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US retail trade to settle in 2022 after a buoyant 2021

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UNITED STATES

Department store and speciality retailers head into December, the month that makes or breaks their annual profits, in better shape than for many years. Raising profitability, the…

US corporate distress will rise as retail sales slow

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UNITED STATES

The surge of retail sales during the pandemic is fading as consumers again spend on services at the expense of goods, while persistently high inflation and rising interest rates…

Traditional US retailers that can adapt will flourish

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UNITED STATES

Walmart had also joined Microsoft to bid for TikTok’s US assets, seeing the video-sharing app boosting its digital media business. The legacy retailer’s transformation provides a…

Africa's e-commerce players must overcome hurdles

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AFRICA

African e-commerce.

Bolivia’s Morales pursues stronger international ties

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BOLIVIA

Bolivia foreign policy.

Hungary will ramp up efforts to attract FDI

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HUNGARY

The Hungarian government is pursuing foreign direct investment (FDI) to cover some of the gaps created by the freezing of EU aid on rule-of-law grounds. Asian investors are being…

China’s personal data protection regime takes shape

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CHINA

Once finalised and promulgated, probably sometime in late 2021 or 2022, it will be China’s first comprehensive piece of legislation to govern the collection, processing and use of…

Ukraine war heightens China's food security imperative

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CHINA

Food security had already been pushed to the centre of Beijing’s policy agenda by tensions with the West and the economic dislocation caused by COVID-19. In the face of a sharp…

Russia will seek to benefit from the Israel-Hamas war

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RUSSIA

In the wake of the war between Hamas and Israel, Russia has positioned itself as an important player in the Middle East, which can leverage its working relationships with all the…

Iraqi efforts to curb Iran energy dependence will fail

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IRAQ/IRAN

Failures of Iranian gas and electricity supplies have combined with attacks on pylons and a heatwave to cause severe power cuts in Iraq this summer. In the longer term, Tehran’s…