure
India’s wholesale prices fell for a third straight month, signaling muted price pressures in the economy despite retail inflation edging up. Data from the Commerce […]