Category: Retail Types

January 22, 2019

The country’s largest wedding gown retailer appears to have exited bankruptcy without a tear. During the restructuring process, executives at David’s Bridal made a conscious effort to keep customers calm and stifle perceptions that the process meant liquidation, CEO Scott […]

January 21, 2019

Stop & Shop will launch driverless grocery vehicles in the Greater Boston area beginning in Spring 2019. As part of an engagement with San Francisco-based startup Robomart, the vehicles will bring a selection of Stop & Shop produce, as well […]

January 18, 2019

ESL acknowledged on Thursday in a statement emailed to Retail Dive that its more than $5.2 billion bid to keep open more than 400 stores and hold on to roughly 45,000 jobs has been accepted by Sears. But, if the […]

January 18, 2019

In a rush to keep up with Amazon and the booming business of e-commerce, Walmart has turned to an assortment of last-mile providers to cover various regions of the country. These companies handle the most expensive piece of e-commerce fulfillment […]

January 17, 2019

After initiating a turnaround plan that entailed shuttering some 100 stores nationwide, bringing up a well-prepared insider to take over as chief executive, investing in avant-garde retail ideas and store concepts and joining the off-price party, Macy’s delivered bad news […]

January 16, 2019

As always, the clash between the two major healthcare players leaves patients bearing the brunt of the fire. Tuesday morning’s news will affect consumers whose employers get drug benefits from CVS and Medicaid enrollees with CVS coverage. “Despite market focus […]

January 16, 2019

It appears Lampert has saved Sears. But not everyone is cheering. Creditors, some of which have been skeptical from the get-go, are reportedly organizing to throw a wrench in the plan, and workers rights activists are wary about whether Lampert […]

January 11, 2019

Over the last two years, Target has aggressively invested in its store operations to fuel digital growth, and that’s paying off — especially at the holidays. This week, the mass merchant reported what are likely to be some of the […]

January 10, 2019

Despite creditor criticism from the get-go, numerous rejections in the weeks since and declarations from anonymous sources that Sears was careening toward liquidation, Lampert is still in the running to buy back the iconic department store chain. “We believe our […]

January 10, 2019

“Blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds” — defined in the 1990s by the United Nations as those sold to fund violence in brutal wars in parts of Africa — remain in the supply chain, despite the U.N.’s initiation in 2000 of […]