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Asian Grocers in U.S. Are Bearing the Brunt of China Trade War

Asian-focused retailers are particularly vulnerable to President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs, including the latest round in September covering $200bn of imports from the Middle Kingdom.

Alibaba Goes International to Hit New Singles' Day Record

The Chinese internet giant is looking beyond borders to turn its annual Singles’ Day shopping celebration into a global phenomenon.

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Amazon Go Has a New Rival in Japan

Amazon.com Inc. is betting that stores of the future won’t have any clerks or registers. A company in Japan thinks it can get there first.

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Coty CEO Is Frustrated With Supply Chain Snags at Beauty Brands

Coty Inc. suffered multiple disruptions to its supply chain in Europe and North America that hindered the beauty giant’s operations and stifled sales last quarter.

1108 Coty Ceo Is Frustrated

Lowe's Abandons Smaller Store Format in Retreat From Manhattan

The home-improvement retailer announced the closing of 51 under-performing stores this week, including two New York locations that the company hailed just three years ago.

E-Commerce Shipments Reach Canada Faster With Streamlined Logistics Strategy

Challenge: A leading software retailer planned an e-commerce expansion to the Canadian market, and wanted to ensure deliveries would be commensurate with U.S. service levels. The retailer was surprised to learn that most carriers do not offer comprehensive coverage throughout Canada — or a broad range of service options — which meant shipments would arrive days later than anticipated.

Winter (Shopping) Is Coming. Are You Prepared?

When the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, retailers have one thing on their minds: the peak-season holiday shopping rush.

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Weed Woes: Canada Struggles to Meet Huge Demand for Legal Cannabis

Numerous stores are dealing with empty shelves and disgruntled customers — with fears many consumers will turn to black-market alternatives.

1106 Weed Woes Canada Struggles

Packages Delivered Via Robot? Now There’s an App for That.

Starship Technologies plans to broaden its delivery service beyond food to include packages, a move that led it to declare itself “the world’s first robot package delivery service.”

1109 Packages Delivered Via Robot

Retailers Are Spending Big on Digital Capabilities to Meet Customer Expectations

Global retail sector technology spending will grow 3.6 percent to reach almost $203.6bn in 2019, with similar growth rates for the next two years.

1106 Retailers Are Spending Big

Online Sales Will Jump 15 Percent This Holiday Season, Adobe Predicts

There could be a lot of elbow room at the local mall this holiday season as more and more people do their shopping online.

1104 Online Sales Will Jump

Retailers Officially Launch Holiday Shopping Season

This year’s holiday shopping season was off and running Thursday, right after Halloween ended.

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