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These 11 retail startups raised millions from VCs this year, from Gopuff to Stickerbox
With venture capital pouring into artificial intelligence, retail startups are struggling to compete for funding. PitchBook has tracked $396 million worth of VC deals in retail through December 19 of this year, down from a recent peak of $7.6…
Retail investors bristle as gov't shifts blame for won's slide onto overseas stock traders
Lee, a 39-year-old office worker at a consulting firm who invests in Tesla and other U.S. stocks, said his frustration has grown after being notified by his brokerage that its incentive scheme for overseas stock trading would end earlier than…
7 massive CT development projects to watch in 2026: Housing, hotels, retail and redevelopment
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Walk by 64 Pratt St. and there's little sign that major construction in full swing, so much so that some have wondered whether a new residence hall for the University of Connecticut will actually be ready…
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What Warren Buffett's Recent Stock Moves Reveal About Market Trends Ahead
Warren Buffett 's recent moves show that he sees stocks as overvalued and is waiting for better prices. Buffett has been quietly rotating sectors, cutting back on technology and buying or adding to businesses facing short-term challenges but that…
Best Retail Stocks To Follow Today - December 27th
MarketBeat Week in Review – 12/22 - 12/26 Amazon.com, Costco Wholesale, Target, Walmart, Alibaba Group, PDD, and Coupang are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of…
Labour must learn lessons from history as automation hits jobs market
Walk through a supermarket and the technology is everywhere. Self-service checkouts, electronic shelf labels, handheld barcode scanners, and the video screens showing you – caught by AI facial recognition cameras – leaving the shop.
Opinion | Asia needs AI talent to fuel its future growth
The “AI Plus” strategy emerging from China's State Council, which promotes artificial intelligence teaching across all levels of education, comes amid reports that AI classes are now compulsory for primary and secondary schools in…
B&M European Value Retail SA Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:BMRRY) Short Interest Up 76.1% in December
B&M European Value Retail SA Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:BMRRY - Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,121 shares, an increase of 76.1% from the…
Crypto market predictions for 2026: Coinbase Institutional highlights the next big things
Crypto markets are entering a phase where activity concentration matters more than narrative momentum, according to a new outlook from Coinbase Institutional that frames 2026 as a test of whether crypto's core markets can scale under more…
Top Investor Says XRP Is Designed to Price Out Retail
A long-time Bitcoin trader has argued that the evolution of XRP is deliberately structured to push retail investors out over time. AltcoinFox, a veteran Bitcoin trader, took to X to warn that XRP's future is not built around retail speculation. In…
Ocado won over the South - now it wants Northerners
Ocado is accelerating its drive to win over Northern shoppers to maintain its market-leading growth. The online supermarket, which has a firm hold on the middle class in the South of England, is seeking a new warehouse near Manchester as it races…
Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?
On a sunny evening in mid-June, a group gathered on a terrace overlooking the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen, sipping Ruinart and snacking on tomato-salmon puffs. Their host, a former private equity investor named Mark Masiello, moved…
The chains that disappeared in 2025... and who's next in 2026
READ MORE: Fashion giant Zara quietly closes 60 stores For millions of Americans who still love browsing aisles and trying on clothes in person, 2025 has been a bleak year. New data shared with the Daily Mail shows 8,234 US stores have permanently…
Hemp industry braces for upheaval thanks to little-noticed budget provision
President Donald Trump signed the ban on THC-infused products into law in November, alongside a government funding patch, as part of the agriculture appropriations bill, which lowered the amount of THC allowed in hemp products such as gummies and…
United Kingdom's Spectacle Frame Market Poised to Hit 13 Million Units and $136 Million by 2035
The United Kingdom's spectacle frame market is poised for significant growth, with projections indicating it will reach 13 million units in volume and a value of $136 million by 2035, according to a recent report by IndexBox. This surge reflects…
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