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Retail's delivery boom is here
Retail promised fast, on-demand delivery before it had a way to pull it off. Food apps spent a decade training all of us to expect it, and that expectation has spread to paint and lumber, bulk groceries, and things nobody ever planned to move in…
Granular Retail Demand Forecasting Needs Multi-Tower Neural Networks
James Theuerkauf is an industry leader in machine-learning based demand forecasting & inventory optimization. He co-developed the LDSM. Most retail demand is fairly predictable from far enough away. National weekly denim sales move with the…
Retail traders buy the dip on chip stocks - but Robinhood gets burned by the crypto market
Semiconductor stocks have been on a wild ride this year, but that hasn't deterred retail traders from buying them up. Robinhood Markets HOOD CFO Shiv Verma told MarketWatch on Tuesday that even as chip stocks get upended by concerns about…
Data Reveals True Impact of Retail Loss
While external theft, including organized retail crime, remains the largest single source of retail loss at 25 percent, three-quarters of total loss dollars is happening elsewhere, according to a new IHL Group and Sensormatic Solutions joint study.
Tactical short-term entry, long-term wait-and-see': What retail investors are saying about Anthropic's IPO
On the cusp of a historic IPO from Anthropic, the retail crowd is still mulling whether it makes sense to jump in on day one. The market has been buzzing about Anthropic's debut as investors and AI watchers pore over the company's prospectus. With…
Beauty on the Move: The New Era of Travel Retail
More people than ever are traveling, but getting them to shop is proving harder. For beauty, one of travel retail's biggest categories, recovery remains elusive. Spanning airport duty-free stores, downtown duty-free shopping destinations, airlines…
A $3M Hedge, a Midterm Test and Retail's Rise: Prediction Markets at NEXTPredict
Prediction markets spent two days in the spotlight at NEXTPredict, which brought the industry's biggest exchanges, trading firms and policymakers to Convene Hudson Yards in New York on October 22 and 23. With the U.S. midterms less than two weeks…
Climate Risk Meets Retail: Inside Princess Polly's SoHo Flagship
Climate risk may not be the first thing shoppers think about when they walk into the Princess Polly store located in the heart of SoHo in New York City. But behind the neat racks of clothing, weather events like extreme heat, heavy rain, and winter…
Peco outlines path to $1B of everyday retail within 24 months while raising 2026 acquisition guidance to $600M-$700M (NASDAQ:PECO)
Earnings Call Insights: Phillips Edison & Company (PECO) Q3 2026 'PECO delivered another strong quarter. Same-Center NOI increased 5.3% and Core FFO per share increased 9.2%.' (Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO Jeffrey Edison) 'We are pleased to increase…
Retail Chain Cancels Zelda: Ocarina of Time Midnight Release for All Stores
Multiple retailers are planning midnight release parties for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, but one has now announced that it will be canceling the event at all of its locations. Based on the N64 game of the same name, The Legend of…
UK retail body warns 'dam is starting to break' on price rises
LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Britain's main retail trade body warned on Tuesday that shops are now increasingly unable to absorb the impact of rising costs, after its data showed prices increased at the fastest pace in two-and-a-half…
'End of an era': Scottish city retailer closes doors after 32 years
Stained Glass Supplies Limited, of Hanson Street, has been placed into voluntary liquidation. Zane Collins, of Insolvency One, was appointed liquidator after a meeting that was chaired by Peter Verrecchia. The stained glass firm posted:…
Super Retail Group puts all four brands under one roof in Melbourne
Super Retail Group has brought its four retail brands together in a new $90 million retail precinct in Melbourne's south-east, marking the opening of its 800th store. The Fountain Gate Central development in Narre Warren houses BCF, Rebel…
End of an era as iconic Glasgow retailer Greaves Sports launches closing down sale
Greaves Sports, located on Gordon Street, has launched a closing-down sale, marking the end of a long and storied presence in the city centre. The shop, one of Scotland's oldest independent sports retailers, has served customers since the 1930s and…
Amazon's 'Safe' Retail Business Earns Less Than AWS Does. Is the Stock Still a Good Buy for Cautious Investors?
Over the past few years, investors looking for a piece of the artificial intelligence (AI) pie without the roller-coaster ride have been seeking out one stock in particular: Amazon (AMZN +0.44%). The pitch was simple: Amazon owns the world's No. 1…
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