2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (210+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – JD.com’s concessions to ease EU subsidy concerns about the Chinese e-commerce giant’s $2.5 ​billion purchase of German electronics retailer ‌Ceconomy have prompted criticism from competitors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. They said the European Commission,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (322+ words) LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) – John Lewis, Britain’s largest employee-owned retailer, is stepping up investment in content creation as customers increasingly find products through AI agents, seeking ​to keep them engaged in what it called a “difficult ‌economy”. The department store group…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (681+ words) By Sophie Yu and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – China’s meal-delivery subsidy war may have ebbed but its biggest legacy could be a shift in consumer expectations, as electronics, flowers and even medicine can now be delivered within an…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (184+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is giving retailers blueprints to build ​shopping and merchant agents on ‌Claude, it announced on Wednesday, as demand for internal and external conversational search tools expands ahead of the holiday shopping season....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (355+ words) PARIS, Sept 1 (Reuters) – France started imposing penalties on the extreme end of fast fashion on Tuesday to try to curb a surge in sales of cheap clothing sold ​by e-commerce sites including Shein and Temu. The penalties – part of a ‌fast-fashion…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (148+ words) Aug 26 (Reuters) – Abercrombie & Fitch raised its full-year sales forecast on Wednesday, as ​demand for its apparel ‌brands remained resilient despite weakness in international markets. Shares of the New Albany, Ohio-based retailer rose ‌11% ​in premarket ⁠trading. The company now ⁠expects full-year…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (127+ words) Aug 20 (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has offered remedies in the ​European Union’s probe ‌of its $2.5 billion bid for German electronics retailer Ceconomy, according to an EU regulatory ‌filing. • ​The filing ⁠did not specify ⁠the remedies offered. • The European…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (614+ words) By Nicholas P. Brown and Juveria Tabassum Aug 18 (Reuters) – As Walmart’s same-store sales growth has leveled off and a cautious annual outlook dented its stock, investors are increasingly looking to the retailer’s advertising business to support profits. Walmart Connect has helped…...