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Retailers will be scrambling to accept stablecoins in 2026
Stablecoins (cryptocurrency tokens that track the price of a stable asset, usually $1) recorded a breakout year in 2025. More than $33 trillion in stablecoin transactions moved across blockchains in the last 12 months, surpassing the volume…
Sephora Partners With Olive Young, Korea's Top Beauty Retailer
Sephora announces partnership with leading Korean beauty retailer to expand K-beauty globally. Sephora, the LVMH-owned prestige beauty retailer, is beginning a strategic partnership with CJ Olive Young, Korea's top wellness and beauty retailer, in…
South Africa's Booming $4 Billion Beauty Market a Key Battleground for Retailers
South Africa's $4 billion beauty market is fast becoming a key battleground for retailers grappling with a sluggish economy, weak consumer confidence and intensifying competition. Once relegated to drugstores and niche outlets, beauty and…
Retail Portfolios Lag the Market
Retail investors' equity portfolios have significantly underperformed benchmark indices over the past 16 to 18 months. Retail investors' equity portfolios have significantly underperformed benchmark indices over the past 16 to 18 months, delivering…
Iconic 147-year-old retailer saved - but 33 stores could shut
Around 400 workers at historic shoe shop chain Russell & Bromley face an uncertain future after a sale to fashion giant Next. While Next has bought the Russell & Bromley name, along with certain other assets, the deal doesn't include 33 stores and…
Major UK retailers pile pressure on Rachel Reeves
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing pressure over increasing business costs, with major companies like Currys, JD Wetherspoon, and Morrisons highlighting the impact of tax hikes and policy…
How Shoe Retailers Will Evolve Store Design in 2026: A Comfortable Experience Is Key
Shoe retailers are shifting things up in store to better appeal to shoppers' emotions and provide an improved shopping environment. Brenda Hurlburt, a retail expert at The Look Co., sees three key trends based on her work with major footwear…
Silver Retail Buying Keeps Supplies Tight as Rally Gathers Pace
From Chinese aunties queuing in Shenzhen markets to out-of-stock Turkish refineries and a Korea Mint offer that sold out within an hour, silver's dizzying rally is leaving banks and refiners scrambling to meet unprecedented demand from retail…
Why consumer tablets are a retailer's worst gamble
In today's fast-paced retail industry, a typical day starts at full speed and rarely slows down. In these environments, teams work under intense pressure to deliver exceptional customer service, both in-store and online. Every minute counts, and…
Berlin Retailer Andreas Murkudis Gets Behind New Label Bare
Andreas Murkudis already carries about 150 fashion labels at his namesake store in Berlin, but he's adding one more come fall — and he's its cofounder, too. Called Bare and debuting at the Rainbow Wave showroom in Paris during men's fashion…
World Cup Lift: Goldman Forecasts Retailers' Potential Bounce From The 'Beautiful Game
Believe it or not, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is just five months away, spanning 11 stadiums across 11 U.S. metro areas. Expected foot traffic trends suggest meaningful pre-event demand for fan gear, such as jerseys, hats, and jackets, at nearby…
Inside Revolve's Stylish Bet on Multi-Brand Physical Retail
Since its founding in 2003, Revolve Group has been forging its own path to retail success, driving increasingly online millennial (and, later, Gen-Z) consumers to its e-commerce site filled with on-trend, Instagram-ready fashion brands —…
One-man crimewave banned from retail park to stop his thieving ways
A one-man crimewave has been banned from a retail park in a bid to curb his thieving ways. Paul Whitney, from Congleton, repeatedly targeted shops on Crewe's Grand Junction Retail Park. Now the 54-year-old has been handed a three-year Criminal…
High-end retailer helps rodeo fans find the perfect hat
The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo often picks a theme to showcase something special about the event. For instance, the 2020 theme of 'Dream It. Do It.' celebrated the rodeo's move to Dickies Arena. Watch NBC 5 free wherever you are 'Show Life' in…
Nvidia report finds AI set to take off in retail, but openness is required for scale
As one would expect, artificial intelligence was a big theme at last week's National Retail Federation's annual event in New York City, as it was last year, but there was one subtle difference. The 2025 edition was focused more on AI education…
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