Chilean Retailer Ripley Corp Regains A+ Rating as Debt Falls
Chile's Ripley Corp was upgraded to A+ in June 2026 by Feller Rate and Humphreys, as mall profits and lower...
August 3, 2026Topic
Retail
Brazilian Raia Drogasil Opens Sephora-Style Beauty Store
RD Saude opens its first premium beauty pharmacy, Raia Conceito, in São Paulo on 5 August 2026, with over 65%...
August 3, 2026
Chedraui USA Sales Fall 2.3% on Tighter US Immigration Enforcement
Chedraui says stricter US immigration enforcement cut transactions at El Super and Fiesta Mart, pushing US same-store sales down 2.3%...
August 3, 2026
Mexico’s CNA Fines Liverpool and Chedraui Over Mall-Rent Collusion
Mexico's CNA fined Liverpool, Chedraui, and developers over 500M pesos for fixing rent discounts and denying tenant reductions during the...
August 3, 2026
South Africa’s TFG Sees Profit Fall 59% After Writedowns
The owner of Foschini, Markham and Jet sold more clothing than a year earlier and still saw profit drop by...
July 31, 2026
JBS Denies Slave-Labor Dirty-List Links as GPA Defends Debt Restructuring
JBS rebuts accusation it bought cattle from 6 farms on Brazil’s slave-labor dirty-list (2016–2023) as prosecutors seek R$119M. GPA defends...
July 18, 2026
Oxxo Owner FEMSA Nears a Record High While Its Core Profit Falls 36%
The FEMSA results split in two: Oxxo Mexico grew profit 20.9% while core net income fell 36.4% ex-one-offs. Full report...
July 17, 2026
Nearly 300 Empty Storefronts Line Buenos Aires’s Main Avenues
A survey reveals 291 vacant shops on Buenos Aires's main avenues, the year's highest count and a 22.3% annual jump....
July 14, 2026
Pick n Pay Sells More of Boxer as Family Era Fades
Pick n Pay sold 11.5% of Boxer for R4.7 billion ($290 million), funding a turnaround that has already cost the...
July 11, 2026