BLOOMBERG Parts of Europe will remain much hotter than normal this week as wild fires destroy homes and force evacuations in parts of Greece. Madrid will for the next few days get temperatures of just below 40C (104F), or more than 6C above normal for the time of year, according to Maxar Technologies Inc. Red and Orange heat warnings remained …

BLOOMBERG Americans are still spending. And the country’s biggest retailers are still warning that the party is at risk of fizzling.  Walmart Inc, Target Corp and Home Depot Inc all topped Wall Street’s profit estimates in their fiscal second quarters, which ended in late July. In that way, at least, the results reinforced the picture of a resilient consumer after …

BLOOMBERG Shein is the most downloaded shopping app on South Africa’s Google Play store. And it isn’t even trying that hard. The Singapore-based fast-fashion brand launched in the country at the foot of the continent during the Covid-19 pandemic and is expanding via word-of-mouth and by offering first-time buyer discounts. It has already caused such a stir that local retailers …