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standard.co.uk - Kumail Jaffer - Lack of resources to stop retailers selling vapes to London children
Lack of resources to stop retailers selling vapes to London children
Evening Standard

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. London does not have the enforcement capacity…

bloomberg.com - Janice Kew - Top Africa Clothes Retailer Pepkor Sinks on Earnings Outlook
Top Africa Clothes Retailer Pepkor Sinks on Earnings Outlook
Bloomberg

Pepkor Holdings Ltd. shares tumbled the most in more than three years after the South African discount clothing retailer forecast muted profit growth as the cost of building its new banking business weighs on profit. Earnings excluding certain…

wsj.com - Jennifer Williams - How Retail Executives Are Thinking About the Holiday Shopping Season
How Retail Executives Are Thinking About the Holiday Shopping Season
Wall Street Journal

Hello from Goldman Sachs 's Global Consumer and Retail Conference in downtown Manhattan. As investors and analysts gathered to hear from top retailers, executives spent Monday parsing everything from pricing strategies to pressured consumers and…

cnbc.com - Laya Neelakandan - Children's clothing retailer Carter's is rebranding to appeal to a new generation of parents
Children's clothing retailer Carter's is rebranding to appeal to a new generation of parents
CNBC

Children's clothing brand Carter's is announcing a rebrand as it tries to keep up with the modern parent and its core customer base. The overall company has struggled over the past few years as it faces elevated product costs and tariffs, with its…

koreatimes.co.kr - Lee Yeon-woo - Korea Exchange after-market draws heavy retail trading, sharp volatility
Korea Exchange after-market draws heavy retail trading, sharp volatility
The Korea Times

Kim Ji-ho stared at his stock trading app in confusion on Monday evening. He knew that the after-hours market was opening and noticed that a stock he was interested in had risen 10 percent. But by the time he returned from the bathroom, all the…

fastcompany.com - Elizabeth Segran - Walmart CEO John Furner is turning the retailer's 5,200 U.S. stores into an unstoppable AI engine
Walmart CEO John Furner is turning the retailer's 5,200 U.S. stores into an unstoppable AI engine
Fast Company

As he belts the last note of his pop hit “Mystical Magical,” Benson Boone, in a white muscle tee and skintight jeans, backflips off his piano—and 10,000 people inside the Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas, erupt into…

adweek.com - Brittaney Kiefer - Retail Giant Simon Bets on Real-World Connection to Revive Mall Culture
Retail Giant Simon Bets on Real-World Connection to Revive Mall Culture
ADWEEK

ADWEEK House: Advertising HQ brings the people shaping advertising, commerce, and media together for four days of unscripted conversations and after-hours connections. Meet us in Midtown, Oct. 5–8. Simon, the largest owner of shopping malls…

wwd.com - Luisa Zargani - Prada Galleria Fuses Retail, Hospitality, Art, Heritage, Innovation
Prada Galleria Fuses Retail, Hospitality, Art, Heritage, Innovation
WWD

MILAN — Prada is making a statement in Milan's shopping arcade Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Comprising eight floors of retail, hospitality and art, Prada Galleria connects two sides of the central octagon in the landmark 19th-century…

cnbc.com - Anniek Bao - China's August retail sales miss forecast while investment slump deepens, piling pressure on Beijing
China's August retail sales miss forecast while investment slump deepens, piling pressure on Beijing
CNBC

Retail sales grew 0.4% in August from a year earlier, slowing from 0.6% in the prior month and missing economists' forecast. For the first eight months of the year, urban fixed-asset investment shrank 7.2%, steepening from 6.7% decline in the…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) Presents at Goldman Sachs Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) Presents at Goldman Sachs Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
Seeking Alpha

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) Goldman Sachs Global Consumer and Retail Conference September 15, 2026 7:45 AM EDT James Alexander Douglas - CEO & Director Leah Jordan - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.…

euronews.com - Quirino Mealha - China's retail sales weaken as spending remains sluggish
China's retail sales weaken as spending remains sluggish
Euronews.com

Chinese shoppers are barely spending more than they were a year ago, and the gap between what the country makes and what it buys is widening. Figures published by China's National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed year-on-year retail sales…

travelweekly.co.uk - Robin Murray - Barrhead Travel calls for business rate relief and APD freeze to support retail
Barrhead Travel calls for business rate relief and APD freeze to support retail
Travel Weekly

Sep 15, 202608:25 GMT by Robin Murray Nicki Tempest-Mitchell speaking on a panel discussion at Travel Weekly Future of Travel. Credit Sarah Lucy Brown Barrhead Travel has reiterated its call for the government to deliver targeted business rate…

newswire.ca - Retail Council of Canada - Walmart's Kathleen McLaughlin and SC Johnson's Fisk Johnson Named Sustainable Leaders of the Year by Retail Council of Canada
Walmart's Kathleen McLaughlin and SC Johnson's Fisk Johnson Named Sustainable Leaders of the Year by Retail Council of Canada
CNW

The award recognizes leaders who have advanced measurable environmental progress across the retail value chain, from supply chain transformation and product innovation to public health and environmental impact. McLaughlin and Johnson have each…

france24.com - China retail sales growth weakens further in August
China retail sales growth weakens further in August
FRANCE 24

The 0.4 percent year-on-year increase in August, released by the National Bureau of Statistics, marked the second successive slowdown in growth following a one percent increase in June. It also missed the 0.8 percent lift predicted in a survey of…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - Valvoline Inc. (VVV) Presents at Goldman Sachs Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
Valvoline Inc. (VVV) Presents at Goldman Sachs Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
Seeking Alpha

Valvoline Inc. (VVV) Goldman Sachs Global Consumer and Retail Conference September 14, 2026 3:35 PM EDT Lori Flees - CEO, President & Director Mark Jordan - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division…

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