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Costco is making shopping smoother for members with upgrades that simplify in-store visits, speed up checkout, and improve overall convenience....

Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape....

TG Jones took over stores six months ago but consumers have noticed little change or investment“It's just the same.” Six months on from the sale of WH Smith's high street business, the name above the door may have changed to TG Jones, but many shoppers have not noticed a splurge of investment or change.“The layout is the same and what they are selling is the same,” says Gillian Parsons as she exits TG Jones on a busy high street in the market town of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where a steady flow of visitors are picking up cards, wrapping paper and the odd present in the week before Christmas. Continue reading......

With its signature fan-shaped wall of lipsticks displayed at the entrance, the Hong Kong store of Mao Geping Cosmetics at the Harbour City shopping complex in Tsim Sha Tsui appeared quiet on a recent weekday night. That underscored a sluggish state of affairs at Mao Geping, about two months after opening its first overseas location in the city, and the broader challenges faced by Chinese beauty – dubbed C-beauty – brands seeking to expand sales outside the mainland. The cosmetics firm was named......

After decades in business, a 62-year-old retail chain is closing stores, leaving entire communities without a local location....

Tanger CEO Stephen Yalof says shoppers kept spending this holiday season as promotions and value offset weaker consumer confidence....

Die Weihnachtsmärkte wurden in diesem Jahr weniger besucht als im Vorjahr. Vor allem zu Beginn der Saison war es laut Schaustellerbund etwas verhaltener. Ein Grund sei wohl die Verunsicherung über die Sicherheit....

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani are leading candidates for politically themed Christmas gifts in the US....

Demand for CD players rises 74% this year amid deluxe releases from artists such as Taylor Swift and Pink FloydForget the vinyl revival. CD players and compact discs are back on Christmas lists this year amid a wave of 90s nostalgia and coveted “deluxe” releases from big acts such as Taylor Swift and Pink Floyd.Demand for compact discs peaked in the mid-00s and many households ditched their systems and libraries as digital music took off. But the distinctive whirr is returning to bedrooms around the country, with retailers and marketplaces experiencing an uptick in appetite for vintage tech and music to play on it. Continue reading......

HARRISON (dpa-AFX) - Mastercard SpendingPulse, a unit of credit and payment major Mastercard Inc. (MA), that measures national retail sales based on aggregated and anonymized Mastercard insights, ......

After decades in business, a once-iconic mall retail chain faces financial and legal challenges, threatening its future....

Russia's central bank has prepared a framework to regulate cryptocurrencies on the domestic market that will allow retail investors to buy them in addition to qualified investors, in a fresh sign of how sanctions have reshaped its approach to the assets....

SAN FRANCISCO (dpa-AFX) - Visa (V) released its annual Retail Spend Monitor from Visa Consulting & Analytics. As per preliminary data, overall holiday retail spending increased 4.2% year over year......

U.S. holiday retail spending rose 4.2% as consumers spent more on tech and apparel, with online sales jumping 7.8%, Visa data shows, despite higher prices....

Consumers spent 3.9 percent more from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21 this year compared with last year, according to a Mastercard report on holiday spending....

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A U.S. online retail brand has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, highlighting pressures on e-commerce players competing in an Amazon-dominated market....

Here's who is winning on price and delivery....

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A study earlier this month showed that Instacart's algorithmic pricing tools caused shoppers to pay different prices for identical items from the same store....