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Shanghai Gold Exchange pushes more Chinese banks to end retail leverage trading
At least a dozen Chinese banks intend to wind down retail leveraged precious-metals trading – a practice in which everyday investors post margin deposits to speculate on gold and silver contracts without owning the physical metal. The…
A major women's fashion retailer is closing 120 stores this year as shoppers feel the sting of higher prices
This year has seen a number of retailers deciding to close a significant number of stores. As Fast Company reported last month, those closures have included hundreds of Eddie Bauer, Francesca's, GameStop, and Walgreens locations. Now, another major…
Cat owners are spending more and boosting pet retailers
General Mills, Chewy, and Petco pointed to strong sales of cat products on their respective earnings calls this month. The dog industry still shows signs of softening with each company strategizing on how to account for changing pet adoption…
What Online Retailers Actually Do With Your Data After You Check Out
I shop online a lot. It's convenient, I can usually find exactly what I'm looking for and, living in Tokyo, it's sometimes the easiest way for me to get products that aren't readily available here. I find what I want, place the order and generally…
Q3 2026 U.S. Retail Scorecard - Update September 24, 2026
The LSEG U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q3 earnings index, which tracks changes in the growth rate of earnings within the sector, is expected to post a 6.8% growth over last year's levels. Of the 184 retailers tracked by LSEG, the Leisure Products…
Retail bloodbath deepens as aggressive RBA rate rises hit consumers
Regal Partners investment director Charlie Aitken has a simple warning for anyone considering diving into the ASX's retail stocks – “don't be a hero”. The S&P/ASX 200 consumer discretionary index has plunged 22.1 per cent over…
The magic number helping Solomon Lew beat the retail recession
Solomon Lew is being just a little cagey. The 81-year-old executive chairman of Premier Investments is a master of retail reinvention, and he's just tweaked the dials to ensure that his group's two retail chains, pyjama giant Peter Alexander and…
Why Retailers Might Want to Ditch Their Media Ad Spend Playbook
Holiday retail planning for the fourth quarter traditionally follows the same formulas year-over-year for many brands, but as the way in which customers shop throughout the season continues to shift in unexpected ways, research from Measured…
How monetising UPI hurts electronics retailers
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was championed as a free, indigenous technological innovation designed to democratise digital payments and accelerate the nation's formal economy. But a sudden pivot toward monetisation creates severe structural…
UK wine retailer known for 'unusual bottles' plunges into liquidation after over a decade
The wine company has plunged into liquidation A UK wine company has plunged into liquidation after over a decade in business. Novel Wines, was founded in April 2016 and is known for its unusual European bottles for those looking for alternatives to…
Birkenstock Wins Landmark Copyright Case Against Lidl, Barring the Retailer From Selling Lookalikes
Birkenstock has scored yet another legal victory in its efforts to protect its copyrights. The District Court of Gelderland, sitting in Arnhem, in the Netherlands ruled in favor of Birkenstock on a landmark copyright case concerning lookalikes of…
Superdrug opens new Strathkelvin Retail Park store in Glasgow area, creating 30 jobs
Located at Unit 7, Strathkelvin Retail Park, the new store offers health and beauty products, professional treatments and healthcare services. It features a Beauty Studio offering walk-in lash, brow, nail and piercing treatments, alongside an…
Cushman & Wakefield among winners of Retail Deal of the Year awards
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) announced on Wednesday the winners of its annual Retail Deal of the Year Awards, recognizing notable retail real estate transactions and projects across NYC. The 28th annual event drew about 150 members and…
Meet Uncharted: South Portland's newest retail destination
You know that feeling when you find a place so good you immediately tell your friends about it? Uncharted is a place where any occasion can be celebrated. Birthdays, holidays, teacher gifts, wardrobe refreshes, that trend you saw on TikTok (hello…
Muse's Retail Connector Play Is Bigger Than the Five-Body Problem Suggested
On September 20, 2026, the dream of a frictionless, AI-driven shopping experience hit a very real, very corporate wall: Amazon blocked the personal AI agent Muse from completing purchases on its platform, as Forkast reported. It was a blunt…
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