Retail M&A trends 2024 highlight consolidation, with brands focusing on digital growth, sustainability, and optimizing portfolios in the fashion industry.

Halloween spending 2024 is forecasted at $11.6 billion, down 5% from 2023. Gen Z and millennials lead in trading down, with 86% seeking lower prices.

Americans pay the cost of tariffs and price inflation, not foreign entities. Tariffs inevitably result in higher retail prices, impacting consumers directly.

Japan's luxury tourism boom, fueled by a weak yen and high arrivals, faces challenges from rising anti-tourism sentiment and a strengthening yen.

Retailers must manage rising costs and labor shortages while adjusting retail prices amid regulatory and economic pressures this fall.

Ant Group, despite missing its IPO and facing regulatory challenges, remains a leader in China’s finance sector, using Alipay and AI for growth.

Generation Z's financial struggles and debts shape their budget-focused spending habits, prompting retail innovation opportunities.

Learn more about the fast-fashion online retail phenomenon, Shein, and why it is struggling to find a home for its IPO.