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The Dead Zone Economy: Retail's Next Frontier
Brett Beveridge is the Founder and CEO of T-ROC Global. For most of my career, the retail conversation has revolved around the same questions: Who is the customer? Where do they shop? How do we get them into the store? Today, with the…
Retail's delivery boom is here
Retail promised fast, on-demand delivery before it had a way to pull it off. Food apps spent a decade training all of us to expect it, and that expectation has spread to paint and lumber, bulk groceries, and things nobody ever planned to move in…
Granular Retail Demand Forecasting Needs Multi-Tower Neural Networks
James Theuerkauf is an industry leader in machine-learning based demand forecasting & inventory optimization. He co-developed the LDSM. Most retail demand is fairly predictable from far enough away. National weekly denim sales move with the…
Retail traders buy the dip on chip stocks - but Robinhood gets burned by the crypto market
Semiconductor stocks have been on a wild ride this year, but that hasn't deterred retail traders from buying them up. Robinhood Markets HOOD CFO Shiv Verma told MarketWatch on Tuesday that even as chip stocks get upended by concerns about…
Data Reveals True Impact of Retail Loss
While external theft, including organized retail crime, remains the largest single source of retail loss at 25 percent, three-quarters of total loss dollars is happening elsewhere, according to a new IHL Group and Sensormatic Solutions joint study.
EXCLUSIVE: Offe Market Raises $3 Million to Shake Up Off-Price Retail
Offe Market has raised $3 million in a seed round to expand its technology-driven off-price shopping platform. The Los Angeles -based marketplace's latest round was led by Slauson & Co., with participation from InvestTN and Baukunst, bringing its…
Japan Retail Traders Shrug Off GMO Hack, Says Central Tanshi FX
Japan's retail foreign-exchange market has largely shrugged off the cyberattack on GMO Internet Group Inc., with trading volumes holding up even if some investors are closing accounts, according to Central Tanshi FX's Takayuki Tominaga. Hackers…
Industry Leaders Tackle Balancing Heritage, Innovation, AI and Growth at WWD Apparel and Retail CEO Summit
The Great Reset is the theme of the 29th WWD Apparel and Retail CEO Summit, which kicked off Tuesday at Cipriani South Street, as speakers focused on adapting to AI, building community and fandom, differentiating one's brand, confronting the…
Tactical short-term entry, long-term wait-and-see': What retail investors are saying about Anthropic's IPO
On the cusp of a historic IPO from Anthropic, the retail crowd is still mulling whether it makes sense to jump in on day one. The market has been buzzing about Anthropic's debut as investors and AI watchers pore over the company's prospectus. With…
A $3M Hedge, a Midterm Test and Retail's Rise: Prediction Markets at NEXTPredict
Prediction markets spent two days in the spotlight at NEXTPredict, which brought the industry's biggest exchanges, trading firms and policymakers to Convene Hudson Yards in New York on October 22 and 23. With the U.S. midterms less than two weeks…
Indian trading apps roll out access to U.S. stocks, boosting retail demand for Nvidia, SpaceX, Apple
Major Indian investment platforms are expanding access to U.S. stocks, allowing millions of retail investors to diversify into global assets amid continued underperformance in domestic markets. Earlier, access to U.S. markets and exchange-traded…
Cyndi Lauper recalls feeling 'embarrassed' by retail job
Cyndi Lauper felt 'embarrassed' to work in retail after starring in Blue Angel. The 73-year-old singer featured in the band Blue Angel during her younger years, and Cyndi has recalled working in the retail industry before rising to fame as a solo…
Peco outlines path to $1B of everyday retail within 24 months while raising 2026 acquisition guidance to $600M-$700M (NASDAQ:PECO)
Earnings Call Insights: Phillips Edison & Company (PECO) Q3 2026 'PECO delivered another strong quarter. Same-Center NOI increased 5.3% and Core FFO per share increased 9.2%.' (Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO Jeffrey Edison) 'We are pleased to increase…
Retail Chain Cancels Zelda: Ocarina of Time Midnight Release for All Stores
Multiple retailers are planning midnight release parties for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, but one has now announced that it will be canceling the event at all of its locations. Based on the N64 game of the same name, The Legend of…
Meta rolls out consumer AI agent in Singapore amid global safety, retail pushback
SINGAPORE - Reserving a restaurant table, booking air tickets, coordinating outings or comparing shoe prices across online shops is now just a conversation away with the launch of Meta's Muse in Singapore. From Oct 28, Singapore users can download…
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