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forbes.com - Greg Petro - Is The Retail Industry Ready For The Booming 'Chat' Economy?
Is The Retail Industry Ready For The Booming 'Chat' Economy?
Forbes

Is The Retail Industry Ready For The Booming “Chat” Economy? That's shorthand for a profound change that is quietly but quickly forcing retailers to rethink how they market, how they structure their websites, and how to deal with the…

forbes.com - Jill Standish - Three Ways Retailers Should Prepare For Back-To-School Shopping
Three Ways Retailers Should Prepare For Back-To-School Shopping
Forbes

Full 3d poster art collage of happy schoolgirl run backpack alarm timetable artificial intelligence app button crumpled paper. Back-to-school shopping is becoming retail's first major AI shopping season. Families are starting earlier, watching…

scmp.com - Daisy Wu - China-UAE retail QR payment link to boost the yuan's global push
China-UAE retail QR payment link to boost the yuan's global push
South China Morning Post

In the latest move to bypass Western-dominated financial systems and step up the internationalisation of the yuan, China is linking its retail payment networks with the United Arab Emirates. Users will soon be able to use domestic mobile apps to…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - B&M European Value Retail advances Thursday, outperforms market
B&M European Value Retail advances Thursday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

B&M European Value Retail S.A. BME shares rose 3.63% to £2.00 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.54% to 10,572.24. B&M European Value Retail S.A.

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - US retail sales rise marginally in June
US retail sales rise marginally in June
The Standard

US retail sales increased marginally in June as lower gasoline prices weighed on receipts at service stations, though bargain-hunting consumers continued to support underlying spending. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Retail sales rose 0.2 percent…

scmp.com - Chris Tsang - Retail rift: Hong Kong shops beg for rent relief, landlords hold firm
Retail rift: Hong Kong shops beg for rent relief, landlords hold firm
South China Morning Post

Although retail sales in Hong Kong rose more than 10 per cent year on year in the first five months of 2026, a wave of shop closures continues, leaving tenants and landlords with vastly different assessments of the retail leasing market. Many…

rediff.com - Abhinav Ranjan - Reliance Industries Q1 FY27 Earnings: Brokerages Project Strong Growth in O2C, Retail, and Jio
Reliance Industries Q1 FY27 Earnings: Brokerages Project Strong Growth in O2C, Retail, and Jio
Rediff.com

Brokerages are forecasting a robust first quarter for Reliance Industries in FY2026-27, with significant growth expected across its oil-to-chemicals (O2C), retail, and Jio businesses, despite the stock's underperformance in the current calendar…

bloomberg.com - Jan-Patrick Barnert - Retail Traders' Rise Upends the Established Stock Market Order
Retail Traders' Rise Upends the Established Stock Market Order
Bloomberg

Retail traders have moved from the stock market's margins to its center. Market data shows that their growing influence has reached a point where its impact on equity market dynamics is highly significant, said Bobby Molavi, head of EMEA execution…

upi.com - Lisa Hornung - June retail sales weaker than expected despite World Cup, Prime Day
June retail sales weaker than expected despite World Cup, Prime Day
UPI

July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. retail spending was weaker than expected while tourists from around the world came to the country for the World Cup. Retail sales rose 0.2% in June from a revised 1% in May, and up 6.7% from June 2025, the U.S. Census Bureau…

scmp.com - Howard Liu - CXMT's mega IPO draws frenzy from retail investors to DeepSeek founder's fund
CXMT's mega IPO draws frenzy from retail investors to DeepSeek founder's fund
South China Morning Post

As soon as ChangXin Memory Technologies opened its blockbuster initial public offering to public subscription on Thursday morning, Luo Yi applied for 86,000 shares – despite acknowledging that she knew little about the semiconductor…

wwd.com - Glenn Taylor - Port of LA Cargo Volumes Signal Retailers Are Rewriting the Shipping Calendar
Port of LA Cargo Volumes Signal Retailers Are Rewriting the Shipping Calendar
WWD

The Port of Los Angeles handled more cargo last month than during any other June in its 118-year history as retailers continued pulling shipments forward ahead of more shifts in U.S. trade policy. The nation's busiest container gateway processed…

ttnews.com - Anne D’Innocenzio - Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June amid uncertainty - TT
Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June amid uncertainty - TT
Transport Topics

Target, as well as Walmart and Macy's, are set to report their 2Q earnings next month. (Nam Y. Huh/AP) U.S. retail sales rose 0.2% in June after a revised 1% gain in May as shoppers moderated spending amid economic uncertainty. Online sales…

wsj.com - Jessica Coacci - U.S. Retail Sales Rose at Slower Pace Last Month
U.S. Retail Sales Rose at Slower Pace Last Month
Wall Street Journal

Sales growth at U.S. retailers rose at a slower pace in June as consumers spent less on gasoline due to falling prices at the pump. Retailers' sales grew by 0.2% last month to $768.6 billion, versus the 1% growth recorded in May, the Commerce…

wral.com - ANNE D'INNOCENZIO — AP Retail Writer - Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June amid economic uncertainty and fading benefits from tax refunds
Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June amid economic uncertainty and fading benefits from tax refunds
WRAL News

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers slowed their spending in June from May amid continuing economic uncertainty and fading benefits from generous government tax refunds. Retail sales rose 0.2% in June, after being up a revised 1% in May, according to…

wwd.com - Evan Clark - Retail Sales Hold Up in June With 4.8% Shot in the Arm for Specialty Fashion Chains
Retail Sales Hold Up in June With 4.8% Shot in the Arm for Specialty Fashion Chains
WWD

Consumers continued to power on in June, spending more at gas stations, online, in restaurants and at fashion specialty and department stores. In-store sales at specialty retailers rose 4.8 percent last month, compared with a year ago, according to…

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