Business
SpangleAI Secures $6M Seed Funding to Improve AI-powered Shopping Journeys
SpangleAI has revealed $6 million in seed funding from Madrona Ventures and Streamlined Ventures “to launch an AI-powered commerce…
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Lifestyle
EXCLUSIVE: Hourglass Bets on Brick-and-mortar With Global Flagship
Hourglass is getting back into the brick-and-mortar game. On the heels of testing the waters last year with a Barneys New York pop-up,…
News
Tariff Turmoil: What Now? What Next?
Lately, tariffs have become the most powerful word in the world. They are moving stock markets, upending long-standing international trade…
Business
Optera CEO on Overcoming Sustainability Challenges in Retail: Strategies for Supply Chain Decarbonization
As climate goals become more urgent and regulatory pressures intensify, retailers are at a pivotal moment in their sustainability…
Business
Hong Kong caps IPO margin loans amid heated retail demand
The move is a response to a recent IPO market frenzy that triggered first-day share price pops and concerns about retail investors getting…
Business
EXCLUSIVE: Studs Continues Retail Expansion With 10 New Stores
Studs is continuing its rapid retail growth with 10 stores opening this year. The five-year-old ear-piercing studio is opening a fleet of…
Beauty
How Consumers Shopped Beauty for Valentine’s Day 2025, According to Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Target and More
Fragrances for Valentine’s Day? Groundbreaking. Every year, consumers flock to retailers, both mass and prestige, to stock up on…
Celebrity
EXCLUSIVE: Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Marks Cécred’s First Year in Business With First Retail Expansion
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter isn’t letting her upcoming tour slow down her beauty business. One year after the multihyphenate launched her big…
Business
Capri Holdings Investor Day: Talk Centers on Product Innovation, Impact Marketing, Right-sizing Retail Fleet
Capri Holdings Inc. is looking to restore growth in all three of its luxury brands — Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo — with an…
News
U.S. Households Ramp Up ‘Doom Spending’ in Preparation for Possible Pandemic, Tariff Impacts
The latest consumer research from CreditCards.com reveals a disturbing trend: U.S. households are “doom spending” and stockpiling in…
Fashion
Loewe’s Casa Retail Concept Makes Shanghai Debut
Shanghai‘s Jing’an district, named after its glittering Jing’an Temple, is more gilded than ever since the unveiling of Casa Loewe, which…
Business
HSBC to sell Bahrain retail banking operations as restructuring progresses
The deal will see a transfer of retail loans, deposits and accounts of about 76,000 customers to BBK HSBC on Tuesday (Feb 18) agreed to…
Business
Stocks to watch: UOB, Singtel, Parkson Retail Asia, Cordlife
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Feb 19). UOB: The lender on…
Business
Parkson Retail Asia reports S$5.8 million in Q4 profit
Earnings per share for its continuing operations stands at S$0.0086, down from S$0.0116 previously DEPARTMENT store operator Parkson…
Business
Reimagining the Jewelry Shopping Experience
In this week’s episode of WWD Voices, Nicole Wegman, founder and chief executive officer of Ring Concierge, a fine jewelry company, joins…
Business
K-beauty Retailer Olive Young Is Setting Up a U.S. Subsidiary in Los Angeles
K-beauty retailer Olive Young is betting big on the U.S. market. The CJ Group-owned company, which operates more than 1,350 stores in its…
Business
Retail Sales Start Out Slowly for 2025 With 0.9% January Decline
Shoppers put away their pocketbooks after splurging some for the holidays. January retail and food service sales fell a seasonally…
Culture
H. Moser & Cie’s Debut U.S. Flagship in Silicon Valley Peels the Back Curtain on Rare Watches in Museum-like Setting
With a production of only 4,000 timepieces a year, luxury Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie has a name that carries a great deal of weight…
Business
Joann Is Closing 533 of Its 800 Stores, Including 67 in California and 42 in Florida — Here’s the List
Joann is closing 533 of its 800 fabrics and crafts stores as part of its bankruptcy process. The list includes at least 67 stores in…
Business
EXCLUSIVE: Quay Relaunches Optical Eyewear Category With Focus on Expanded Distribution
Quay is putting a bigger focus on its optical eyewear category. The Australian eyewear brand is relaunching its optical category this…
Business
Singapore retail traders shun stocks at home for buzzy US
KELVIN Tan began investing online in 2018 and, like many Singaporeans, put all of his money into local stocks. Two years later, he had…
Business
Charles Schwab expands 24-hour trading to all its retail clients
CHARLES Schwab is expanding overnight trading to all of its retail clients as it seeks to capture demand from investors piling into US…
Lifestyle
Happy Returns Tackles Online Fraud While Working to Improve Online Shopping
Navigating the dense forest of modern retail, Happy Returns is working to serve the industry as a beacon for innovation, particularly in…
Business
Occupancy remains high for S-Reits’ Singapore retail assets
REAL estate investment trusts with retail assets in Singapore (S-Reits) continued to post strong committed occupancy and positive rental…