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Japan’s Backlash on Luxury Tourism
Ross O'Brien
August 28, 2024
Japan's luxury tourism boom, fueled by a weak yen and high arrivals, faces challenges from rising anti-tourism sentiment and a strengthening yen.
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Retail Prices in the Bullseye for Fall 2024
Phil Lempert
August 27, 2024
Retailers must manage rising costs and labor shortages while adjusting retail prices amid regulatory and economic pressures this fall.
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Fintech Ant Group Reinvents Financial Services
Ross O'Brien
August 14, 2024
Ant Group, despite missing its IPO and facing regulatory challenges, remains a leader in China’s finance sector, using Alipay and AI for growth.
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Retailers Beware: Generation Z’s Financial Woes
Phil Lempert
July 24, 2024
Generation Z's financial struggles and debts shape their budget-focused spending habits, prompting retail innovation opportunities.
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Shein’s IPO Woes
Mark Faithfull
July 11, 2024
Learn more about the fast-fashion online retail phenomenon, Shein, and why it is struggling to find a home for its IPO.
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Shrinkflation Makes it to the State of the Union Address
Phil Lempert
March 21, 2024
Shrinkflation is making national headlines. Not the least of which was on March 7th, during President Biden’s State of the Union Address when he directly ...
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R.I.P.– Bankrupt Brands Spell Trouble for Beauty
Dana Wood
January 24, 2024
Call it the Great Reckoning. After a few consecutive years of suspiciously explosive growth in the indie beauty scene, an era when virtually everyone you ...
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Emerging Renaissance of European Malls
Mark Faithfull
January 22, 2024
The argument is simple: malls may not be the income powerhouses they once were but we’re still enduring their pain. Malls have been through the ...
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