Marks & Spencer and Microsoft have today announced the signing of a strategic partnership focused on testing the integration of the latter’s AI technologies into the retailer’s customer experience, stores …
If you sometimes get the impression there is a Starbucks (SBUX, -7.44%) on every street corner in major U.S. cities, you’re not that far off mark. And that density is becoming a problem …
For years, department stores like Macy’s and Marshall Field’s were what Columbia University retail scholar Mark Cohen calls “emporiums filled with endless wonderment and tremendous assortments.” They graced the downtowns …
Quarter after quarter, J.C. Penney’s Sephora beauty concessions offer one of its few bright spots — but new sports shops may present a similar opportunity. Fanatics has been on a roll of …
Amazon.com Inc is recruiting major Brazilian cosmetics firms Grupo Boticario and Natura Cosmeticos SA to sell via the logistics platform it is developing in Brazil, three people familiar with talks …
After a decade of focusing on the so-called millennial generation, some U.S. companies are starting to look ahead to what’s next. Target Corp is introducing new in-house brands of shoes, …
French retailer Carrefour , which opened its first high-tech store in Shanghai last month in partnership with tech giant Tencent, sees China as the ideal location to develop new methods …
The parent company of Superdrug, Savers and The Perfume Shop has announced plans to open 1300 new stores across its global portfolio – the equivalent to one store every seven …
JAB Holding Company, the deal-hungry conglomerate, has bought dozens of coffee brands and begun branching out to doughnuts. Now, it has set its sights on sandwiches. The company said on …
When it comes to Arcadia results, the question most people really want answered is ‘how well did Topshop do?’ And the answer came on Wednesday with news that Topshop – …