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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Iceland eyes Poundland stores as buyers circle retailer
Iceland is interested in buying a limited number of Poundland stores in the event the troubled retailer's owners cannot find a single buyer, City AM can reveal. The discount supermarket will be on the lookout for a small number of shops if…
N95 masks available at all FairPrice outlets, pharmacies; other retailers to restock by end of week
SINGAPORE – N95 or equivalent masks can be bought all NTUC FairPrice outlets, as well as pharmacies such as Guardian, Unity and Watsons, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Oct 20, as Singapore continues to grapple with hazy conditions. In…
Retail Investors Oversubscribed This AI IPO 400 Times. It Fell 32% Anyway
Korean retail investors placed about 10.3 trillion won in subscription deposits for the Kosdaq IPO of Elice, a Seoul company that runs GPU data centers. That demand oversubscribed the retail tranche more than 400 times. On its debut on October 20…
Fewer Vermont retailers are accepting food assistance benefits. Here's why. - VTDigger
This commentary is by Johanna Doren, the direct markets and local food access director at the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. In 2025, 619 Vermont food retailers accepted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from…
Mastercard Incorporated $MA Stock Bought by Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust
Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust grew its stake in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA - Free Report) by 9.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC.
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