UK e-tail giant Boohoo has become the first big name retailer to ban wool in its products as the fibre that was once the mainstay of the English economy comes under increasing attack by animal rights and eco groups.
Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc are preparing to increase certain fees levied on U.S. merchants for processing transactions, it emerged on Friday.
A key supplier of talc used in Johnson & Johnson's baby powder filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday in the wake of multibillion-dollar lawsuits alleging its products caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.
New research into U.S. consumer behaviors, specifically those of Gen Zers and millennials, found these groups love shopping online, crave luxury, and want online features that mimic real-life shopping experiences.
U.S. holiday spending in 2018 grew a lower-than-expected 2.9 percent to $707.5 billion, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday.
Google, Amazon and other tech firms will have to tell companies how they rank their own or rival products on their platforms under new rules agreed by EU negotiators aimed at stopping unfair practices.
U.S. and Indian government officials pressed on with talks on Thursday to resolve their differences over trade and investment, even though U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called off his visit because of bad weather.
The Trump administration’s top two negotiators in trade talks with China will meet on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but there has been no decision to extend a March 1 U.S. deadline for a deal.
While reports globally suggest that fewer people are taking part in Valentine’s Day this year, there’s been a marked increase in those marking so-called Palentine's Day.
Prada is tackling the issue of diversity with an in-house ‘Diversity and Inclusion Council.'
The European Union’s move to revoke Cambodia’s duty-free access could force major clothing brands out of the manufacturing hub and worsen conditions for workers, industry experts said.
Austria’s competition authority has begun investigating whether Amazon is exploiting its market dominance in relation to other retailers that use its website as a marketplace, it said on Thursday.
EU judges dealt a possible blow to an EU crackdown against tax avoidance by global multinationals on Thursday by annulling an order by the EU executive against a Belgian tax-break scheme for about 35 large companies.
The fashion industry generates tons of fabric waste each year, notably in New York -- one of the world's shopping capitals and host twice a year to runway shows, a major contributor to the wider problem.
The chief executives of Apple, Walmart, IBM Corp and other major companies are joining a Trump administration advisory board that hopes to prepare the U.S. the workforce shift brought by artificial intelligence.
