Thailand’s booming luxury market is about to go into overdrive with the opening of a $3.2 billion upscale shopping district in the capital’s diplomatic quarter. …
Retail
The Foundations of Retail Success
The shape of the retail market and the demand that drives it is evolving. Planned and announced US store openings for 2024 are to total …
Farfetch Owner Coupang’s Retail Sales Miss Estimates
Coupang Inc. slid in late trading on Tuesday after reporting retail net sales that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. Net sales totaled $6.14 billion, …
Blackstone In Talks to Acquire Retail Opportunity Investments Corp, Sources Say
Blackstone Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., which owns US shopping centres, Reuters reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the …
Inside the Transformation of Retail Careers
As a result of physical retail’s shifting fortunes over the past five years, the nature of a career in retail has changed significantly, encompassing new …
UK Retail Sales Rise Unexpectedly as iPhone Offsets Budget Gloom
UK retail sales rose unexpectedly on demand for consumer tech including the new iPhone, a welcome boost for the new government after it was accused …
At the 2024 Zalando Partner Marketing Awards: Brands Unite With Zalando Best Practices to Optimise Their Retail Media Marketing Strategies
On the evening of September 25, Zalando Partner Marketing Services (ZMS), the retail media unit of online multi-brand fashion platform Zalando, hosted its fourth annual …
US Retail Sales Increase Solidly in September
US retail sales increased slightly more than expected in September, supporting views that the economy maintained a strong pace of growth in the third quarter. …
Championing Retail Career Development at Aesop
Skin and body care brand Aesop was founded in 1987 by Dennis Paphitis, who began blending essential oils into hair products at his hair salon …
Sephora vs Ulta: The Battle of Beauty’s Retail Giants
NEW YORK, United States — Sephora isn’t known for stocking budget beauty products, but change has been simmering at the LVMH-owned luxury beauty giant. In …
Ulta Tops Amazon as Decade’s Best Performing Large Retail Stock
NEW YORK, United States — Ulta Beauty Inc. is on pace to close out the decade as the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 Retailing …
Ulta Shines as Rare Bright Spot in Retail as Makeup Demand Soars
BOLINGBROOK, United States — In the Instagram era, where looking good on camera is more important than ever, one retailer has found a way to …
Casablanca Paris to Open First Retail Store as Sales Approach $50 Million
Casablanca Paris, the London-based fashion brand founded by French designer Charaf Tajer, is set to open its first retail store. A 450-square-metre space on Paris’ …
US Retail Sales Post Surprise Gain, Helped by Online Stores
US retail sales unexpectedly rose in August, supported by online purchases that masked more mixed results at other merchants. The value of retail purchases, unadjusted …
Zara-Owner Inditex Extends Sales Gains, Bucking Retail Trend
Inditex SA sales jumped at the start of the third quarter as the Zara owner’s popular fashion ranges and nimble operations helped it cope better …
How to Apply AI-Powered Personalisation to Omnichannel Retail
Open SaaS and e-commerce platform Big Commerce’s 2024 Global Ecommerce Report: Fashion and Apparel found that globally, fashion and apparel brands saw a 10.7 percent …
Shein’s Pop-Up Store Ruffles South African Retail Sector
Chinese-founded e-commerce retailer Shein has divided opinion with its first physical pop-up store in South Africa that lured bargain-hunters and spurred a tax change after rivals said …
This Week: Retail Earnings Get Messy
A worrying pattern has emerged recently where retailers are reporting weaker sales, lowering their expectations for the rest of the year and predicting more frequent …
Coty Misses Revenue Estimates on Cautious Retail Orders, Lacoste License Sale
CoverGirl parent Coty missed fourth-quarter revenue expectations on Tuesday, impacted by its divestiture of Lacoste fragrance license and controlled orders from cautious retailers, which weighed on …
US Retail Sales Rise More Than Expected in July
US retail sales rose more than expected in July, which could help to allay financial market fears of a sharp economic slowdown that were fanned …