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upi.com - Retailers target BTS comeback to draw tourists, boost sales
Retailers target BTS comeback to draw tourists, boost sales
UPI

March 11 (Asia Today) -- South Korean retailers are launching marketing campaigns aimed at fans of the K-pop group BTS as the band prepares for a comeback and a major concert in Seoul. Department stores in the Myeongdong shopping district expect…

fastcompany.com - Ben Wintner - Retail 3.0 is designing for real life
Retail 3.0 is designing for real life
Fast Company

Retail has always evolved around a central promise. First it was price and scale. Then convenience and speed. More recently, brand and experience took the lead. Now another shift is underway, one that many companies still treat as secondary. The…

fastcompany.com - Larraine Segil - Agentic AI could be retail's unexpected savior
Agentic AI could be retail's unexpected savior
Fast Company

At the Exceptional Women Alliance, we enable high-level women to mentor each other to enable personal and professional happiness through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization's founder, chair, and CEO, I am honored to interview and share…

businessinsider.com - Alex Temblador - These are the outdoor furniture retailers we shop for spring patio season
These are the outdoor furniture retailers we shop for spring patio season
Business Insider

When Polywood started out of a garage in 1990, it became the first company to produce outdoor furniture from recycled plastics. Today, its Polywood lumber — which is high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic that mimics the look of wood…

independent.co.uk - Henry Saker-Clark - Retail giant pays staff their first bonus since 2022
Retail giant pays staff their first bonus since 2022
The Independent

The John Lewis Partnership is set to award its employees an annual bonus for the first time in four years, a move that signals significant progress in the high street giant's ongoing turnaround strategy. The retail group, which operates John Lewis…

koreatimes.co.kr - Ko Dong-hwan - Retailers gear up for BTS concert with themed promotions
Retailers gear up for BTS concert with themed promotions
The Korea Times

Major offline retailers in Seoul are redecorating stores and stocking popular items as BTS is set to take center stage in Gwanghwamun next week for a concert expected to draw massive crowds. Department stores are redesigning shopping areas and…

techcrunch.com - Sarah Perez - Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers' sites
Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers' sites
TechCrunch

Amazon is expanding access to a program called Shop Direct that lets U.S. customers discover and buy products not sold in its own online store. The retail giant on Wednesday said it will now support third-party product feeds, which merchants use to…

bluewin.ch - Swiss online retail grows strongly again
Swiss online retail grows strongly again
blue News

Online shopping continues to grow. Swiss consumers ordered around 6 percent more goods online in 2025 than in the previous year. In total, online shoppers in this country had mostly electronics, but also clothes and food worth 15.8 billion Swiss…

smh.com.au - Elias Visontay - 'Buy buy buy': Market volatility sparks retail investor frenzy
'Buy buy buy': Market volatility sparks retail investor frenzy
The Sydney Morning Herald

While many investors may have panicked when $110 billion was wiped off the sharemarket in a matter of hours on Monday, setting the scene for a volatile week, Marina Hilellis was filled with excitement. “When you're looking at the market and…

financemagnates.com - Are Prediction Markets the Next Evolution of Retail Prop Trading?
Are Prediction Markets the Next Evolution of Retail Prop Trading?
Finance Magnates

Retail prop trading faces regulatory scrutiny in the US, Canada, and Europe due to reliance on challenge fees more than actual trading. As scrutiny intensifies, prediction markets are drawing more traders. Are they the next stop for retail…

marketwatch.com - Dollar General 4Q Sales Set to Rise as Discount Retailers Continue Gaining Market Share -- Earnings Preview
Dollar General 4Q Sales Set to Rise as Discount Retailers Continue Gaining Market Share -- Earnings Preview
MarketWatch

EARNINGS: The discount retailer is expected to post a profit of $354.1 million, up from $191.2 million a year earlier, according to analysts polled by FactSet. On an adjusted basis, quarterly earnings are projected to come in at $1.66 a share.

whyy.org - Cris Barrish - Delaware retail weed sales in market's first months fall far short of estimates
Delaware retail weed sales in market's first months fall far short of estimates
WHYY

What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Delaware's new recreational marijuana market is off to a slower start than expected, with stores ringing up $29.3 million in sales in…

marketwatch.com - EIA Report: Rise in Gasoline, Distillate Demand Suggests Retailers May Be Stocking Up -- OPIS
EIA Report: Rise in Gasoline, Distillate Demand Suggests Retailers May Be Stocking Up -- OPIS
MarketWatch

The agency said gasoline products supplied to the market, its proxy for demand, rose last week by 949,000 b/d, or more than 11%, to 9.241 million b/d. That was the highest weekly reading since mid-June and the first time since November that demand…

wwd.com - Luisa Zargani - Ferragamo Focuses on DTC Growth, Core Leather Goods, Footwear and Retail Optimization
Ferragamo Focuses on DTC Growth, Core Leather Goods, Footwear and Retail Optimization
WWD

MILAN — Ferragamo' s direct-to-consumer business and the Americas contributed to offset the contraction in the Florence-based company's wholesale channel and a lackluster performance in China last year. In 2025, Ferragamo operated at a loss…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - Aramark (ARMK) Presents at UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
Aramark (ARMK) Presents at UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
Seeking Alpha

Aramark (ARMK) UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference March 11, 2026 8:00 AM EDT James Tarangelo - Executive VP & CFO Joshua Chan - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Good morning. I think we're live.

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