The $32 billion U.S. fitness industry is experiencing a resurgence and evolution, with promising future prospects. According to the Houston Chronicle, Placer.ai named the fitness industry as one of 2022’s top industries in its annual overview of industries. Globally, health … Continue reading →
The rise in remote work, the resurgence of air travel, inflation-driven price-consciousness, government funding for infrastructure projects and higher labor costs for full-service hotels have contributed to an increase in demand for extended-stay hotels. In response, many of the major … Continue reading →
According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have released a draft update of the Merger Guidelines (the “Draft Guidelines”), which describe and guide the agencies’ review of mergers and … Continue reading →
The Business of Fashion reports that fashion retailer H&M will launch stores and online trade in Brazil in 2025. H&M will partner with Dorben Group to support its expansion in the South American country, according to the report. The size … Continue reading →
Struggling with dollar scarcity, the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) announced on June 29 that it has incorporated the renminbi yuan as an accepted currency for deposit-taking in savings banks and checking accounts, enabling financial entities to open bank accounts … Continue reading →
A total 576 U.S. banks exceeded regulatory guidance on CRE loan concentration by the end of Q1–2023, an increase of 30.3 percent compared with a year earlier, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Regulators increase their scrutiny of banks that … Continue reading →
According to The Washington Post, Brazil’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded four percent on an annual basis in the first three months of 2023; the country’s rate of inflation is at 3.9 percent; CPI is seen finishing the year at … Continue reading →
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reports that as of 2021, the country’s household debt was at 107 percent of its GDP, and its “very high levels of household debt … makes the economy vulnerable to any global economic crisis.” … Continue reading →
Westfield has decided to surrender the nine-story San Francisco Centre mall to its lenders, according to The Real Deal, which reports that the firm—owned by Paris-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and its partner, New York-based Brookfield Properties—will cease making payments on a $558 … Continue reading →
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “[a]dvance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $686.6 billion, up 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* … Continue reading →