Stores
Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself
AMAZON.COM said on Wednesday (Apr 17) it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology...
Starbucks is designing quieter stores to make sure it gets your order right
STARBUCKS does not want you to have to shout to order your iced latte.The coffee chain’s new and renovated stores include materials like baffles on the ceiling that help...
Ted Baker to close 15 stores, cut 245 jobs
INSOLVENT clothing chain Ted Baker is to close 15 stores in Britain and axe about 245 jobs, its administrators said on Monday (Apr 8).Ted Baker announced last month that...
99 Cents Only Stores announces plans to wind down operations
DISCOUNT retailer 99 Cents Only Stores announced plans to wind down its business operations in a press release on Thursday (Apr 4).The firm has struck an agreement with Hilco...
99 Cents Only Stores announces plans to wind down operations
DISCOUNT retailer 99 Cents Only Stores announced plans to wind down its business operations in a press release on Thursday (Apr 4).The firm has struck an agreement with Hilco...
Amazon pulls plug on cashierless system in US grocery stores
AMAZON.COM is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out technology from grocery stores, a retreat from an ambitious system designed to let shoppers skip the line.
Amazon will remove the system...
Zara owner Inditex slashes China stores in digital focus
ZARA-OWNER Inditex more than doubled its pre-tax profits in China last year even as the fashion retailer scaled back its physical presence, closing a fifth of its stores in...
Major Hong Kong grocery chain U Select shuts stores as China lures shoppers
HONG Kong’s third-largest supermarket chain U Select, run by state-owned conglomerate China Resources Holdings, has almost halved its network in less than a year as the city’s retailers struggle...
