May 19, 2016
Retail’s Inward Expansion

Potential solution #2,487 for retail’s current struggles: Instead of closing stores or moving into smaller stores, they can move other stores into their own. The store-within-a-store concept is catching on...

May 18, 2016
Singapore/US: Sotheby’s Holder Shanda gets antitrust approval

Sotheby’s shareholder Shanda is poised to increase its stake in the struggling auction house. Tianqiao Chen, founder and chairman of the Singapore-based Shanda investment group, and Chrissy Qian Qian Luo,...

May 18, 2016
B&M’s Inventory Issues Aren’t Going Away Online

Mishandling inventory has usually been brick-and-mortar retail’s forte. Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t...

May 18, 2016
Clothing Rental Extends Its Lease

Even with retail in its current tailspin, is there a possibility that brands that deal in “essential” items — such as clothing — can weather the storm based simply on...

May 17, 2016
eCommerce Boosts The Warehouse Rental Industry

With the boom of any industry comes the rise of equal — and sometimes greater — cottage industries. For eCommerce, this has meant breathing life back into the once-lagging business...

May 17, 2016
Startup Raises $12.2M To Disrupt Commercial Insurance

Disruption needs investment. In one quite recent example of investment — as recent an announcement as this morning — Embroker, the cloud-based risk and insurance management firm, has raised $12.2...

May 16, 2016
Trump Goes After Amazon And Jeff Bezos

Donald Trump is calling out Amazon and its leader. Last week, when being interviewed by Fox News, the presidential candidate had some harsh words about the eCommerce giant, claiming that...

May 16, 2016
Hackers Leak Jack Ma’s Personal Data To The Twitterverse

There’s reportedly an anonymous Twitter account disclosing what many believe to be the personal details and information of some of China’s most elite and well-known individuals. From business moguls to...

May 12, 2016
Blue Apron Readies To Take On Increasingly Competitive Market

Times have quickly gotten competitive for Blue Apron, the arguably leading name in the meal kit space. Every good idea has imitators, after all, and given the sheer proliferation of...