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National Day promotions drive strong gains for HK's F&B and retail sectors
Hong Kong retail and food and beverage (F&B) sectors reported positive results from promotional campaigns launched for the National Day Golden Week holiday, which began last Thursday, with merchants seeing a surge in both foot traffic and sales…
Albertsons' Retail Media Head Leaves Grocery Giant
The leader of Albertsons' advertising business has abruptly exited one of the most prominent grocery media networks. Brian Monahan, svp of Albertsons Media Collective, the grocery giant's retail media network, has left the company, an Albertsons…
Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: October's Retail Harvest
Download this episode on Apple Podcasts / Spotify or listen below: Retailers (AMZN) (TGT) (WMT) are racing to cash in on the holiday season before Halloween. (00:14) Huawei and Qualcomm (QCOM) strike a deal. (01:48) Redwire (RDW) lands another…
Call for crackdown on yobs running riot on retail park
Wheelie-popping yobs who are running riot on a Nottinghamshire retail park have prompted calls for a police crackdown. Neighbours allege that a group of up to 30 youths with motorbikes and high-powered off-road bikes have been wreaking havoc at…
Old Port lingerie retailer adds Falmouth store
A Portland lingerie retailer picked Falmouth for its second location. Aristelle leased a 1,180-square-foot space at the Shops at Falmouth Square at the Wyeth, a mixed-use residential and retail development at 267 U.S. Route 1. The store opened…
EXCLUSIVE: One Year On, Chanel's Bruno Pavlovsky Talks Sales Growth, Retail Strategy and Matthieu Blazy Impact
PARIS — A year after Matthieu Blazy 's debut show for Chanel, Bruno Pavlovsky is a happy man. “ Chanel is reenergized,” the brand's president of fashion told WWD. “There's a wonderful energy both inside the house and…
LSI Industries' 2026 Outlook: Integrated One LSI Platform Drives Long-Term Retail Project Demand
Picture a national retail chain planning to overhaul thousands of locations simultaneously. These projects fail or succeed based on a single variable: whether the lighting, signage, and fixtures arrive at every site on the same day. LSI Industries…
How Kelley Liu Is Building Song of Skin Into an $8.5 Million K-beauty Retail Business
Kelley Liu is taking Song of Skin further into physical retail, using a growing pop-up business as the foundation for a permanent New York flagship and the expansion of her own K- beauty brand, CelDot. Liu — who has 1.4 million followers on…
This Week in Retail: Fall sales events and holiday product launches
The fall season is kicking off this week with a clash of titans. Walmart, Target, and Amazon are all running sales events in what is arguably the opening salvo of the longer holiday season. Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days and Target Circle Deal Days…
Inside the rescue deal that saved a 50-Year-Old Scottish retailer from administration
Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op has been sold in a deal that secures the future of four stores and 35 jobs, but will close its Aberdeen branch and distribution centre, with 25 employees made redundant. Management said attempts to turn the company around…
Tenant confirmed as works under way on key change at city retail park
Work is under way to convert a prominent former shop unit at a Nottingham retail park into a 24-hour gym after the city council gave the venture the go-ahead. And it has been revealed that the former B&M Bargains space, which has been vacant since…
Singapore's retail sales growth rose 0.7% in August
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Published Oct 05, 2026, 01:07 PM SINGAPORE – Singapore's retail sales growth expanded 0.7% year on year in August 2026, following 1.3% growth in July, according to data from the…
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
A NRF article drawing on input from retail executives and subject matter experts named 2025 the year of the AI agent in retail. The article says that digitally influenced sales already exceed 60% and that percentage will only grow as AI agents…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Turning Traditional Retail Stores Into Smarter Businesses
The way companies conduct business is changing rapidly with the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, and it is not confined only to e-commerce and big tech firms. Upon realizing the power of these AI-driven tools, a growing number of…
The Doors Are Locked: How Retailer Postures Are Stalling the Agent Commerce Stack
The digital storefront is currently a house divided, where the architecture of commerce is being retrofitted for autonomous agents while the doors remain firmly bolted. When an AI agent attempts to navigate a merchant site, it is not merely…
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