European Retail Distress Hits Highest Level Since 2009
August 6, 2026
European retail distress has not been this severe since 2009. The Weil European Distress Index explains why, and what comes next.
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The Indian Retail Real Estate Market and the Boom Nobody Saw Coming
August 3, 2026
The Indian retail real estate market is expanding at a pace that demand is outrunning supply, even as Western counterparts continue to contract. Whether the
Is One Location Enough as a Viable Department Store Strategy?
July 27, 2026
Single-location retail sounds like a limitation. For some retailers, it turned out to be the most defensible department store strategy in the business.
The New Fashion Capitals Changing the Conversation
July 20, 2026
Riyadh, Seoul, Mumbai and São Paulo are the new fashion capitals shifting the industry’s center of gravity. And they are doing it on their own
Q1 2026 Grocery Retail Earnings: Loyalty, Currency, Conflict
July 17, 2026
Operators across the US, Europe, Latin America, and the Gulf reported Q1 2026 grocery retail earnings shaped by three very different forces: revenue earned beyond
Does the New EU Tax on Fast Retail Really Change Anything?
July 13, 2026
The new EU tax on fast retail lands on Shein, Temu and AliExpress, and on every small sender outside the bloc shipping anything under €150.
Global Luxury Market Is Growing Again in 2026, But on Different Terms
July 10, 2026
The Altagamma-Bain Monitor 2026 reveals a global luxury market that is stabilizing in numbers but transforming in every other way.
AI Adoption in Retail Is Costing More and Delivering Less
July 6, 2026
AI adoption in retail is accelerating at a pace that has no precedent. Across every major study published in the last six months, the returns
Brexit Trade Impact: The €186 Billion Question
July 2, 2026
Ten years after the Brexit vote, the EU-UK trade data proves that political promises never materialized. With Britain’s seventh prime minister incoming and single market
Europe’s Consumer Price Map Tells Half the Story. What Retailers Need to Know
June 29, 2026
Eurostat’s consumer price map is widely referenced and rarely questioned. It is also missing the one major variable that makes it useful for retail: what
Inside the 2026 RLC Fashion Summit in Milan — What Live Polls Reveal About the New Executive Agenda
June 26, 2026
The most senior executives in fashion and luxury voted live at the 2026 RLC Fashion Summit in Milan. Several of their answers run counter to
China Trade Surplus Holds as War Fails to Slow Exports
June 22, 2026
China’s exports rose 14.1% in April 2026, beating forecasts by a wide margin, as AI-driven global demand absorbed the disruption caused by the war in
What Q1 2026 Fashion Earnings Say About the State of the Industry
June 19, 2026
The Q1 2026 fashion earnings season is the most revealing in years. Across luxury, sportswear, fast fashion and heritage retail, the results expose a single
2026 RLC Fashion Summit: Global Fashion CEOs Converge in Milan as Industry Enters a New Strategic Cycle
June 5, 2026
On 4 June 2026, the 2026 RLC Fashion Summit brought together the CEOs, investors and institutional leaders defining the next phase of the fashion and
The Forces Quietly Reshaping the Global Textile Industry
June 2, 2026
Three forces — consumer retrenchment, a geopolitical shock in the Middle East, and US trade tariffs — are hitting the global textile industry simultaneously. And