Breaking news, industry updates, and the latest developments shaping global retail, e-commerce, and commerce technology.
Signals point to the EU tabling a Digital Fairness Act in Q4 2026 that puts dark patterns, drip pricing and personalized pricing in retail scope. The impact assessment due in Q2 2026 is the near-term tell.
Inditex reported first-quarter net profit of EUR 1.37 billion, up 5.4%, as sales rose 5.8% to EUR 8.75 billion and beat analyst forecasts. The Zara owner said store and online sales jumped 11.5% in the first month of the second quarter, sending shares higher.
Rent the Runway posted Q1 fiscal 2026 revenue of about $89.9 million, up 29.2%, and a narrower net loss. It was the first quarterly report since co-founder Jennifer Hyman stepped down as chief executive.
TikTok Shop opens in Poland in 2026 as the eighth European market. What it means for D2C brands, Allegro, Temu, Shein and the wider CEE region in 12 to 24 months.
When a product recall goes viral, the recall itself is rarely what damages a retailer. The response does. Here is the hour-by-hour playbook that protects revenue and trust.
A breaking story does not wait for legal sign-off. This is how retailers build a crisis comms plan that produces a holding statement in 15 minutes, names the decision-maker, and keeps the brand credible across every channel.
The 2026 layoff wave hit corporate teams and store payroll at once. Here is how staffing ratios, task ownership, and the customer experience on the floor actually changed, with the operational metrics that matter.
Most retail bankruptcies telegraph themselves months ahead in covenant filings, vendor payment terms and quiet store-closure leaks. Here is how to read those signals before the Chapter 11 headline lands, and what each one actually means for suppliers, landlords and rivals.
A concrete 2026 breakdown of the DSA duties that bind online marketplaces: trader traceability (KYC), notice-and-action, illegal-content takedowns, transparency reporting, the VLOP threshold, and what non-compliance actually costs.
By 2026 a retailer selling nationwide is no longer governed by one privacy rule but by roughly twenty overlapping state statutes, each with its own thresholds, consumer rights, and enforcement teeth. Here is what actually applies and what to fix first.