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Hugo Boss cuts profit forecast with weak demand hitting sales

Hugo Boss has lowered its full-year sales and profit forecasts, citing weaker consumer demand and higher technology-related costs. It now expects operating profit of between £209m and £251m for 2026, down from its previous forecast of £251m

Estée Lauder raises annual outlook as sales jump 7%

Estée Lauder has raised its annual sales and profit forecasts following stronger demand for luxury fragrances and skincare, which helped it deliver better-than-expected results. The own company, which owns the likes of MAC, Clinique and Jo

Heimstaden is changing residential real estate management with AI

Discover how Heimstaden uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to transform property management, cut costs, and empower employees across Europe.

Temu Partners with Latvian IT Cluster to Help Local Businesses Grow Online

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One in five of Britain’s best known brands is invisible when shoppers ask AI what to buy

Human Forward tested 75 well known UK retailers and brands across six AI assistants. No assistant recommended 15 of the 75. And of the 50 sites it could check, seven in ten could not be bought from by an AI agent. AI assistants are becoming

Primark owner warns of further profit decline after 14% slump

Primark owner Associated British Foods has warned that profits will fall again next year after reporting a 14 per cent decline in annual earnings. The FTSE 100 group posted adjusted operating profit of £1.51bn for the year to 12 September 2

Zalando beats sales expectations with profit rise and AI shopping push

Zalando has beaten third-quarter sales expectations, citing strong growth in its business-to-business division. It reported a 5.1 per cent rise in revenue to £2.8bn for the three months to September, ahead of the £2.63bn forecast by analyst

John Lewis unveils 2026 Christmas advert starring Kristin Scott Thomas

John Lewis has officially unveiled its much-anticipated 2026 Christmas advert, starring Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and Paul Whitehouse. Titled Gloria and Pickles, the three-minute advert centres on the relationship between grandparents and g

AliExpress Double 11 opening surge! Brand transactions soar 200% year-on-year

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Cities Worldwide Build and Scale AI Services With NVIDIA Physical and Agentic AI

Cities generate enormous amounts of data from cameras, sensors and operational systems, but turning it into useful action — for planning, maintenance and public services — remains a challenge. Physical and agentic AI offer new ways to close

13 Trending Sounds on Instagram in October 2026 (+ How to Use Them)

Stop chasing the tail-end of Instagram audio trends — here are the latest trending songs on Instagram in October 2026.

Big sales insights: opening 5 more stores ≠ 5 times the orders! Blind expansion is just accelerating losses

First get the accounts straight and put risks upfront.

Started with 300,000! 12 years later, he secured the first publicly listed consumer-grade 3D printing company

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AnyMind and Meta Partner to Bring Live Commerce Ads to Asia Pacific

The ad rollout links social video streams to external merchant checkouts, starting with Facebook Live in Q4 2026.

ChatGPT Shopping: What It Means for Amazon & DTC Sellers

ChatGPT shopping is OpenAI’s product discovery experience inside ChatGPT, where shoppers describe what they want, compare products side by side, and finish the purchase on the merchant’s own site or app. It runs on product data that merchan

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Notino expands retail media offering with Criteo-powered ad platform

Online beauty retailer Notino has expanded its retail media capabilities through a partnership with global commerce intelligence platform Criteo. The post Notino expands retail media offering with Criteo-powered ad platform appeared first o

What DoorDash’s Instacart acquisition says about the modern delivery platform pitch

DoorDash’s announced Instacart deal shows that delivery platforms are shifting further into retail tech, ads and data-driven shopping.

From Physical Store to Livestream: V-Style Partners with SHOPLINE to Create a Meta-Recognized Livestream Shopping Case Study

The livestream ended, yet orders kept pouring in. For the founder of V-Style, what should have been a night worth celebrating turned into an experience of hand-copying orders one by one with colleagues, working busily late into the night. "For anyone doing normal business, hearing an order notification is exciting, but

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230-plus immigrants arrested in crackdown targeting unauthorized CDL holders

Federal and state authorities arrested more than 230 undocumented immigrants, including over 40 CDL holders, during a three-day operation spanning 15 states. The post 230-plus immigrants arrested in crackdown targeting unauthorized CDL hold

Can sofas really sell like hotcakes on Amazon? A Dongguan boss sold $1 million in his first year

Can a sofa that sells like hotcakes offline become a hot seller just by moving to Amazon?

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