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How IKEA, DICK’S Sporting Goods And Adidas Are Rethinking The Store
Stores need a reset. But this should not come as a surprise. Tech advancements challenged the traditional wholesale model. E-commerce exploded. Consumers wanted their orders faster, and companies resp...
China Revises Delisting Rule. But Investors May Want to Sell on the Rally.
Text size The probability of a mass delisting of Chinese stocks like Alibaba may have ticked lower with revised rules from China’s regulators. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images The probability of ...
Salt + Snow To Launch At The Intersection Of Fashion And Performance
The Wanderist is the content portion of e-commerce site Salt + Snow. Courtesy of Salt + Snow Mothers of invention, Kathy Thomas and Sara Zilkha spent hours on the computer with multiple tabs open scou...
China’s Big Tech Firms Are Axing Thousands of Workers
BEIJING—China’s biggest tech companies are conducting large-scale layoffs this year as they deal with an economic slowdown and Beijing’s regulatory pressure. Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -7.14% , opera...
Amazon Loses Round One of Indian Retail Battle Royale
Amazon AMZN 0.15% is staring at an embarrassing defeat after fighting a drawn-out legal battle to block India’s most valuable firm, Reliance Industries, 500325 -0.50% from buying the country’s number ...
FedEx Has a Ground Problem, Here’s How It Plans to Dig Out of It
The ascent of online shopping via e-retailers like Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report has resulted in a boon in the ground business for shipping companies like FedEx (FDX) – Get...
After Earnings Whiff, Maybe Warby Parker Can Learn Something From Old-School DTC Brands
Photo by: zz/STRF/STAR MAX/IPx 2020 12/15/20 Here, a Warby Parker Eyeglasses store. (NYC) zz/STRF/STAR MAX/IPx Warby Parker is the latest “digitally native vertical brand” (DNVB) to disappoint investo...
Alibaba, JD.com and Other China Stocks Soar. Here’s What Sparked the Turnaround.
Text size Shares in Alibaba and other Chinese companies have come under intense pressure recently. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares in some of China’s largest companies notched eye-watering gain...
Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Fed Decision Ahead, Alibaba and JD.com Soar
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Graeme Jennings / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were moving higher Wednesday as markets readied for a long-await...
Alibaba and JD.com Have Slumped. The Charts Hint When to Buy.
Chinese e-commerce stocks Alibaba (BABA) – Get Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Report and JD.com (JD) – Get JD.com Inc. Report have had a rough run. U.S.-listed equities have struggled this y...
EBay CEO outlines new digital wallet, storage facility as part of long-term strategy
It was a coming out of sorts for eBay Inc. CEO Jamie Iannone at the company’s investor day on Thursday. In his first meeting with analysts since taking over the top spot at eBay EBAY, -4.39% nearly tw...
Shopify Makes a Key Move to Compete With Amazon, Walmart
Walmart (WMT) – Get Walmart Inc. Report and Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report are locked into a battle for dominance in online shopping. Walmart was able to dominate the 90...
JD.com Stock Falls After Earnings Top Estimates but Revenue Growth Slows
Text size A JD.com distribution center in Beijing. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of JD.com fell in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnin...
Walmart Partners With Space NK To Launch Prestige Beauty Products
Walmart will begin offering prestige beauty brands this summer through BeautySpace NK. Courtesy of Walmart Walmart Inc. is getting into the prestige beauty act with BeautySpace NK,a collaboration that...
Grab Stock Rebounds From Slump After Losses Widened
Text size A Grab Food delivery rider. Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg Shares of Grab Holdings rebounded Friday following a slump after the Singapore-based ride-sharing and food delivery company reported a wide...
How Block (Square) avoided death by Amazon
Block co-founder Jim McKelvey. CNBC | NBC Universal | Getty Images BARCELONA — In 2014, Amazon launched a product that sounded strikingly similar to something already on offer from Twitter co-founder ...
Coupang falls short of expectations for holiday quarter, but gives upbeat earnings outlook
Coupang Inc. fell short of earnings and revenue expectations with its fourth-quarter results Wednesday, though the South Korean e-commerce company forecast a slimmer-than-anticipated loss for the full...
Why Nike’s Foot Locker Exit Could Devastate Other Retailers
There could be a lot more swooshes to come across all of retail. (Photo by John Nacion/SOPA … [+] Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images For any retailer s...
These 10 stocks have fallen at least 20% this year, but are expected to soar up to 66% from here
It sure has been a wild ride for investors over the past few weeks, with the benchmark S&P 500 rising 10% from March 8 through March 30. But the broader stock market is still down for 2022. Below ...