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Amazon India slashes seller referral fees in retail growth push
March 2 (Reuters) - Amazon will stop charging sellers in India referral fees for products under 1,000 rupees ($10.98), the company said on Monday, as it looks to attract more merchants to its online marketplace and get a stronger…
Hairstory Lands at Ulta Beauty for First Major Retail Partnership
After a decade in business, detergent-free hair care brand Hairstory has scored a major retail partnership. The hair care brand, founded in 2015, will launch exclusively in 370 Ulta Beauty stores and Ulta.com on April 5. The rollout will be led by…
Crypto Loses Its Grip on Retail Army Now Defecting to Equities
(Bloomberg) -- For years, retail investors were crypto's most reliable fuel — the dip-buyers, the memecoin speculators, the momentum traders that powered every rally. Now they're moving on, stalling the demand engine that digital assets have…
Making shopping sentient: Inside the next era of AI-guided retail
The future of shopping won't feel like using a tool; it will feel like talking to someone who knows you impeccably well. In Michael Tutek's vision, the founder of Melbourne-based AI Shopping Assistant Preezie, e-commerce is on the cusp of becoming…
Retail union turns up the heat on Jim Chalmers over housing taxes
One of the country's biggest and most influential unions is pushing Labor to overhaul negative gearing in addition to lowering the capital gains tax discount in the May federal budget. The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA), a…
Retail under siege with 100% of high street stores blighted by shoplifting and cybercrime
A video grab showing the moment an alleged shoplifter strikes Every single retailer in Britain has fallen victim to crime in the last year, a damning new Express investigation has found, as the high street descends into a state of unparalleled…
Crypto Sector Suffers Exodus of Reliable Retail Investors
That's according to a report Sunday (March 1) from Bloomberg News, which says the speculative demand that once centered around crypto has shifted into stocks. Since late 2024, retail investors have steadily shifted toward equities, a trend that…
'Dumb money' myth dispelled as retail investors outpace pros | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
LOS ANGELES -- For years, individual investors were dismissed by some on Wall Street as 'dumb money.' That typically referred to those prone to trading on hype, or chasing trends rather than company or industry fundamentals, or responding late to…
When financial judgement becomes infrastructure - Retail Banker International
In most banks, judgement is still described as a human act. It sits in committees, is recorded in minutes, and is assumed to happen at identifiable decision points. But in day-to-day operations, that picture no longer holds. Judgement has moved.
Numerous major retailers recalling children's toys due to possible asbestos risk
Stretcherz Toys, which are manufactured by HTI Toys, have been withdrawn from the market. They are stretch toys filled with sand-like material, which may be contaminated with trace levels of asbestos. Retailers including Asda, Aldi, Argos, B&M…
Young fashion fans help UK charity shops thrive on struggling UK high streets
Young people inspired by secondhand fashion websites such as Vinted and Depop are helping charity shops thrive despite rising energy and employment costs. Save the Children's retail sales rose 3% last year, helped by a surge in December when the…
AI disruption looms over markets with US jobs data on tap
NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Prospects for artificial intelligence to disrupt business sectors should keep the U.S. stock market on edge in the coming week, as Wall Street looks for more insight into how the emerging technology will…
Jockey Celebrates 150th Anniversary by Leaning Into Past, Focusing on Future
If it wasn't for Jockey, men might still be wearing union suits. It was in 1934 that the company created a brief with a Y-front fly that transformed the underwear industry and gave men an alternative to the full-body suits that were the…
Oil prices surge, stock futures slide after U.S. strikes Iran
The price of oil surged Sunday after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, which killed its supreme leader. U.S. crude oil soared 12%, while Brent, the international oil benchmark, surged 14% after trading began at 6 p.m. ET. Sunday. Even before the…
Foreign investors record US$2.02bil outflow across eight Asian markets last week
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investors extended a two-week streak of net selling across eight Asian markets, with net outflows totalling US$2.02 billion (US$1 = RM3.90), according to MBSB Investment Bank Bhd. Vietnam and Malaysia saw milder outflows…
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