After two years of double-digit growth, the LSEG Retail/Restaurant Index is on track to report a 5.9% earnings growth rate for calendar year 2025.

New wireless carriers show how retail consumer segmentation is shifting toward identity, behavior, trust, and affiliation, offering insights for retail and brand leaders.

A new VoCoVo report finds that retailers are rapidly adopting AI to address labor shortages, rising costs and theft, consumers remain focused on speed, service quality and transparency.

Last year, Retail Dive tracked more than 40 deals across the industry, the vast majority of which were acquisitions or sales. 2026 will be a “complex, less predictable landscape,” according to a December report from PwC, and may feature fewer, higher-value deals.

NEW YORK — Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants were unchanged in October from September as consumers moderated their spending amid worries about higher prices and other economic uncertainties after splurging over the summer. But a big factor dragging ...

Capri Holdings sold off Versace, raising $1.4 billion to pay down its debt. Gildan Activewear Inc. bought Hanesbrands Inc. in a $2.2 billion strategic deal. And Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital surprised everyone by taking Skechers USA Inc. private in a $9 billion transaction.

Organizations that view logistics as an evolving system, rather than a fixed set of assets, position themselves to respond more effectively to these pressures and to capture the benefits that come with a more flexible and resilient networks.

Canadian retail enters 2026 amid strategic recalibration, as brands balance flagship investment, store optimization, AI adoption, and shifting consumer demand.