All articles by Shubhendu Vimal

Shubhendu Vimal

India tightens e-commerce rules on dark patterns, pricing and grievances

India has amended its e-commerce rules, introducing tighter requirements on consumer complaints, search practices, sponsored listings, discount pricing, dark patterns…
Returns policies now shape where Britons shop: Loop study

New research indicates that returns policies are playing a growing role in where British consumers choose to shop and where…
Zara owner Inditex reports nearly 7% H1 profit growth

Spanish fashion retail group Inditex has reported a 6.8% rise in net profit in its interim first-half results, as its…
GameStop raises EBITDA outlook after Q2 profit climbs 77%

GameStop has increased its full-year adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) projection to an excess of $650m,…
Instacart launches AI shopping tool Clementine across North America

US grocery tech company Instacart has introduced Clementine, an AI-powered grocery shopping assistant, on the Instacart Marketplace in the US…

Morrisons partners with Instaleap to streamline online order fulfilment

Supermarket chain Morrisons has entered a partnership with Instaleap, the e-commerce fulfilment provider owned by Instacart, to bolster its online…
Seven-Eleven Japan partners with And ST on apparel – report

Seven-Eleven Japan has partnered with clothing retailer And ST to sell a limited range of 23 apparel items across its…
Dunelm plans £100m in cost cuts and posts FY26 growth

UK homeware retailer Dunelm Group has set out a three-year plan to cut around £100m ($135.6m) in costs. The strategy,…
France fines Boohoo UK over product environmental information

France’s consumer watchdog has imposed an administrative fine of €224,950 ($261,828) on online fashion retailer Boohoo UK for failures to…
UK retailers and government team up to tackle youth unemployment

UK retailers have partnered with the government on an initiative to secure 100,000 jobs for young people classified as not…