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CBA retail boss' personal loans spiral to $19m
Commonwealth Bank retail boss Angus Sullivan is doing an impressive job of protecting his employer from Macquarie's well-resourced push into home loans, with CBA holding its market share against the silver donut even as rivals fall. His strategy…
Which retail sales number is the consumer?
US retail and food services sales are 5% higher than a year ago, which reads like a consumer in reasonable health. Nearly a quarter of that increase came from gasoline stations, where the dollars are a war tax rather than a purchase, and those…
What retail apocalypse? Discount chains push expansions across the US
READ MORE: Another beloved Bay Area storefront shutters after 33 years The death of American retail has been greatly exaggerated. While thousands of retail outlets have closed their doors across the US in recent years, a very different story is…
Perion Network Bets on AI Platform as CTV, Retail Media Spend Accelerate
Three AI Trades That Could Double This Year Perion Network NASDAQ: PERI is positioning its Perion One platform as an AI-enabled layer designed to help advertisers manage campaigns across a fragmented digital advertising market, Chief Executive…
US Retail Sales Fall 0.6% in July, First Drop in Nine Months
U.S. retail and food services sales fell in July 2026. Advance estimates put seasonally adjusted receipts at $763.6 billion, down 0.6 percent (±0.4 percent) from June's revised $768.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Compared…
IFA 2026 Is About to Show What the AI-Powered Future Actually Looks Like, and It's Landing in Berlin
For years, the language around consumer technology events leaned on the same word: someday. Someday AI will manage your home. Someday your watch will know your health better than your doctor does. Someday robotics will look less like a factory…
Bead Street's fraying legacy: craft hub faces uncertain future as shops bow out
In a cramped handicraft shop in Hong Kong's Sham Shui Po neighbourhood, 70-year-old Jen Kwong was sifting through reels of embroidered and sequinned ribbons while other shoppers around her were hunched over containers of tiny beads and trinkets.
US law to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks has been delayed for 15 years
Congress passed a law to help federal agencies investigate outbreaks of foodborne illness – a regulation experts said could have stopped the US's largest cyclosporiasis outbreak much sooner. The only problem? The rule has been delayed…
LandBridge: My Biggest Investment Ever Is Just Getting Started (NYSE:LB)
LandBridge is my largest holding, driven by its unique Permian Basin land portfolio and strategic positioning for data center and produced water growth. LB's latest quarter confirmed real progress: seven counterparties are in late-stage…
Why are more Hongkongers turning to supplements to keep their 'engine' running?
In the first instalment of a five-part Health Matters wellness series on Hong Kong's growing wellness trends, Lo Hoi-ying examines why younger residents are turning to supplements to boost energy, immunity and performance, as experts warn that…
NEPA Alliance holds event at Milazzo Industries
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The beautiful market town that boasts the 'UK's best high street' - 500 independent shops
Shrewsbury has been named as having the UK's best high street A pretty market town is bucking the national trend with a 'stand out' high street packed with hundreds of independent shops that 'keeps people coming back'. Shrewsbury's high street was…
US retail sales slump unexpectedly after a summer tax-refund boost fades
Separately, consumers turned more pessimistic about the economy this month, likely driven by stubbornly high prices, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, released Friday. While most economists still expect solid…
Russia launches wave of strikes on Ukraine as Kyiv hits Wildberries warehouse near Moscow
Often described as 'Russia's Amazon', Wildberries is Russia's largest online retailer. Here's what you need to know about the company: USP: It connects independent sellers with buyers across Russia, storing and delivering their goods, and handling…
High-spending counties offer a rare bright spot amid China's weak demand
Before Sam's Club – the American membership-only retailer with status appeal among China's urban middle class – opened in the lesser-known city of Jingshan in Hubei province, Zhang Liang decided to “bring it there”…
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