i still want all of retail’s race customization options in forever
September 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
i still want all of retail’s race customization options in forever
Retailers Brace For An Uncertain Holiday Season As Consumers Pull Back
Retailers Brace For An Uncertain Holiday Season As Consumers Pull Back
Today’s Forbes Daily is all about the holiday shopping season: From tariffs to inflation to the K-shaped economy. Here’s a preview of retail’s biggest months of 2025.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Retailers Brace For An Uncertain Holiday Season As Consumers Pull Back
Working retail’s darkest day
November 21, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Working retail’s darkest day
A big part of my interest in WoW Forever is that I believe that Retail's lore is just pointless to care about now. The lore and worldbuilding for the things I'm even remotely interested in with WoW are basically just toxic sludge. I need a vaguely fresh narrative restart divorced from the baggage.
September 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
A big part of my interest in WoW Forever is that I believe that Retail's lore is just pointless to care about now. The lore and worldbuilding for the things I'm even remotely interested in with WoW are basically just toxic sludge. I need a vaguely fresh narrative restart divorced from the baggage.
US retail’s multibillion-dollar returns problem
https://www.ft.com/content/0fc7e452-3664-435b-b5d4-68529bce1df3
https://www.ft.com/content/0fc7e452-3664-435b-b5d4-68529bce1df3
US retail’s multibillion-dollar returns problem
Processing the increasing mountain of unwanted, used or damaged goods is hitting profits
www.ft.com
December 26, 2024 at 11:23 AM
US retail’s multibillion-dollar returns problem
https://www.ft.com/content/0fc7e452-3664-435b-b5d4-68529bce1df3
https://www.ft.com/content/0fc7e452-3664-435b-b5d4-68529bce1df3
Target could yet win US retail’s ‘most improved’ prize on.ft.com/4pElNN9 | opinion
Target could yet win US retail’s ‘most improved’ prize
Retailer carries expectations low enough that even modest progress could produce meaningful upside
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Target could yet win US retail’s ‘most improved’ prize on.ft.com/4pElNN9 | opinion
At 4x oversubscribed this means retail's share (20% or $15bn) is closer to 5x oversubscribed than 4x...about in-line with total oversubscription.
*SPACEX IPO SAID TO DRAW MORE THAN $70 BILLION IN RETAIL ORDERS
*SPACEX SAID TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST 20% OF IPO TO RETAIL INVESTORS
*SPACEX IPO SAID TO DRAW MORE THAN $70 BILLION IN RETAIL ORDERS
*SPACEX SAID TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST 20% OF IPO TO RETAIL INVESTORS
June 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
At 4x oversubscribed this means retail's share (20% or $15bn) is closer to 5x oversubscribed than 4x...about in-line with total oversubscription.
*SPACEX IPO SAID TO DRAW MORE THAN $70 BILLION IN RETAIL ORDERS
*SPACEX SAID TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST 20% OF IPO TO RETAIL INVESTORS
*SPACEX IPO SAID TO DRAW MORE THAN $70 BILLION IN RETAIL ORDERS
*SPACEX SAID TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST 20% OF IPO TO RETAIL INVESTORS
Shein and Temu are cutting into Amazon’s business, so now the ecommerce giant is planning to respond with a discount section of its own.
It’s another stage in retail’s race to the bottom on labor abuses and environmental harm — and it needs to be stopped before it’s too late.
It’s another stage in retail’s race to the bottom on labor abuses and environmental harm — and it needs to be stopped before it’s too late.
Amazon's disastrous plan to emulate Temu
The ecommerce giant is continuing a race to the bottom for workers and the environment
disconnect.blog
June 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Shein and Temu are cutting into Amazon’s business, so now the ecommerce giant is planning to respond with a discount section of its own.
It’s another stage in retail’s race to the bottom on labor abuses and environmental harm — and it needs to be stopped before it’s too late.
It’s another stage in retail’s race to the bottom on labor abuses and environmental harm — and it needs to be stopped before it’s too late.
Faction neutrality is for what retail's going on. In Forever if you are Alliance it is on sight
September 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Faction neutrality is for what retail's going on. In Forever if you are Alliance it is on sight
A global supermarket chain remains retail’s great white whale ft.trib.al/xPPjVHT | opinion
A global supermarket chain remains retail’s great white whale
Tesco’s retreat is sensible
ft.trib.al
July 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
A global supermarket chain remains retail’s great white whale ft.trib.al/xPPjVHT | opinion
I think it might be partly because we do do Thanksgiving (husband is a US dual national) that I find British retail’s embrace of Black Friday, floating free from any actual holiday, so profoundly dispiriting.
One of the nice things about Thanksgiving is it’s not about buying stuff.
