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How Retail and Supply Chain Leaders Are Balancing AI and Labor
While retail and supply chain executives widely view AI as essential for resilience and cost optimization, most do not see AI as a total replacement for frontline labor. Instead, they struggle with an “enablement gap,” where they…
Retail Rarity: A Department Store Rises in Brazil
Brazil's JHSF is further diversifying its luxury empire on Saturday with the opening of its first department store — CJ Fashion. Situated within JHSF's Shopping Cidade Jardim mall in São Paolo, the department store is the latest…
COSTCO PAYS IT FORWARD: Retailer Returns $184M in Tariff Refunds to Shoppers as Prices Drop on Meat, Produce and More
Costco Wholesale has handed back $184 million in tariff refunds and is sending most of it straight to the checkout lane. According to Fox Business, the warehouse giant reinvested the majority of that money into lower prices on produce, meat…
BREAKING: Cato Fashions Shutters Dozens of Stores as Retail Carnage Spreads
Cato Fashions is closing stores — and the number is bigger than a trim. The parent company of the women's apparel chain announced a plan to shutter more than 10% of its locations, according to Fox Business, after economic pressures pushed…
Retail headwinds force women's apparel giant Cato to close dozens of locations
A women's apparel company that caters to price-conscious consumers announced the closure of 120 retail stores by the end of the fiscal year. The Cato Corporation, parent company of Cato Fashions, operates more than 1,000 women's apparel and…
Why fashion's biggest retailers want a seat in the classroom
Have you ever thought about heading back to school? Well, retailers certainly have, as fashion schools become their newest innovation labs. For fashion retailers looking for their next employee—or their next big idea—the classroom is…
Passenger vehicle retail sales to grow 15-16% in September amid steady demand: Yes Securities
Passenger vehicle retail sales are expected to grow 15-16 per cent for September as consumer appetite remains steady, even as manufacturers implement selective price increases across the sector to counter input cost pressures, according to a…
No flashy robots, just a quiet transformation: How Singapore's food and retail sectors are using AI
Forget the sci-fi stereotypes of robotic waiters and automated chefs. Instead, some brands are quietly deploying AI to streamline backend tasks - from inventory management to staff rostering - freeing up their human workers to provide…
TIA takes top industry issues to Capitol Hill - TT
TIA President Chris Burroughs, shown at the Capital Ideas Conference in 2025, calls cargo theft an issue that 'continues to be a plague on the industry.' (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) TIA members made cargo theft their top legislative priority…
Inflation is kicking off a discount arms race between grocery stores
It looks like inflation is coming back from the dead, just in time for spooky season. The conflict in Iran and other complications are driving up energy and transportation costs, and that's taking a toll on already-stretched household budgets. But…
Only a Handful of S&P 500 Stocks Can Match 10-Year Treasuries at 5%. Here's My Top Pick to Buy Now.
For the first time in a long time, Treasury bonds are a compelling alternative to dividend stocks. The yield on 10-year Treasuries now stands at a 19-year high of right around 5%, in fact, versus the S&P 500 's (^GSPC +0.51%) average dividend yield…
Macy's To Use AI for Better Inventory Management
Macy's said it will use AI to better manage its inventory after deciding to scale a pilot project that may help reach its goal of generating $235 million in savings by the end of the year. Tom Edwards, chief operating officer and chief financial…
Alibaba Group vs. Uber Technologies: Examining Quarterly Revenue Trends
Alibaba Group Holding (BABA -0.80%) primarily earns revenue by operating extensive online e-commerce retail distribution networks, providing comprehensive cloud computing technology capabilities, facilitating complex international logistics…
Analyst Predicts Nike Stock Could Fall to $30 After S&P 100 Drop
Nike ‘s stock has been trading in the $35 to $37 a share range for most of this week, but now one analyst thinks it could fall even lower. Bank of America (BofA) analyst Lorraine Hutchinson on Thursday cut her price target for shares of Nike…
Traditional industries see limited AI gains as K-shaped economy widens: Expert - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Sept. 26 (CNA) While Taiwan is benefiting from a global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, many traditional industries have seen little of the benefit, widening the country's 'K-shaped' economic divide, an economist said. In a recent…
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