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Hudson’s Bay drops Ivanka’s fashion line

Bloomberg Hudson’s Bay Co. said it will stop selling Ivanka Trump’s goods at its Canadian namesake stores, citing slow sales. The Toronto-based company, which also owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, will phase out the brand at its namesake chain and website this fall, a spokeswoman said in a statement. Hudson’s Bay operated about 90 stores across Canada ...

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America’s ATD says it can grow without Goodyear, Bridgestone

Bloomberg American Tire Distributors (ATD) Inc., seeking to bolster itself after two of the biggest brand names pulled their business, said other suppliers will fill the gap and that it’s already posted sales gains in the first half of this year. ATD, North America’s largest tire distributor, had “strong success” in converting to other suppliers and has a “robust pipeline ...

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Trade war and world’s $247 trillion debt bomb

The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war and the overhang of global debt, estimated at a staggering $247 trillion. That’s “trillion” with a “t.” The numbers are so large as to be almost incomprehensible. Households, businesses and governments borrow on the assumption that they ...

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