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Retail bundle wars: Walmart is offering combined memberships with Sam's Club. The price point is curious
Walmart Inc. has announced a new membership option—and included a side of shade. We'll get to the shade in a moment, but first the deal: The big-box retailer is now offering customers a combined membership to Walmart+ and Sam's Club Plus for…
France's luxury retailers count costs of rioting, looting
Paris | Six masked figures wielded a road barrier as a battering ram against the windows of the Louis Vuitton boutique on Paris's upscale Place Vendôme on Saturday, cheered on by dozens of black-clad figures. The looters never made it inside…
Switzerland Clears First Direct Bitcoin ETF for Retail Investors
Switzerland's financial regulator has approved a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund for retail investors, allowing a product that will hold the asset itself to be offered beyond qualified investors. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority…
ShopMy Backer Inspired Capital Closes on $450 Million Fund, Bets on Creators and AI to Reshape Retail
PARIS — Inspired Capital, the venture firm behind creator-commerce platform ShopMy, has closed on a $450 million fourth fund as it looks to back early-stage companies reshaping how consumers discover, buy and engage with products. The New…
Vanilla fashion retailer opens new store at The Centre, Livingston
The opening adds to the retail mix at The Centre, which attracts around 15.8 million visitors annually and is home to more than 150 stores and restaurants, including M&S, Flannels, Rituals, H&M, Wingstop and Wagamama. The launch comes amid…
Jio Platforms IPO Opens Oct. 21 as Mint Reports Retail Loan Offers
Jio Platforms Limited opens its initial public offering Oct. 21 as Mint reports lenders marketing loans to retail bidders, bringing short-term borrowing into focus for a major Indian share sale. Reliance Industries Limited said the IPO comprises up…
Swiss Regulator Approves First Retail Fund That Holds Bitcoin Directly
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, announced Tuesday that it approved the country's first retail fund that invests directly in Bitcoin. It's an exchange-traded fund or ETF, so its shares trade on an exchange like any listed…
Retail investors dive into Maas betting the sell-off has gone too far
Retail investors have been piling into Maas Group after the share price nearly halved in value over the past week following the spectacular collapse of Firmus Technologies' planned $44 billion initial public offering. Individual investors and day…
FINMA Approves Switzerland's First Bitcoin ETF for Retail Investors
Latest News PublishedOct 20, 2026 The Swiss regulator cited a growing appetite for cryptocurrency investments and said that multiple fund providers have submitted Bitcoin ETF applications. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)…
CFTC Weighs Retail Crypto Margin Rules With Exchange Role Unsettled
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is weighing rules for retail crypto trades involving margin, leverage or financing, with a possible federal registration path for exchanges and customer asset protections still under consideration.
MOH releases N95 mask stockpile to retailers amid increased demand
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (Oct 20) that it has released N95 masks from its stockpile to help retailers meet increased demand amid persistent hazy conditions in Singapore. In response to media queries, the health…
STMicroelectronics BrightSense Vx1943 and Vx5943 Image Sensors for Industrial Automation, Security and Retail Applications, Now Available from Mouser
STMicroelectronics BrightSense Vx1943 & Vx5945.1MP CMOS Image Sensors October 20, 2026 - Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic…
Potato Head's new Balinese store is a model for 'post-consumption retail'
Balinese hospitality brand Potato Head opens the Good Times General Store, its first dedicated retail space, designed in collaboration with its longstanding creative partner, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Building on the pair's…
Investors nab 99-year lease for historic post office, plan retail and office space
Brisbane's heritage-listed General Post Office has been leased to real estate investors, with plans to transform the colonial building into a mixed-use precinct offering retail and office spaces. The Queen Street GPO, built in 1872, hit the market…
RBC tops JD Power Retail Banking Satisfaction Study among Big Five banks for third consecutive year
TORONTO, Oct. 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- RBC is pleased to be named Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among the Big Five Retail Banks by JD Power for the third year in a row, and the fourth time in five years. The recognition stems from the JD Power 2026…
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