Know the 10 biggest retail companies around the world in 2021

• May 21, 2021 09:33 AM EDT
• Raza Naqvi

The world celebrates International Tea Day on May 21 to mark the increasing consumption of tea around the globe. While coffee and other drinks may have their own set of fans, the United Nations points that tea has a medicinal value that help can brin...

• May 19, 2021 01:19 PM EDT
• Raza Naqvi

Summary Stocks of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT, TGT:US) shot up by about five per cent on Wednesday, May 19. The spike came as the company announced that it is expecting wider 2021 margins. Target Corporation said that a boost in demand for ho...

• May 18, 2021 02:58 PM EDT
• Team Kalkine Media

After facing a major blow to its operations last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian retail sector, particularly the apparel industry, seems to be gradually healing. This recovery was primarily triggered by expanding online businesses. W...

• April 06, 2021 12:36 PM EDT
• Shreya Biswas

duals SaaS-based services pertaining to design, shopping cart and payment. Ever since it went public last year, BigCommerce Holdings Inc (Nasdaq: BIGC, BIGC:US) has been pitted against fellow e-commerce giant Shopify Inc (TSX:SHOP). So let&rsquo...

• March 31, 2021 11:25 AM EDT
• Team Kalkine Media

Source: on c, Shutterstock Discount retail stores chain Dollarama on Wednesday, March 31, reported sales of C$ 1,103.7 million in the fourth quarter, an increase of 3.6 per cent year-over-year. The sales increased as Canadians focused more on spendi...

• March 29, 2021 06:34 AM EDT
• Shreya Biswas

Source: ppa, Shutterstock Summary IKEA is all set to open its first downtown location in Toronto. Ingka Centres, which is holding company Ingka Group’s shopping centres business, announced on Thursday, March 25, that it has purchased a l...

• March 23, 2021 01:14 PM EDT
• Team Kalkine Media

Source: blurAZ, Shutterstock   George Weston Limited (TSX: WN) announced that it will soon sell its Weston Foods bakery business and focus on retail and real estate businesses. Despite being one of the leading bakeries in North America, it con...

• March 22, 2021 12:13 PM EDT
• Ipsita Sarkar

Source: pixfly, Shutterstock Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD.B), one of the largest chains of convenience stores in Canada, has agreed to sell 49 sites to Casey's General Stores Inc. The deal is worth US$ 39 million and the amount will be pa...

• March 19, 2021 05:52 AM EDT
• Shreya Biswas

Source: Things, Shutterstock Summary On Friday, March 19, the world gets to celebrate a day solely dedicated to sleep. This mattress stock recorded a growth of over 232 per cent in the past one year. Its net income for Q4 2020 was up by 89.4 ...

• March 16, 2021 06:15 AM EDT
• Ipsita Sarkar

These actions will create at least 2,000 new Walmart jobs in Canada. Global retail giant Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT)  is back to its drawing board eight months after it announced a massive US$3.5 billion capital outlay to ramp up its busines...