Three years after making its Hong Kong debut, Starbucks’ Teavana brand is opening two new outlets this week. A Teavana Bar opens today inside Starbucks’ revamped store at APM in…
Coles is powering ahead with plans for a more digitally-focused future by signing a long-term agreement with global technology services company Accenture. The partnership is part of Coles’ Smarter Selling…
Alibaba has opened its platform to enable US businesses to sell their products to millions of Alibaba.com buyers in the US and around the globe. The nearly 30 million small…
Apparel giant VF Corporation has reported a 9 percent increase in same-store sales on a currency-neutral basis in the June quarter, to US$2.3 billion. VF Corporation owns a portfolio of…
Fashion e-tailer Zalora Philippines is targeting 50 percent annual growth in sales over the next five-year period. The firm’s confidence in its target is based on the number of Filipinos…
A Ford plant that produced transmissions in southwestern France shut down for good on Wednesday after the carmaker brushed aside efforts save some operations at the facility that had employed…
Marley Spoon launched its meal kit service in Tasmania on Wednesday, making it the first service of its kind available on the Australian island state. The delivery service will initially…
Ford Motor Co on Wednesday reported a lower-than-expected profit, weighed down by charges to restructure its units in Europe and South America, and the automaker gave a full-year earnings forecast…
Kiwis will soon be able to shop at Kmart 24/7 when the retailer’s newly refurbished Sylvia Park store opens on August 15. The retailer is billing the store as the…
BMW Group said on Wednesday it would double its production capacity for electric vehicle batteries at its U.S. plant in South Carolina as it ramps up manufacturing of plug-in hybrid…
Luxury brand owner LVMH has reported a solid 15 percent increase in sales in the first half of this year, shrugging off gloomy consumer sentiment in many markets. The parent…
Singaporean tech startup Tuzo is using AI to help retailers hyper personalize stores. The firm is focused on harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning to help retailers tailor shopping experiences…
Starbucks Coffee Company has announced a deal with Brightloom (formerly Eatsa), a San Francisco and Seattle tech company that is working to create a best-in-class end-to-end digital customer experience platform…
The retailer and distributor of The Body Shop products in Malaysia since 1984 has yet to fix the issue price and the opening and closing dates of the IPO. But…
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