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HEINEKEN completes acquisition of FIFCO's beverage and retail businesses
HEINEKEN completes acquisition of FIFCO's beverage and retail businesses The closing of the landmark transaction reinforces HEINEKEN's strategic position in Central America and unlocks significant new growth opportunities. Amsterdam, January 30…
The 4 retailers opening over 50 locations each in 2026 amid 'retail apocalypse
AT least four major retailers are continuing to expand their reach at a considerable pace in 2026. Each has pledged more than 50 new stores for consumers, a significant amount, as some top competitors continue to conduct mass closures. Your info…
Amazon Go is dead. Was grab-and-go retail a fantasy?
Hello, and welcome back to Fast Company 's Plugged In. When Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down Amazon Go, its 8-year-old chain of cashierless convenience stores, the news did not come as a shocker. Almost two years ago, the company…
Precious-Metals Plunge Hits Retail Investors, Too
You don't need a closet full of silver bars to be hit by the precious-metals rout today. Exchange-traded funds emerged two decades ago as a way for retail investors to wager on metal prices without storing piles of bullion or obtaining a license to…
Apollo Returns 18% for Retail Clients With Higher-Stakes PE Bets
Apollo Global Management Inc. reaped returns of 18.3% last year for individual investors by largely betting on single companies that private equity firms want to hold longer or can't sell — a strategy viewed by some investors as being…
Push for retailers to play role in 3D-printed gun crackdown after Bondi attack
Retailers offering 3D printers or 3D printing services would report customers suspected of building 3D-printed guns to the authorities under fresh calls for corporate Australia to play a role in thwarting access to the deadly weapons. Just days…
The hottest retail investor picks since the meme stock craze shook up Wall Street
Five years ago this week, retail investors launched a meme stock craze that would go on to become a key event in modern market history. The army of online traders began by short-squeezing stocks like GameStop, a move that was later memorialized in…
Cavco signals $10M synergy target from American Homestar integration as retail margins compress (NASDAQ:CVCO)
Earnings Call Insights: Cavco Industries (CVCO) Q3 2026 CEO William Boor began by highlighting the impact of the American Homestar acquisition on the quarter, noting, 'The year-over-year EPS decrease is best dissected starting from the bottom of…
Amazon rethinks brick-and-mortar retail in Illinois
Global retailer Amazon signaled a shift in strategy this week, using Chicago as the test case for a new shopping experience. Why it matters: The company that upended brick-and-mortar retail wants to get into more brick-and-mortar retail. The big…
Chinese retail giant Miniso is expanding in San Diego
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A new Miniso, purveyor of everything from household wares to toys to branded merchandise, is opening Saturday in the Santee Trolley Square shopping center. The Santee location will be one of the company's…
Best Retail Stocks To Watch Now - January 30th
Palantir Bulls Face a Reality Check Before Earnings Amazon.com, Costco Wholesale, Alibaba Group, Walmart, Carvana, Deckers Outdoor, and Booking are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks…
'Retailers in conversation' over vacant Eastgate Centre stores, says new boss
Conversations are being held with a “number of potential retailers” to fill vacant stores at the Eastgate Shopping Centre, its new manager has revealed. Jon Carter, who became centre manager earlier this month, is very optimistic…
Canara Bank leans on higher-yield retail, agri and MSME loans to cushion rate-cut impact
Canara Bank is recalibrating its loan mix to shield profitability from faster repricing triggered by rate cuts, leaning harder on high-margin retail, agriculture, and MSME loans, even as corporate credit remains selective. With nearly half its loan…
GameStop wants to conduct 'major acquisition' of a public company
The CEO of retailer GameStop, Ryan Cohen, has said he wants to acquire a publicly traded company. That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which spoke to the billionaire chief executive about his plans to secure that $35 billion payday that the…
First look at 250-year-old market redevelopment plan
A first look at plans to regenerate a 250-year-old market in the centre of Oxford has been unveiled, with work on the project set to begin next year. Oxford City Council first had its £8m proposals to redevelop the city's Covered Market…
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