Interest Rate Announcement: Bank of Canada Cuts Policy Rate to 2.25%
The Bank of Canada has made its latest interest rate announcement. Here is the reasoning for the Bank's decision.| RE/MAX Canada
Since President Trump first announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1, followed by his sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” imposed on the rest of the world in April, retailers and consumers have been persistently buffeted by tariff headwinds. If we’ve all gotten used to anything, it’s the unpredictability — tariffs can unexpectedly reach gale-force speeds […]| Retail TouchPoints
The Bank of Canada has made its latest interest rate announcement. Here is the reasoning for the Bank's decision.| RE/MAX Canada
Target Corp., which has been struggling to achieve growth in a difficult economic environment, will cut 1,800 non-field jobs, amounting to approximately 8% of its global headquarters team, according to CNBC. The job cuts will be the first major layoffs at Target in a decade; employees will receive pay and benefits through Jan. 3, 2026, […]| Retail TouchPoints
Southeastern Grocers, which has been through a series of ownership changes over the past few years, will rebrand in early 2026 with a name that carries a century of retailing history: The Winn-Dixie Company. The rechristened supermarket also will narrow its focus to its home state of Florida — it has reached agreements or is […]| Retail TouchPoints
Rite Aid may not disappear from the retail landscape completely after all. Following its second bankruptcy filing in May and the subsequent shuttering of all its stores, the pharmacy retailer has retained Hilco Global to manage the sale of its brand, website domain, private label brands and some of its “front-end” loyalty data. Bids to […]| Retail TouchPoints
Ross Stores has engineered a flurry of store openings in September and October: 36 Ross Dress for Less and four dd’s Discounts stores in 17 different states. These brick-and-mortar debuts complete the 90 new locations Ross Stores had planned for its FY 2025, which ends in February 2026. The retailer now operates 2,273 stores under […]| Retail TouchPoints
The Body Shop has been through a challenging year-plus since it entered administration (the UK’s version of bankruptcy) in February 2024 and closed all its U.S. brick-and-mortar stores in March 2024. Now the brand — which still has strong name recognition among Gen X and millennials — is returning to the U.S. market via Amazon […]| Retail TouchPoints
Citing tariffs, the Vermont-based outdoor gear company will focus on fly fishing and wingshooting, said company President Simon Perkins.| Retail TouchPoints
REI will also shutter its Boston store and its Paramus, New Jersey location, according to a spokesperson.| Retail TouchPoints
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. is launching a national franchise system to step up the brick-and-mortar return of Bed Bath & Beyond following the recent opening of the chain’s first store since its 2023 bankruptcy. BB&B Inc. said in a statement that a franchise model will allow it to operate a smaller footprint of corporate […]| Retail TouchPoints
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The Home Fashion Products Association board has set the dates for 2027’s market weeks and reconfirmed the 2026 dates.| Home Textiles Today
A couple of months ago, I would have bet on a “quiet” market like the one we had in the teeth of the Great Recession. Good thing I kept my money in my pocket.| Home Textiles Today
The New York Home Fashions Market will have company in the coming days as a pair of home-focused trade shows also draw merchants to the area.| Home Textiles Today
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) experienced the best home sales result for the month of July since 2021. Sales were also up relative to listings, suggesting a modest tightening in the market compared to last year.| TRREB
Lightrun the provider of the Developer Observability Platform and AI Autonomous Remediation joins the ranks of Waymo, Nvidia, Duolingo, and more [Tel Aviv, Israel] (March 18, 2025) — Lightrun is proud to have been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025. This year’s list shines a spotlight on […] The post Lightrun Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 appeared first on Lightrun.| Lightrun
Wellness is a concept that has been around for a long time. Consumers nowadays consider wellness to be a much larger and more complex concept, embracing fitness and nutrition and entire physical and mental health and beauty. They also have more options for the types of items and services they purchase and how they are […] The post Feeling worthy: The future of the US$ 1.4 trillion wellness market appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
During the COVID-19 epidemic, fitness clients’ habits changed, allowing fitness sector providers to rethink their value propositions and target certain niches. Fitness customers continue to employ a growing variety of services, tools, and solutions to help them look, feel, and function better while other goods and services fight fiercely for a limited number of consumer […] The post Perspiring for the fitness consumer appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
Over the last five years, retail has seen more transformation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the velocity of change intensified as retailers adjusted to shifting consumer habits, channel adjustments, and rising customer demands for speed and convenience. The race to reduce the time it takes from click to the consumer is likely the most critical factor […] The post Retail’s Necessity for Quickness: Unravelling Value in Omnichannel Delivery appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
According to Lunaz, a company that specialises in restoring historic British automobiles and replacing their engines with electric motors, the industry is flourishing. The demand for electric Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, Range Rover, and Jaguar vehicles has been so strong that the order books for 2022 and 2023 have already been closed. To meet demand, […] The post Electrifying Classic Cars Is a Surging Business appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
The European power markets have entered an unprecedented period of transformation. Power costs have reached new highs: in many European nations, baseload week-ahead rates have surged above €200 per megawatt-hour, roughly four times the average historical level. A jump in natural-gas and carbon prices, which now approach €100 per MWh2 and €60 per metric tonne, […] The post Trends Reshaping European Power Markets appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
The coronavirus outbreak has expedited the expansion of e-commerce, changed the brick-and-mortar retail sector, and created new operational challenges for firms in just a few months. It would have been difficult to imagine such drastic shift even a year ago. The industry is hungry for a better understanding of the future against this backdrop of […] The post Trends Disrupting Retail and Consumer Products appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
GLP, a Singapore-based real estate developer, announced that it will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($13 billion) over the next few years to build its first portfolio of data centres in Japan’s major cities to meet rising demand for such facilities that power e-commerce and other digital platforms. Their further development into data centres is a […] The post SINGAPORE’S GLP TO INVEST $13 BILLION IN DATA CENTRES appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
Using a “zero-click” attack, a hacker can gain access to a phone or computer even if the user does not open a malicious link or attachment. Instead, hackers use a succession of security holes in operating systems like Apple Inc.’s iOS or Google’s Android to break into a smartphone without having to trick their victim […] The post Growing “No Click Hacking” is inevitable and lethal appeared first on MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
The zero-click exploits are exactly what they sound like. These are hack assaults that take advantage of a victim and can be carried out without the victim's consent.| MAXIMIZE MARKET RESEARCH
NEW YORK, United States, 28 April, 2025 - Lightrun, the leader in Developer Observability, announced today the successful close of its $70M Series B| Lightrun
CCEP has a Cosmic new addition to its Monster Nitro range with the launch of the new Cosmic Peach flavour to the energy drinks range.| scottishgrocer.co.uk
