Tag: Retail – Discretionary

Στην τελική ευθεία εισέρχεται, όπως εκτιμάται, η διαδικασία διαμόρφωσης του νέου… τριπλού, σχήματος των Intracom Properties, συμφερόντων Σ. Κόκκαλη – Intracom, Κλουκίνας – Λάππας (ΚΛΜ) και Ευρώπης Ασφαλιστική, με στόχο τη δημιουργία ενός επιχειρηματικού πόλου με ισχυρή δυναμική και στον ασφαλιστικό κλάδο που θα έχει και ως «μαγιά» – εγγυήσεις ένα σημαντικό χαρτοφυλάκιο ακινήτων.

Αύξηση πωλήσεων κατά 11% σε ετήσια βάση κατέγραψε ο όμιλος Jumbo τον Ιανουάριο του 2025, σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση της εταιρείας.

The U.S. Postal Service said on Wednesday it would accept parcels from China and Hong Kong, in a U-turn after a suspension following President Donald Trump ending a trade provision used by retailers including Temu, Shein, and Amazon to ship low-value packages duty-free to the U.S.

Walmart Inc. is reportedly moving some roles and eliminating others as it consolidates around its new Bentonville, Ark., headquarters as well as a West Coast hub in California.

United Parcel Service is going to do a lot less business with its biggest customer, Amazon. UPS on Thursday projected a decline in revenue for the current year, with a key factor being plans to phase out more than half of the business it does with Amazon over the next 18 months.

Με τις θετικές γνωμοδοτήσεις από την τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση προχωρά η αδειοδότηση του νέου Διεθνούς Κέντρου Διανομής της InterIKEA στον Ασπρόπυργο, την ανάπτυξη του οποίου ανέλαβε ύστερα από διεθνή διαγωνισμό η Trade Estates.

LVMH has already sold the streetwear fashion brand Off-White recently, as well as its stake in Cruise Line Holdings amid dampened global demand for luxury goods and falling Chinese sales.

Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday that it’s closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec in the next two months.

Symbotic said on Thursday it would buy Walmart’s robotics business for $200 million in cash to help expand the retailer’s automated supply chain, sending shares of the warehouse robotics firm up 20% in premarket trading.

Cartier owner Richemont reported better-than-expected quarterly sales, triggering a rally in luxury stocks, after its core jewelry division bucked a downturn in demand for high-end goods.

Αύξηση 6,3% κατέγραψαν οι πωλήσεις του Ομίλου Jumbo κατά τη διάρκεια του 2024, σε σχέση με το 2023, ξεπερνώντας την αναθεωρημένη πρόβλεψη που είχε θέσει η διοίκηση, για ελάχιστη αύξηση των πωλήσεων 4%.

Amazon is gearing up to relaunch its Alexa voice-powered digital assistant as an artificial intelligence “agent” that can complete practical tasks, as the tech group races to resolve the challenges that have dogged the system’s AI overhaul.

Macy’s Inc. issued a slightly more downbeat outlook for sales in the current quarter, a sign that executives might have been too optimistic about their expectations for a solid holiday shopping season. America’s largest department-store operator said it’s forecasting net sales in the current quarter to be at or slightly below the $7.8 billion to $8 billion executives were expecting as of last month.

Amazon said it is halting some of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of major corporations that have made similar moves in the face of increasing public and legal scrutiny.

Last year, Macy’s announced it was closing 150 underperforming stores by 2026, shrinking its footprint to about 350 locations when the plan is finished. The 66 store closings revealed Thursday are included in that multiyear initiative. But, until now, Macy’s had not publicized which stores were set to close.

Περίπου 20 χρόνια μετά από την αποεπένδυση του από την εισηγμένη Elmec Sport, ο επιχειρηματίας Σάμι Φάις επιχειρεί την επανεμφάνιση του στο ελληνικό χρηματιστήριο, με διαφορετικό ασφαλώς χαρτοφυλάκιο αλλά ίδιο αντικείμενο, καθώς έχει πλέον συγκροτήσει έναν εμπορικό όμιλο με αποτύπωμα στο εγχώριο εμπόριο.

Cosmetics retailer Ulta Beauty on Monday forecast a strong fourth quarter and said insider Kecia Steelman will replace retiring CEO Dave Kimbell in the top role, sending its shares up 1.5% in extended trading.

Thousands of Amazon workers have ended their days-long strike against the company, according to the Teamsters union. But tensions persist, with the union saying its efforts aren’t over.

U.S. retail sales rose 3.8% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, as intense promotion to drum up sales in what was expected to be a highly competitive holiday season for retailers prompted last-minute shopping among consumers.

Nordstrom on Monday announced it will become a private company after it agreed to a buyout deal valued at roughly $6.25 billion from Nordstrom’s founding family and Mexican department store El Puerto de Liverpool.