Black Friday is entering a new phase defined by a swelling crowd of shoppers coupled with sharply lower spending intentions — a shift that exposes deep transformations in consumer behavior, economic pressure points, and the evolving structure of holiday retailing. While foot traffic is expected to...

Shares of cryptocurrency-hoarding companies are coming under renewed strain as global markets shift into a more defensive posture and investors retreat from highly speculative assets. The sector — which thrived during periods of abundant liquidity, strong retail participation and enthusiasm for...

Bitcoin’s decline to its weakest levels since April reflects a confluence of macroeconomic pressure, shifting expectations around U.S. monetary policy, and internal fragilities within the crypto ecosystem. The latest downturn underscores how deeply the world’s largest cryptocurrency remains...

Tensions between Japan and China have risen sharply as Japanese seafood exports become a bargaining chip in a broader diplomatic dispute. What began with comments from Japan’s Prime Minister signalling a willingness to respond militarily to a Chinese attack on Taiwan has escalated into economic...

India’s agricultural sector has gained a cautiously optimistic moment following the decision by Donald Trump to roll back tariffs on more than 200 U.S. food-import categories, a move that could ease pressure on Indian farmers and exporters who were hit hard by earlier levies. The reversal comes at...

At the 2025 COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, the conspicuous absence of a senior delegation from the United States has provided the People’s Republic of China an unexpected opening to assume a more visible and influential role in global climate governance. While the United States has been a...

There is a quiet seismic shift underway in India’s world of inherited wealth: the new generation of heirs—millennials and Gen Z—are no longer content to simply preserve legacy assets like land, stocks and real-estate. Instead, they are actively reshaping how family fortunes are deployed — and their...

India’s booming start-up ecosystem is triggering a surge of initial public offerings (IPOs) as recently fledgling companies aim to tap public markets, but analysts and investors are increasingly scrutinising how and why these listings are being conducted amid mounting concerns over valuation...

China’s younger generations are exhibiting a marked retreat from consumer spending, opting instead for heightened savings and minimalist lifestyles. Although once heralded as the engine of domestic consumption, today’s youth in China are facing a confluence of labour-market stress, mounting debt...

India’s headline consumer price inflation dropped sharply to a provisional 0.25 per cent in October, significantly below market expectations and setting the stage for renewed calls for monetary easing by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The drop, from around 1.54 per cent in September, reflects a...

Fragrance has today transcended its traditional place as a luxury add-on to become a central cultural and commercial moment — and none more so than among the younger generation. For Coty Inc., Estée Lauder Companies and other leading beauty firms, the surge in demand for perfumes among Generation Z...