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Pacsun CEO Shares A Retail Reinvention Story Rooted In Community, Culture, And Collaboration
Pacsun CEO Brieane Olson releases “Co-Created: The Cultural Strategy That Redefined Pacsun” with Forbes Books. ISBN-13: 979-8887508078 NEW YORK (May 12, 2026) — Co-Created: The Cultural Strategy That Redefined Pacsun by Brieane…
Hong Kong retail sector may turn a corner: Wharf REIC
Hong Kong's retail sector may have turned a corner, said Stephen Ng Tin-hoi, chairman and managing director of Wharf Real Estate Investment Company (1997), citing the strong performance of its hotels' occupancy and room rates during the Labour Day…
Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO
Just two months after listing its first venture fund on the stock market, Robinhood is preparing to launch a second. The company has filed a confidential registration for RVII, a standard regulatory step that allows it to work through the approval…
Longo's President Deb Craven Named Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year by Retail Council of Canada
TORONTO, May 12, 2026 /CNW/ - Retail Council of Canada (RCC) proudly announces Deb Craven, President, Longo's, as the recipient of the Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year Award. This prestigious award recognizes a retail leader who has…
Beyond shoplifting: How consumers and retailers pay for retail crimes
When most people think of retail theft, they picture someone slipping an item off a rack, sneaking lipstick into a backpack, or a stranger stealing a package from a front porch. But experts say the problem has grown into something far more complex.
Early Easter adds to woe of retailers suffering from low consumer confidence
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Retailers have suffered a disappointing April as an early…
A brand new memory stock ETF has quickly become retail traders' hottest thematic trade since Covid
Retail is rushing into a fund that gives broad exposure to the stock market's hottest trade of the year. Individual investors are pouring cash into DRAM, The Roundhill Memory ETF. The fund, which launched just over a month ago on April 2, offers…
Dollar Tree and Starbucks are suddenly opening hundreds of new stores as retail doom stories pile up
Amid widespread reports of retail closure after closure, a new report on retail market dynamics from the real estate services company JLL outlines the sectors that are leading openings so far in 2026. Restaurants and discount dollar stores lead the…
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Sports retailer to close 175 underperforming stores so it can focus on key locations
JD Sports is planning to close about 175 Hibbett stores across the U.S. over the next three years to focus on fewer, more profitable locations. The British retailer bought Hibbett, an Alabama-based sporting goods chain, for about $1.1 billion in…
India's Retail Inflation Rises to 3.48% in April Driven by Jewellery, Food Prices
India's retail inflation climbed to 3.48 per cent in April, primarily fuelled by a significant surge in gold and silver jewellery prices and an increase in the cost of essential kitchen items, impacting household budgets across the nation. India's…
Retailers hope for World Cup boost as high street sales tumble
Struggling retailers are hoping for a bumper World Cup to boost the high street and improve consumer confidence. Footfall figures, which measure trips rather than expenditure, already suggested that many shoppers have all but abandoned the UK high…
Chinese fashion, online retail giants clash in London court
Chinese fast-fashion company Shein Group Ltd. accused the owner of online marketplace Temu of copyright infringement “on an industrial scale” at London's High Court on Monday, Reuters reported. Shein said Temu used thousands of its…
AI super rally has retail investors acting the most aggressive since trading frenzy during Covid
Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images It's official: traders haven't been this aggressively bullish since they were stuck at home with stimulus checks betting on a bounce-back in the global economy. Retail traders are buying calls in Cboe's 'Mag 10'…
Amazon is turning the retail speed war into a 30-minute sprint
Amazon is pushing deeper into 'instant retail' with a new 30-minute delivery service, escalating its speed race with Walmart, Target and delivery apps. Why it matters: Retailers once competed to deliver in days, then hours. Now the race is to…
Retail inflation rose to 3.48% in April
Retail inflation, based on consumer price index (CPI) rose a tad to 3.48 per cent in April from 3.4 per cent of March, government reported on Tuesday, According to official data, year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price…
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