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HEINEKEN completes acquisition of FIFCO's beverage and retail businesses
HEINEKEN completes acquisition of FIFCO's beverage and retail businesses The closing of the landmark transaction reinforces HEINEKEN's strategic position in Central America and unlocks significant new growth opportunities. Amsterdam, January 30…
Amazon Go is dead. Was grab-and-go retail a fantasy?
Hello, and welcome back to Fast Company 's Plugged In. When Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down Amazon Go, its 8-year-old chain of cashierless convenience stores, the news did not come as a shocker. Almost two years ago, the company…
Precious-Metals Plunge Hits Retail Investors, Too
You don't need a closet full of silver bars to be hit by the precious-metals rout today. Exchange-traded funds emerged two decades ago as a way for retail investors to wager on metal prices without storing piles of bullion or obtaining a license to…
Apollo Returns 18% for Retail Clients With Higher-Stakes PE Bets
Apollo Global Management Inc. reaped returns of 18.3% last year for individual investors by largely betting on single companies that private equity firms want to hold longer or can't sell — a strategy viewed by some investors as being…
Push for retailers to play role in 3D-printed gun crackdown after Bondi attack
Retailers offering 3D printers or 3D printing services would report customers suspected of building 3D-printed guns to the authorities under fresh calls for corporate Australia to play a role in thwarting access to the deadly weapons. Just days…
VenHub's CEO Sees Clear Path to Profit for Robo Retail Firm
VenHub Global, a company that develops stores run by robots and AI, is set to begin trading Friday. It is taking the direct-listing route, a move its CEO says will let markets decide the company's worth. The Las Vegas-based company operates fully…
The hottest retail investor picks since the meme stock craze shook up Wall Street
Five years ago this week, retail investors launched a meme stock craze that would go on to become a key event in modern market history. The army of online traders began by short-squeezing stocks like GameStop, a move that was later memorialized in…
Amazon rethinks brick-and-mortar retail in Illinois
Global retailer Amazon signaled a shift in strategy this week, using Chicago as the test case for a new shopping experience. Why it matters: The company that upended brick-and-mortar retail wants to get into more brick-and-mortar retail. The big…
How a 'dirtbag' billionaire retailer chose to do capitalism differently
Few people globally have influenced business, sport, the environment and philanthropy like Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Chouinard's inventive approach across these spheres makes the recent biography Dirtbag Billionaire by The New York Times…
Seven detained outside West Loop Target as protesters demand retailer stand against ICE
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Several people were detained at Chicago's West Loop Target Thursday night amid a protest outside the store to demand the retailer publicly denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it comes into…
Chinese retail giant Miniso is expanding in San Diego
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A new Miniso, purveyor of everything from household wares to toys to branded merchandise, is opening Saturday in the Santee Trolley Square shopping center. The Santee location will be one of the company's…
Plymouth landmark in limbo as beloved retailer told to move out
The future of Plymouth's Art Deco landmark Colin Campbell House is in doubt after its long-standing tenant was ordered to move out. The popular City Furnishers Store (CFS) has been told by landlord Plymouth City Council that it needs to vacate the…
Best Retail Stocks To Watch Now - January 30th
Palantir Bulls Face a Reality Check Before Earnings Amazon.com, Costco Wholesale, Alibaba Group, Walmart, Carvana, Deckers Outdoor, and Booking are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks…
Much-loved fashion retailer with 40 UK stores set to plunge into administration
Around 1,000 positions at the womenswear chain Quiz could be under threat with the company on the verge of going under. The retailer currently operates 40 outlets throughout the UK and it is believed Quiz has submitted a notice of intention to…
'Retailers in conversation' over vacant Eastgate Centre stores, says new boss
Conversations are being held with a “number of potential retailers” to fill vacant stores at the Eastgate Shopping Centre, its new manager has revealed. Jon Carter, who became centre manager earlier this month, is very optimistic…
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