International News

Marks & Spencer has carried out a major shake-up of its marketing team, led by the appointment of Sharry Cramond as marketing director for food and hospitality.Cramond arrives at the department store from a successful career with Southeastern Grocers...

In a move that could revolutionise the way we buy groceries, Amazon opens its first supermarket without checkouts -- human or self-service -- to shoppers on Monday.Amazon Go, in Seattle in the US, has been tested by staff for...

David Beckham will launch 21 men's grooming products under the name House 99 on Feb 1 in the United Kingdom, exclusively at Harvey Nichols stores. male grooming products called House 99.This new product line is inspired by David Beckham's...

President and Chief Executive Officer J. Patrick Doyle has announced his intention to depart Domino's on June 30 after more than eight years at the helm of what is now the world leader in pizza.At the same time, Domino's...

Dunkin Donuts is cutting back on its food and drink offerings aiming for speedier, more accurate service.The scaled back menus will appear in New England and upstate New York from Monday onwards, and roll out to the rest of...

Sears is closing another 103 stores, on top of the 63 stores closing at the end of this month, the company said Thursday.That consists of 64 Kmart stores and 39 Sears stores, all of which are expected to shut...

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has confirmed the sale and franchise of its retail business in Hong Kong and Macau to its long-established franchise partner Al-Futtaim. The sale, which completed on 30 December, sees Al-Futtaim become the new sole franchisee...

The Shilla Duty Free, one of the world’s leading travel retail companies, has commenced operations at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), after its successful bid on the perfume and cosmetics, and fashion accessories concessions earlier this year. Six retail outlets...

On December 23, 257-year-old British toy retailer Hamleys, opened its largest store worldwide in Beijing, the third one so far in China. An exclusive Hamleys Toy Parade was also held to celebrate the opening, timed to coincide with the...

America's largest grocery chain, Kroger, has opened its first stand-alone restaurant as part of its new hospitality division. The restaurant, christened Kitchen 1883 - a reference to the year Barney Kroger founded the grocery chain - is located adjacent to...

Tencent Holdings has agreed to purchase a stake in one of China’s largest supermarket chains, Yonghui Superstores. Shanghai-listed Yonghui announced on Monday evening that Tencent would buy a 5 per cent stake at an unspecified price. encent will also take...

Target Corp has announced that it has agreed to acquire Shipt, Inc., a leading online same-day delivery platform, for US $550 million in cash. Target will leverage its network of stores and Shipt's proprietary technology platform and community of...

Australian company Westfield, which runs two of UK’s highest-earning shopping centres is being bought by French property giant Unibail-Rodamco for $24.7 billion in what is being termed as a mega deal, the largest acquisition of an Australian company in history. With the closing of...

British shopping centers owner Hammerson has agreed to buy smaller rival Intu Properties for about £3.4 billion ($4.56 billion) to create a pan-European real estate giant controlling assets worth £21 billion. Hammerson owns the Brent Cross shopping centre in London, as...