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Met Police target London car boot sales in huge crackdown on retail crime
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Police have targeted car boot sales and…
Retailers Take on Seasonal Help, But Face Hiring Hurdles
As the retail, apparel and footwear industry gears up for the holiday shopping season, top brands are lining up seasonal hires. But there are challenges to figuring out just how many frontline workers are needed. Keith Moore, CEO of…
For Black Friday, Retailers Face Shoppers with Smaller Budgets
Two new research reports put Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) under the microscope and found that the shopping event remains immensely popular, here in the U.S and even overseas. But this year, spending during the holiday weekend is expected to…
EXCLUSIVE: Adidas Debuts Premium Retail Format in Italy With Rome Opening
MILAN — Adidas is bringing its premium retail format to Italy, unveiling a new store in Rome 's landmark Via del Babuino, which leads to the city's famous Spanish Steps. Following the likes of Alo in targeting the central fashion street…
Asia's first Watsons Plus store unveiled in Malaysia with O+O retail ecosystem
Watsons has unveiled Asia's first Watsons Plus at Isetan Lot 10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, introducing a next-generation customer experience designed to redefine health and beauty retail across the region. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT As the…
The Next Retail Frontier Is Culture, Not Just Commerce
For decades, the goal was to get people to the store, the shelf or the point of purchase. Today, discovery, influence and purchase can happen almost anywhere. As A.I. tools become another way consumers find and evaluate products, the journey from…
Better Retail Stock for 2026: Alibaba vs. Walmart
As global consumption patterns shift, investors often weigh high-growth international tech against domestic retail stability. Choosing between Alibaba Group (BABA -3.87%) and Walmart (WMT -0.04%) requires balancing deep value against steady…
US retail sales figures lack dates and changes for comparison
A reliable account of the latest US retail sales, industrial production, housing starts and consumer sentiment cannot be produced from the supplied figures. The entries provide levels for the measures, but none provides a valid reference month. The…
GLP-1s, AI Skepticism and the Search for Value: Inside the New Rules of Fashion Retail
AlixPartners just released the 2026 Consumer Sentiment Index, which polls more than 9,000 consumers and reveals a retail and apparel landscape undergoing massive change—from the role of physical stores and the use of AI to social commerce…
Big-box retailers turn to AI for back office and compliance tasks
Sydney-based retail technology company Supply Scope has developed AI-based software that automates back-office tasks – ranging from organising product lists to checking if products meet safety and compliance rules – which has been…
Nandos opens at Scunthorpe retail park
Global favourite Nandos has brought its cheeky chicken joy to Scunthorpe where its latest restaurant has finally opened its doors. The hugely popular restaurant chain, which already has more than 470 restaurants across the UK, has officially fired…
Pokémon Is Officially Planning a Big Retail Expansion in 2029
For most Pokémon fans around the world, the best way to get Pokémon merchandise is online. The Pokémon Center online store has fun goodies like a Halloween collection and a line of merch made in collaboration with the European…
How Three Big U.S. Sporting Goods Retailers Stack Up Amid Change and Challenge
The key challenges facing the athletic footwear sector that's impacting some U.S. outdoor sports retailers are expected to persist throughout the rest of 2026. Those challenges run the gamut from softness in end-of-cycle-shoe product lines to too…
Prediction: SpaceX Is About to Fleece Retail Investors, With Up to $180 Billion in Insider Sales Set to Hit the Tape
Four months ago, on June 12, Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX -0.11%), better known as SpaceX, rewrote the stock market's record books. SpaceX raised $85.7 billion from its initial public offering (IPO), including the underwriters'…
Retail portion of Jio Platforms' IPO fully subscribed
The retail portion of Jio Platforms' initial public offering has been fully subscribed, within two hours into the second day of bidding on Thursday, according to BSE data. By 11:00 am, the retail individual investors category got fully subscribed.
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