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AI Helps Retailers Get Clicks, But Humans Win Customers
AI Helps Retailers Get Clicks, But Humans Win Customers It was only a year ago that a panicky retail industry was scrambling to retool for the AI revolution while harboring doubts about such staggering investments ever paying off. Yes, it was…
Retailers Must Separate ESLs From Surveillance Pricing As Federal Pressure Mounts
ALBANY, NY - MARCH 16: Consumer advocates with AARP join New York Attorney General Letitia James at a news conference on the state efforts to curtail surveillance pricing retail tactics on Monday, March 16, 2026, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.
Couple sentenced for retail theft in wearing 19 unpaid shirts
Natali Herrera Cardona (left) an dLuis Daniel Escalante, Courtesy of the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department WILKES-BARRE — A couple from Trenton, N.J., accused of stealing belts and clothing by wearing 19 unpaid shirts from Kohl's…
Industrial Retailer Settles Ex-Workers' 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday agreed to stay a proposed class action against industrial retailer W.W. Grainger from ex-workers who alleged the company misspent forfeitures from an employee 401(k) plan,... To view the full article, register…
Gap bucks retail headwinds with massive China expansion amid localisation drive
Amid widespread store closures by foreign fast-fashion players in China, US apparel brand Gap is defying industry headwinds. It plans to open 50 new stores in mainland China this year and return to Hong Kong by year's end, following a localisation…
Target Hires First Chief AI Officer in Retail's Latest Tech Push
Target said it is putting more resources into its artificial intelligence and user experience capabilities, the latest move by a major retailer to integrate more AI. The retailer said Tuesday it would bring on two executives to focus specifically…
India's Retail Traders Lost $9.6 Billion in Equity Derivatives
Individuals in India lost 916.85 billion rupees ($9.6 billion) buying and selling equity futures and options in the year ended March, down from 1.1 trillion rupees a year earlier, the government told lawmakers on Tuesday. The number of traders in…
Target appoints its first chief AI officer as big retailers bet on AI
Target announced its first ever chief artificial intelligence officer on Tuesday as retailers race to take advantage of the AI boom. The company named Chandhu Nair to the role. He comes to Target from home improvement retailer Lowe's, where he was…
Retail investors are returning to UK markets
For decades, British retail investors have snubbed their home market. But in 2026 things are changing, writes Rupert Hargreaves At the end of 2024, domestic investors owned just 11.6 per cent of UK equities while international investors owned a…
Who Is Cristiano Ronaldo's Wife Georgina Rodriguez? The Retail Worker Who Became Global Icon
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez are husband and wife. They married on Tuesday in a civil ceremony described by the public relations team that represents the Portuguese soccer star as 'a private and intimate moment attended by their five…
China's Unitree Robotics IPO 5,526 Times Oversubscribed By Retail Investors
Unitree Robotics' initial public offering was heavily oversubscribed (5,526 times) by retail investors as China's first publicly traded humanoid robotics company prepares to enter the public markets. The IPO will help usher in physical AI to the…
5 Iconic Air Jordans Under Retail Price Right Now
Most kids are back in school, but the sneaker sales are still going on. There has not been a better time in recent memory to purchase NBA legend Michael Jordan's legendary retro basketball shoes. Several classic Air Jordan models in popular…
Retailer 'on brink of collapse' and 'could run out of money
The future of Harvey Nichols' Bristol store has been thrown into uncertainty after the luxury retailer warned it could collapse within a year without a rescue deal or fresh investment. The warning comes as the business is put up for sale, with…
Rie Harui's Next Jewelry Project Is Part Retail Pop-up, Part Globe-trotting Art Showcase
ONE FOR THE ROAD: For Rie Harui, perusing jewels through a glass case in the hush of a boutique doesn't quite cut it. The Japanese designer, who is behind the Riefe label and serves as creative director for the Yohji Yamamoto by Riefe jewelry line…
Japan fund managers chase retail cash as JGB yields surge
TOKYO, Aug 12: After years of paying investors almost nothing, Japanese government bonds are suddenly worth owning again, and domestic asset managers are hurrying to give ordinary investors a way in. With yields on long-term JGBs now rivalling…
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