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Citi Trends Latest Off-Price Retailer Thriving As Consumers Seek Value
Citi Trends has ambitious expansion plans for its store network. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Off-price retailer Citi Trends has reported double-digit sales growth and outlined plans…
B&M European Value Retail rises Thursday, outperforms market
B&M European Value Retail S.A. BME shares advanced 6.55% to £2.08 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.27% to 10,360.32. B&M European Value Retail…
Asia-Pacific to lead global retail sales, weather Middle East conflict
Asia-Pacific is expected to drive global retail sales over the next five years, even as the Middle East conflict is hurting consumer confidence, according to business analysts. The war could continue to weigh on consumer and business sentiment for…
The Wai Marks Three Years with Full Occupancy and Enhanced Retail Experience
The Wai, the shopping mall atop MTR Tai Wai Station, has marked its third year of operation with strong business performance and a full occupancy rate of 100%. Since its opening in 2023, the mall has benefited from Tai Wai Station's strategic…
Brandy Melville: Why is this teen fashion retailer closing its fitting rooms?
Brandy Melville, the one-size fashion retailer, is now closing all changing rooms in its stores across the US, multiple employees have confirmed. The move has caused an uproar on social media among the young women who frequent its stores…
UK's Biggest Retailers Cut 18,000 Jobs Since Labour's Tax Rises
Britain's largest retailers have shed almost 18,000 jobs in the past year, as the industry grapples with higher taxes and wages since Labour came to power. The job losses were led by Tesco Plc, the UK's largest grocer, which saw its UK and Ireland…
Expect retail hype to make SpaceX stock especially volatile in early trading
SpaceX's highly anticipated IPO is likely to be a huge event for retail traders, but that means investors should expect more volatility than usual for a trading debut. The company is expected to allocate an atypically large amount of stock for…
Eurozone Retail Sales Fell in April
Eurozone retail sales fell more than expected in April as rising energy prices continued to erode consumer spending power, adding to concerns that the currency area's economy could contract in the second quarter. Volumes fell 0.4% from March…
Northlake Mall retailers told to vacate. Is a sale and redevelopment next?
Cade frets he will be unable to make the 30-day deadline to leave. It's not usual for landlords to only provide 30 days to vacate, even if their tenants are on month-to-month leases. When Cade left North DeKalb, he was given 90 days to vacate, and…
Why institutional investors are returning to retail 'in a very big way
More stores closed or downsized than opened or expanded during the first quarter, according to a report from JLL, but vacancies are still low at just 4.4%. Retail offers much better yields than other commercial real estate sectors. Investment…
Startup helps retailers track their products in real-time
When you picture a worker at a retail store, you probably think of someone at a cash register or helping a customer. But employees also spend a lot of their time combing through stockrooms and shop floors, fulfilling requests or online orders and…
Exclusive: Scotch Raises $20M Series A To Disrupt Legacy Liquor Retail Tech With AI
Scotch, an AI-native operating system designed specifically for liquor store owners, has secured $20 million in a Series A funding round, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Operating as an “all-in-one” software ecosystem…
Retail investors get a shot at SpaceX IPO through major brokerages (SPCX:Pending)
Major brokerages like Fidelity, Schwab, Robinhood, SoFi, and E*Trade are making SpaceX IPO shares available to individual investors, with specific allocations dependent on demand and brokerage requirements. Eligibility requirements vary, such as…
SpaceX IPO: Fidelity unveils way for retail investors to buy shares (SPCX:Pending)
Fidelity Investments on Thursday outlined how its brokerage customers can seek shares in the highly anticipated initial public offering of SpaceX (SPCX), giving retail investors a potential path into what could become the largest stock market debut…
NRF'26 Apac: Golden ABC, Gill Capital and Zalora on the next era of retail
The next era of retail and its new generation of consumers are already here. Success in the industry is no longer just about scale. The third and final day of the NRF 2026 Asia Pacific shone a spotlight on what it really takes for retailers to win…
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