AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoRetail Pulse: March retail sales rose 12.8% year-on-year to $33.9B, with online sales up 35.1% to $3.3B and volume up 9.8% after price effects. Gains were broad across consumer categories, including electrical goods (+30.1%), motor vehicles and parts (+80.8%), and jewellery/watches/valuable gifts (+27.2%), while fuels fell 14.2%. Investor Legal Wave: Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman and the Schall Law Firm filed multiple securities class actions this morning, targeting Coty, Stellantis, ImmunityBio, POET Technologies, Power Solutions International, Concorde International, Aldeyra Therapeutics, SES AI, Regencell Bioscience, and Atkore—alleging misleading statements and investor harm. Consumer Safety & Pricing Pressure: Health Canada warned parents to stop using a recalled wooden playpen gate over loose screws; Turkey fined 1,258 businesses nearly TL 389.4M for excessive price hikes ahead of Eid al-Adha. Trade Signals: China said it agreed with the U.S. to cut levies on some products to expand trade, while details are still being negotiated.
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