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In a World of Turmoil, Holiday Retailing Seen Transcending the Gloom
Americans are anxious about the economy, their own finances and the world in general — but none of that has been too much of a drag on consumer spending this year. Despite record-low consumer sentiment and persistent inflation, the current…
Shop price inflation slows as retailers ramp up promotions to drive demand
Shop price inflation slowed in September as competition between retailers offset poor harvests and global commodity price rises, industry figures show. Shop prices overall were 1.4% up on a year ago, down from August's growth of 1.5%, according to…
Livestream Hosts Are the New Faces of Retail
© 2026 by Asian Media Group Inc. Livestream shopping may feel like just another new internet trend, but the person in front of the camera selling a product is actually performing a real job. Livestream hosts are becoming the modern version of…
South Africa Retailers Turn to New Leaders in Fight for Shoppers
Three of South Africa's biggest retailers are turning to new leadership to revive growth or accelerate turnaround plans as competition intensifies in one of the continent's most developed consumer markets. Spar Group Ltd. said Monday it expects to…
Android levels playing field for SA retail sector
Rory Bosman, executive for sales and marketing at Ecentric Payment Systems. In 2025, Android-based point-of-sale (POS) terminals made up almost half of the globe's POS shipments (48%) at a time when the total number of these shipments grew by only…
Why Nebius Could Devastate Retail Investors (NASDAQ:NBIS)
Nebius continues to be a retail investor favorite as a way to play the AI trade. The latest earnings report only serves to confirm, however, that the business's operations don't, in any way, justify this enthusiasm. When put against the backdrop of…
Spirit Halloweens haunt Philly's retail graveyard
Spirit Halloween is haunting the shells of former big-box stores again this fall as it opens 1,500 locations nationwide, including more than two dozen in the Philly region. The big picture: The stores appear and vanish each fall, so finding this…
Has Costco Stock Become the New Recession-Resilient Retail King?
Walmart (WMT -2.62%) has long been considered a place for investors to park money in the retail space when consumers are under stress, but after its stock fell more than 8% in the session following its fiscal Q1 results and more than 9% after its…
M&S makes announcement as huge retailer coming to 100 UK stores
M&S has today announced a partnership with beauty retailer Sephora to create Sephora at M&S. The new beauty destination will launch in selected M&S stores and on M&S.com from spring 2027. M&S will bring Sephora to 100 high streets and retail parks…
Top Retail Stocks To Watch Now - September 29th
Meta's Muse Is Taking Aim at E-Commerce, But Amazon Isn't Playing Along Amazon.com, Walmart, Costco Wholesale, Home Depot, and TJX Companies are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are…
Metcash and Coveo Expand Strategic Partnership to Power Next Generation AI-Enabled Experiences for B2B Retail Customers
Together with Coveo and Publicis Sapient, Australia's leading wholesaler brings next-generation AI-powered search and conversational experiences in retailer communications, speeding up content discovery, improving productivity and better serving…
Over 2,000 smaller retailers apply for more time to clear non-BCRS drinks stock
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Tuesday (Sep 29) that it has received more than 2,000 applications from smaller retailers seeking more time to clear their remaining stock of non- Beverage Container Return Scheme…
Retail bloodbath continues as TJ Maxx rival closes 120 stores
READ MORE: Not even Sydney Sweeney can save retail giant as stock tanks A discount fashion chain that competes with TJ Maxx and Ross Dress for Less is closing 120 stores as shoppers tighten their purse strings. Cato Corporation – the company…
What should Michigan do with its bottle deposit law? Retailers want it gone, shoppers say otherwise
What should Michigan do with its bottle deposit law? In the past, there have been talks of both expanding it and getting rid of it. The Bottle Bill turns 50 years old this year. It started to curb litter on the streets, but the refund rate has…
Tesla (TSLA) wins SEC OK to auto-vote retail shares with board ahead of SpaceX merger
Tesla (TSLA) got the SEC's blessing today to let retail shareholders sign up for a standing instruction that automatically votes their shares the way Tesla's board recommends, at every meeting, until they cancel it. The timing is hard to ignore.
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