International News

Starbucks Coffee Company on Friday announced it will open a Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Japan, in 2018. Located in the Nakameguro district, an upscale neighborhood known for its exclusive boutiques and art galleries, the Roastery will be a one-of-a-kind retail environment. Designed in...

Walmart has announced a US$ 50 million strategic investment in New Dada, China’s largest local on-demand logistics and grocery O2O e-commerce platform. The investment is an extension of Walmart’s broader agreement with JD.com and cooperation with New Dada, which...

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. franchisees are slowing openings of new outlets in the US due to economic uncertainty. Uncertainty around the outcome of the US Presidential election, unknown potential regulations and minimum wage increases are causing the franchisees to be...

The British fashion market has witnessed its steepest decline since 2009, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel. Data to the 52 weeks ending 25 September 2016 revealed that the market has now seen four months of consecutive...

Facebook, on Thursday, introduced new features to allow you to order food, request an appointment with a local spa, get a quote and even book movie tickets with your friends' recommendations as you travel to a new place. Now if you are...

The World's biggest coffee chain Starbucks recently named its first chief executive officer for China and said it plans to more than double its store count in that country to 5,000 by 2021, the company said in a statement.. Starbucks...

Gap is to close all its Banana Republic stores in the UK as the ailing fashion retailer focuses on North America to revive its sales. The company said it expected to close the majority of the eight UK stores by...

British luxury fashion label Burberry has reported only a slight increase in retail sales in Q2 – 2 per cent. The increase is largely due to the fact that tourists are taking advantage of the weaker pound due to...

Macy's flagship Herald Square store in US now houses an Apple shop, which will be manned by Apple associates. The consumers can shop from an eyeliner to various Apple products like like iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, and the new Nike-branded...

Amazon today announced it is creating more than 120,000 seasonal positions across its U.S. network of fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service sites this holiday season. Last year, the US-based online retail giant had hired 100,000 temporary workers. Amazon said...

Britain's largest grocery chain, Tesco, has dropped dozens of Unilever products from its website after a row over prices in the wake of a partly Brexit-driven slump in the British currency. Some of the products whose stocks are dwindling include Marmite, Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream and Lynx...

The Roberto Cavalli fashion house has announced that it is cutting 200 out of 672 jobs globally, closing some stores and its Milan offices and relocating to a manufacturing district near Florence. "The fashion industry is going through hard times...

LVMH - Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton - has said that it does not think Amazon is an appropriate platform to sell its luxury brands. "We believe the business of Amazon does not fit with LVMH full stop and it does not fit with our brands,"...

A Wall Street Journal report claimed that Amazon hopes to open convenience stores where you'd buy meat, veggies and "other perishable items" that you take home like you would from any brick-and-mortar store. The Journal cited unnamed sources as saying Amazon...