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U.K. Retail Dismayed As Tax Free Shopping Scrapped After Just Three Weeks
Luxury visitor hot spots such as New Bond Street will be hit by a huge U-turn by the U.K. … [+] Government. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Th...
Xcel Delves Deep Into Livestream Shopping; Combines Media And Retail In Direct To Consumer Approach
Ken Downing with designs and an inspiration board for Halston. Downing is creative director of the … [+] brand. Courtesy of Xcel/PHOTO BY CAROLINE FISS Robert D’Loren wants to you to know that d...
The 2022 holiday shopping season has started
Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale may be over, but the discounts have only just begun. “Black Friday is here,” said Julie Ramhold, a consumer analyst at DealNews.com, noting that sale...
Billionaire Andrew Tan Boosts $970 Million Spanish Property Portfolio With New Shopping Mall In Madrid
Andrew Tan, chairman of Alliance Global, and his eldest son, Kevin Tan, CEO of the conglomerate that … [+] owns Philippine property giant Megaworld and liquor maker Emperador. Courtesy of Allian...
Walmart Makes a Huge Grocery Move, Amazon Drops Key Technology
Amazon (AMZN) has set the standard for delivery and fulfillment. Before the online leader declared that free, two-day shipping would be the minimum, there was no real set policy for delivery. Basicall...
Costco Credit Card Secrets Members (and Investors) Should Know
Costco (COST) does not follow the same rules as other retailers. The membership-based warehouse club has a relentless focus on offering members the lowest prices possible. That allows it to do things ...
This Retail Holiday Shopping Season, Self-Expression Will Be Trending
The Shopify.com app store offers the MyRegistry.com app, merging niche retailer’s with their “tribal … [+] brand advocates,” while facilitating push to pull marketing movement. Davide Bonaldo/SO...
Costco Has Surprising Gas News for Members, Investors
Costco (COST) offers a very simple proposition to its members. You pay $60 for basic access or $120 for premium access (which comes with 2% cash back on most purchases up to $1,000 per year) in order ...
CFTC Accuses Digitex of Shopping ‘Illegal’ Crypto Derivatives
CFTC’s latest filing shows regulation by enforcement may be a trend here to stay Digitex’s founder is also alleged to have been involved in a ‘pump and dump’ scheme for the exchange’s native token As ...
Bed Bath & Beyond Stock Won’t Be Making a Comeback
Best Buy (BBY) has a fairly unique story in the retail world. The electronics chain appeared to be on its way toward bankruptcy when it made the unconventional choice to hire Hubert Joly — an ex...
New British Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng Reverses Rishi Sunak’s Scrapping Of Tax-Free Shopping For International Tourists
British chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has delivered some good news for retailers on tax-free shopping. … [+] (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Getty Images The British government under new prime mi...
What The Fed’s Rate Hike Will Mean For Holiday Shopping
Walmart announced that it will offer thousands more Rollbacks this holiday shopping period on the … [+] hottest categories including toys, home, electronics and beauty. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/...
1800+ Online Merchants Choose Anonymous Shopping with CRP and UUSD
Already well-known as an entirely confidential and secure ecosystem, this year, Utopia became an impressive way to enjoy anonymous shopping in Crypton (CRP) and Utopia USD (UUSD) at over 1800 online s...
Big Changes Coming to Starbucks in Target, Kroger
Starbucks (SBUX) has been in Target (TGT) locations for well over two decades. Since 2003, a Starbucks coffee shop has been put in almost all of the new builds of Target stores, (as long as there ...
Animoca Brands continues shopping spree with MotoGP mobile dev acquisition
One of Web3’s leading digital property rights developers, Animoca Brands, announced yet another major acquisition to its increasing portfolio of gaming subsidiaries. The company announced the purchase...
Walmart Brings Virtual Try-On Experience To Online Shopping For Women’s Apparel
Walmart’s Be Your Own Model, iOS version. Courtesy of Walmart WalmartWMT wants to give customers an extra bit of confidence when shopping for apparel. It’s launching a virtual try-on function wh...
Here’s how much you can save
Largely out of necessity, consumers are getting creative about stretching their dollars. After inflation hit back-to-school budgets hard and as families are feeling the weight of holiday expectations,...
Holiday shopping season expected to be muted amid high inflation
Shoppers hold hands at the Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, November 14, 2020. Mark Makela | Reuters Retailers are scrambling to prepare for the fast-approaching holiday shopping ...
Walmart And Costco Winning, Shopping Centers Losing As Retail Foot Traffic Trends Signal Austere Holiday Quarter.
Walmart and Costco Winning, Shopping Centers Losing as Retail Foot Traffic Trends Signal Austere … [+] Holiday Quarter. getty US consumers appear to be dining more at home than going out; doing ...
Instacart Wants To Transform Into An Inspirational Shopping Platform
Instacart has retained Grammy winner Lizzo as the face of its biggest brand campaign to date to introduce Carts, an in-app experience that will enable pop culture personalities, retailers and online c...
Car shopping over Labor Day weekend? Here’s what you can expect
Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images In pre-pandemic years, Labor Day sales events offered generous discounts on new cars as dealerships aimed to clear out current-year models and start selling the ne...
Gap (GPS) reports fiscal Q2 2022 results
An employee hands a customer a shopping bag at an Old Navy store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gap Inc. on Thursday withdrew its financial outlook for the year after i...
Peloton (PTON) reports Q4 2022 losses mount
Brody Longo works out on his Peloton exercise bike on April 16, 2021 in Brick, New Jersey. Michael Loccisano | Getty Images Peloton on Thursday reported widening losses and slumping sales for its fisc...
Peloton to sell fitness equipment, apparel on Amazon
Peloton has struck a partnership with Amazon in a bid to broaden its customer base and win back investors’ confidence, as revenue growth slows from pandemic highs and its stock price plunges. In...
3 things Gap needs to fix to turn its struggling business around
A pedestrian passes in front of a Gap Inc. store in Miami Beach, Florida. Scott McIntyre | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gap needs a new game plan — and fast. In April, the retailer announced the departure...
Nordstrom (JWN) reports Q2 2022 results
Shoppers leave a Nordstrom store on May 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nordstrom on Tuesday slashed its financial forecast for the full year as the depar...