One of the nice things about Thanksgiving is it’s not about buying stuff.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I think it might be partly because we do do Thanksgiving (husband is a US dual national) that I find British retail’s embrace of Black Friday, floating free from any actual holiday, so profoundly dispiriting.
One of the nice things about Thanksgiving is it’s not about buying stuff.
One of the nice things about Thanksgiving is it’s not about buying stuff.
TJ Maxx is now the fourth-biggest brick-and-mortar retailer in the US by market capitalisation, trailing only Walmart, Costco and Home Depot. Here's what propelled the discount chain into retail's big leagues. ft.trib.al/IUWCp9b
March 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
TJ Maxx is now the fourth-biggest brick-and-mortar retailer in the US by market capitalisation, trailing only Walmart, Costco and Home Depot. Here's what propelled the discount chain into retail's big leagues. ft.trib.al/IUWCp9b
Next wins ‘landmark’ ruling in UK retail’s multibillion equal pay claim ft.trib.al/wH360lF
Next wins ‘landmark’ ruling in UK retail’s multibillion equal pay claim
Tribunal rules FTSE 100 retailer is justified in paying warehouse workers more than mostly female shop workers
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September 7, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Next wins ‘landmark’ ruling in UK retail’s multibillion equal pay claim ft.trib.al/wH360lF
Morning all. Psyching myself up for retail’s Saturday before Christmas.
December 23, 2023 at 8:56 AM
Morning all. Psyching myself up for retail’s Saturday before Christmas.
Retail's strongest warrior (I woke up with a bad headache on the last work day before a vacation and I went in anyways)
November 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Retail's strongest warrior (I woke up with a bad headache on the last work day before a vacation and I went in anyways)
If I had a sale for every 'suggested product I should sell', may be able to afford to buy them...
Always researching, long list of products love to stock however, need money to buy them & cover other costs.
Retail's like gambling, betting people will buy before bills exceed sales - fucking scary.
Always researching, long list of products love to stock however, need money to buy them & cover other costs.
Retail's like gambling, betting people will buy before bills exceed sales - fucking scary.
February 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If I had a sale for every 'suggested product I should sell', may be able to afford to buy them...
Always researching, long list of products love to stock however, need money to buy them & cover other costs.
Retail's like gambling, betting people will buy before bills exceed sales - fucking scary.
Always researching, long list of products love to stock however, need money to buy them & cover other costs.
Retail's like gambling, betting people will buy before bills exceed sales - fucking scary.
Amazon continues to eat brick&mortar retail’s asshole out because a 2-day wait is worth not dealing with the far less enjoyable experience of going out to a store to immediately get things you don’t usually need immediately. This is “bootlegging media is simply the easiest option” but for pants.
March 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Amazon continues to eat brick&mortar retail’s asshole out because a 2-day wait is worth not dealing with the far less enjoyable experience of going out to a store to immediately get things you don’t usually need immediately. This is “bootlegging media is simply the easiest option” but for pants.
🚨UK retail piles into low-coupon gilts. Why? @alphaville.ft.com thinks it could know the answer.
www.ft.com/content/7d52...
www.ft.com/content/7d52...
What caused UK retail’s tilt to gilts?
Gilty pleasures
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🚨UK retail piles into low-coupon gilts. Why? @alphaville.ft.com thinks it could know the answer.
www.ft.com/content/7d52...
www.ft.com/content/7d52...
Retail’s rolling weekly net buying of single stocks turned negative in early August for the first time since the first week of 2026.
Now, Robinhood traders’ net purchases have accelerated to >80% of their mid-June peak.
Now, Robinhood traders’ net purchases have accelerated to >80% of their mid-June peak.
August 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Retail’s rolling weekly net buying of single stocks turned negative in early August for the first time since the first week of 2026.
Now, Robinhood traders’ net purchases have accelerated to >80% of their mid-June peak.
Now, Robinhood traders’ net purchases have accelerated to >80% of their mid-June peak.
Parcel delivery remains UK retail’s weak link ft.trib.al/yyEa4ZX | opinion
Parcel delivery remains UK retail’s weak link
Parcel volumes have soared, but service hasn’t kept up: me: more than two-thirds of consumers have had a recent problem
ft.trib.al
January 17, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Parcel delivery remains UK retail’s weak link ft.trib.al/yyEa4ZX | opinion
It's retail's job to be ahead of the demand curve.
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's retail's job to be ahead of the demand curve.
TCD: Trump’s economy is so good, Amazon eliminates 14,000 jobs at what is supposed to be retail’s busiest time of year. Amazon says these job losses are permanent as it shifts to AI.
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
TCD: Trump’s economy is so good, Amazon eliminates 14,000 jobs at what is supposed to be retail’s busiest time of year. Amazon says these job losses are permanent as it shifts to AI.
