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WHSmith Considers Selling Off High Street Stores to Focus on Lucrative Travel Business

WHSmith has confirmed that it is exploring the sale of more than 520 High Street newsstand and bookstores to…

News January 27
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Target Joins Roster of Retailers Scaling Back DEI in Effort to ‘Stay in Step with Evolving External Landscape’

Target has joined the growing list of retailers and other institutions, including the federal government, pulling back on…

News January 27
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Vince Holding Corp. Changes Hands, Former CEO Brendan Hoffman to Return to the Helm

Newly formed luxury apparel-focused innovation venture P180 has acquired Sun Capital Partners’ majority stake in Vince Holding Corp.…

News January 24
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Trump, Tech CEOs Make Extravagant Promises with Launch of AI Investment Project ‘Stargate’

The parade of Big Tech CEOs through the White House continued on Tuesday as the CEOs of OpenAI…

News January 22
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President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20, 2025.

Day 1: Trump Moves to Save TikTok, Threatens Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, EU

President Donald Trump got straight to work Monday, Jan. 20. Within hours of taking office, Trump made a…

News January 21
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Kurt Geiger is ‘Going Big in North America’ with Plans for 50 U.S. Stores

British footwear and accessories label Kurt Geiger has unveiled plans to bring its London verve across the pond…

News January 17
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TikTok is coming closer to being banned in the U.S.

UPDATE: Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Shutdown Probable as Early as Sunday

[Update as of Jan. 17, 2025] The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the law forcing TikTok to sell…

News January 17
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Best Buy has undergone a 5-year complete overhaul of its business.

Inside Best Buy’s 5-Year Effort to Evolve with Today’s Consumer

One of the core values of Dick Schulze, Founder of Best Buy, was “learning from challenge and change”…

Features January 14
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CEOs of Macy's Inc, Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury discuss their company's future at the NRF Big Show.

Macy’s Leaders Answer 6 Big Questions About the Company’s Future at NRF

The leaders of Macy’s Inc.’s three retail banners — Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury — took the stage together…

Features January 13
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