Higher inflation will force consumers to limit their spending by so much that the economy will slump into a recession by the July-September quarter, former Federal Reserve Governor Lawrence Lindsey sa...
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Retailers Eye Smaller Stores And Human Connections
MCLEAN, VA – Tysons Corner Center, a mall in suburban Washington. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images The COVID-19 roller coaster took many brick-and-mortar retailer...
Why Retailers Are Converting Stores Into Fulfillment Centers
Portland, OR, USA – May 6, 2020: Closed DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse retail store in Northeast … [+] Portland, Oregon, during the coronavirus crisis. getty Over the past couple of years, br...
retail crypto investors should be protected
Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, said the agency’s protections that apply to investors of traditional assets should extend to those in the crypto market. In...
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 ...
CEO of Robinhood rival shines fresh light on what retail investors are doing. Wall Street needs to pay attention.
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, a newish crowd of retail investors emerged, pouring extra cash into equity markets and steering Wall Street into places they never dreamed, such ...
Retail Cardano Wallets Reached New All-Time High as ADA Jumped 5%
On-chain analysis has shown that the number of mid-size ADA addresses has reached ATH. This may have contributed to the recent rally of ADA breaking from the months-long downward channel and now sitti...
Singapore’s DBS Bank halts plans to offer retail crypto trading
The CEO of Singapore’s DBS Bank, Piyush Gupta, has said that the bank will not offer cryptocurrency services. The recent statement contradicts what the bank had earlier said about plans to offer crypt...
Three Little-Known Tools That Retail Brands Are Using To Drive Sales On Amazon
For most retail brands, selling on Amazon follows a predictable playbook. Design appealing product detail pages, set up pay-per-click advertising campaigns, and do your best to gather product reviews ...
Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages
BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking for alternative sources for parts. For more ...
Singapore’s Largest Bank Won’t Extend Crypto Services to Retail Clients
Piyush Gupta – CEO of Singapore’s leading bank DBS Bank – revealed his institution will not extend its crypto trading services to retail customers in “the immediate future.” The announcement contradic...
GameStop to the Moon On Stock Split?
After a harsh end to the first quarter on Thursday, GameStop (GME) – Get GameStop Corp. Class A Report stole the headlines after the close. That’s when the company announced that it plans to sp...
Axie Infinity Hack Sees Retail Traders and Gamers Being the Biggest Losers
On March 23, Axie Infinity became the latest crypto project to lose millions to hackers. A breach of the Ronin network where the play-to-earn game is based led to a hacker stealing $620 million worth...
Investing may be too complex for retail investors and brokers
As more cutting-edge investment products work their way into the marketplace, there’s growing fear retail investors and even professional brokers are getting in over their heads. Former SEC atto...
Amazon Workers In Staten Island Vote To Unionize In Blow To Retail Giant
Topline Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island voted in favor of unionizing on Friday, in the first success the labor movement has had in organizing workers at the country’s second-largest pri...
Why does the DBS executive think retail consumers aren’t ready for crypto trading?
The bank in Singapore that serves crypto trading services but currently not allowing or having plans to serve retail investors Chief Executive of DBS, Piyush Gupta, said that the bank has planned to e...
Supply Chain Crisis Is Retailers’ New Normal
Shopper staring at empty shelves getty For a moment, at the end of last year, it seemed like the sun was beginning to set on the pandemic. Container volume at key ports like Los Angeles had reached a ...
Singapore Not Ready to Extend Crypto Trading to Retail Consumers Yet
Despite the growing popularity of cryptocurrency, Singapore isn’t ready to extend crypto trading services to retail consumers anytime soon. Back in February, DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta said that...
Walgreens Earnings Top Estimates but Its Outlook Crushes the Stock.
Text size Walgreens delivers a second-quarter earnings beat. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance tumbled Thursday after investors were disappo...
Biden says latest Strategic Petroleum Reserve release could cut gas prices 10 to 35 cents per gallon — but some experts worry about long-term costs
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the country’s reserves for the next six months as a way to bring down gas prices that have been breaking recor...
Ted Cruz introduces companion to Emmer‘s bill to exclude Fed retail CBDC issue
Texas Senator Ted Cruz introduced companion legislation into the United States Senate on Wednesday for Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer’s bill that prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing central...
Ted Cruz Introduces Companion Bill To Emmer’s: Concerns retail CBDC issuance by FED
Ted Cruz introduced a similar bill introduced by Tom Emmer back in January, related to CBDCs‘ direct issuance to individuals. It could be utilised as a surveillance tool that the Americans should nev...
Unpacking The Decision To Downsize: The Future Of IKEA?
IKEA has announced that it will close one of its largest UK stores in Edmonton, North London citing … [+] it was reacting to ‘changing shopping behaviours’. Peter Jelkeby, Country Retail Manager...
Here’s how much a 40-year mortgage would save you each month vs. a 30-year loan. And the ultimate cost.
The U.S. home-financing market has been dominated by the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan for decades. Now some key players in the U.S. housing market think it is time to give home buyers the option o...