Retail

Bloomberg Shoprite Holdings Ltd shares slumped the most since 1999 after Africa’s biggest grocer said first-half earnings dropped as much as 26 percent, with South African food deflation and IT troubles compounding weakness in the rest of the continent. Headline earnings per share declined between 16 percent and 26 percent to as little as 3.89 rand, the Cape Town-based supermarket ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong retailers are one group of shares being left behind as the city’s benchmark stock index trades near a four-month high. Cosmetics seller Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd and Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd are near the lowest levels in at least a year versus the benchmark Hang Seng Index, which has climbed 6.5 percent in 2019. ...

Bloomberg The UK’s biggest supermarket companies have joined forces to warn the government of significant disruption and rising food prices if Britain leaves the Eu without a deal. Retail giants including J Sainsbury Plc, Walmart Inc.’s Asda, Marks & Spencer Group Plc and John Lewis Partnership Plc’s Waitrose have signed a letter from the British Retail Consortium to members of ...

Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is feeling the heat as China’s economy decelerates. China’s dominant e-commerce company will offer clues to the health of the nation’s middle-class, and how it’s navigating the slowdown, when it unveils earnings on January 30. While revenue is expected to have risen 44 percent during the December quarter, that’s its slowest pace of expansion since ...

Bloomberg Europe’s retail crisis deepened as companies in the UK and Germany are poised to cut thousands of jobs as online shopping accelerates the erosion of sales from traditional bricks-and-mortar stores. Tesco Plc, the biggest UK grocer, will eliminate about 15,000 positions and close meat, fish and delicatessen counters, the Mail reported, citing unidentified industry sources. Galeria Kaufhof, which has ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG lost about $60 million late last year after it was left holding shares in the luxury parka maker that slumped during tensions between Canada and China, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Credit Suisse acted as an underwriter on the sale of 10 million shares by Canada Goose Holdings Inc stockholders in late ...

Bloomberg Plastic has been a hot topic in Davos and more big-name companies are stepping up commitments to reducing plastic waste — playing catch-up to other industry leaders. Fast-food chicken chain KFC said that all plastic-based, consumer-facing packaging will be recoverable or reusable by 2025. Walmart Canada announced plans that include reducing plastic bag use by 2025 that will take ...

Bloomberg For the beleaguered Russian consumer, this month’s return to work after the New Year holiday came with an extra dose of pain, as a tax increase pushed up prices across a raft of everyday goods. Consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level in two years, while research company Romir found that the average shopping bill shrunk for three ...

Bloomberg Walmart Inc. has quietly withdrawn from one of Google’s marquee efforts to challenge Amazon.com Inc in e-commerce. Walmart removed its products from Google’s Shopping Actions service, the internet giant said. The retailer also recently dropped out of Google Express, a related delivery service. In March, Google unveiled Shopping Actions, which lets consumers more easily buy goods from retailers through ...

Bloomberg Kering SA, the French owner of the Gucci luxury brand, owes about 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) to Italy in back taxes, according to the conclusions of a government audit. The probe scrutinised business activities by Kering’s Swiss subsidiary, Luxury Goods International, from 2011 through 2017, according to a company statement. Kering said it contests the findings of the ...