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'Retail DeFi Is Dead'-Or Is It? Inside The $300 Million Civil War
From today, on November 17, 2025, through the end of the week, Buenos Aires, Argentina, becomes the global hub of Ethereum. Aave, the largest lending protocol in decentralized finance, is carrying millions in bad debt this week, the fallout from a…
Hybrid Is the Key for Global Retailers in China
Global brands grappling with China's fast-moving, fiercely competitive landscape shouldn't hesitate to enlist local help. Whether that results in a joint venture, licensing agreement, or outright sale, creating a hybrid business model is a viable…
Waitrose To Test Airport Retailing At London Heathrow
This rendering shows Waitrose and Relay having equal weight on branding. Waitrose, the upscale supermarket arm of U.K. department store operator John Lewis Partnership (JLP), will open its first airport store at London Heathrow's Terminal 2 (The…
Record surge in gasoline receipts boosts US retail sales in March
US retail sales increased more than expected in March as the war with Iran boosted gasoline prices and led to a record surge in receipts at service stations, while tax refunds underpinned spending elsewhere. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Though…
March retail sales jump on higher gas prices, Commerce Department says
April 21 (UPI) -- Retail sales rose by 1.7% in March mostly due to high gas prices from the ongoing conflict with Iran, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday. It was the fastest monthly change in three years, according to a release. Retail…
Prop Firm E8 Markets Warns Retail Traders Off CFD Brokers as Industry Leans Harder on 'Educational' Labels
E8 Markets, a prop trading firm that now describes itself as a 'SaaS educational simulation platform for financial markets,' issued a warning today (Tuesday) to retail traders about the risks of depositing money with FX, futures, and crypto…
Wells Fargo says own YOLO stocks ahead of an expected rush of buying from retail traders
Wells Fargo expects increased retail trader buying and recommends owning YOLO stocks. The analysts cite liquidity indicators, increased savings, and tax refunds as fuel for retail buying. Constellation Energy, Carvana, and Broadcom are some of the…
Can AI Save Luxury Retail?
When Dr. Nasrin Mostafazadeh and her husband first moved to New York City from Iran, they picked out an apartment with a very specific view: the Fifth Avenue headquarters of Lord & Taylor. The scenery didn't last very long. “Seeing these big…
Luk Fook's Q1 retail sales jumps 19pc, sees more mainlanders buying gold in HK, Macau
Luk Fook Holdings (International) (0590) posted a 19 percent growth in retail sales value last quarter, up from a 2 percent contraction a year ago. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The pace, however, was slower than the December quarter, when the…
Retail sales up 1.7% in March from February driven by a spike in gas prices due to the Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers accelerated their spending in March from February, but they spent a good chunk of their money at the gas pump. A spike in gas prices due to the Iran war, now in its eighth week, resulted in a hefty 1.7% gain in…
Tech Tuesday: Retail Technology Spending Projected to Reach $388 Billion
Recent research from consulting firms and analysts is showing a clear pivot of retailers apparel brands moving away from “experimental gadgets” to deeply integrated, “agentic” technologies. While previous years were…
Stock Market Today: Dow Rallies On Surprise Retail Data; UnitedHealth Surges On Earnings (Live Coverage)
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes traded higher Tuesday, as Wall Street reacted to stronger-than-expected retail sales data. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group (UNH) was an early winner on the stock market today…
Chasing The Value Consumer: March U.S. Retail Sales Trends And Q1 2026 Earnings Setup
March U.S. retail sales are expected, once again, to reflect headline strength, with both total sales and sales excluding autos projected to match February's solid gains of +0.6% and +0.5%, respectively. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are…
US Employment Additions Accelerate As Retail Sales Soar In March
BofA's (almost) omnipotent analysts forecasted a stronger than expected retail sales print this morning as tax refunds trump surging gas prices... BofA credit/debit card spending data suggests stronger retail sales than estimates (consensus 1.4%…
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Fynd Scales OpenAI to 4.3M Retail Interactions
Fynd, backed by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, claims to have processed over 4.3 million customer interactions using OpenAI's large language models, positioning conversational commerce as more than just an experimental layer. But beyond the…
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