South African retailer Steinhoff (SNHG.DE) has agreed to pay nearly $800 million for British-based discount chain Poundland (PLND.L) after two previous attempts to expand in Europe fell through this year. The $23 …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has begun rolling out specialized carts designed to keep employees out on the floor culling produce and reducing wastage, the latest step in a push to improve …
Right across the aisle from a stack of College of William & Mary sweatshirts at the Barnes & Noble campus bookstore in Williamsburg, Virginia, there’s a display with over 50 …
Today’s luxury consumers are constantly connected, time-poor and understand that the quickest, cheapest, most convenient way to shop is, increasingly, online. When it comes to fashion, they crave newness — …
n”>U.S. retail mall vacancies rose in the second quarter from the first, amid an increasing disparity between high-end and traditional malls related to rent and vacancy rates, according to real …
The Fourth of July holiday weekend has barely ended, but back-to-school shopping is well underway and already trending higher over last year. More than a third of all parents – nearly …
Empire Co., the parent of the Canadian grocery chain Sobeys, plunged to its lowest in more than three years after posting a C$942.6 million ($725 million) quarterly loss amid weak …
sterling and the expected prolonged weakness of the currency means the existing Irish divisions of the big UK retailers could become sweet spots for their British parent companies.The plunge in …
n”>Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc, the largest U.S. sporting goods retailer, said on Thursday it was the successful bidder in the auction for the intellectual property of bankrupt competitor Sports Authority …
When the Ibn Battuta Mall opened 10 years ago, it was one of Dubai’s premier shopping attractions. Part of the mall’s allure was its epic architectural narrative, told through a patchwork of …