Category: Retail Types

March 20, 2019

With its penchant for introducing private labels into any category — Amazon is already in batteries, mattresses, pet food and apparel — and with beauty sales among the hottest in retail, it was only a matter of time before the […]

March 18, 2019

New York City’s Hudson Yards neighborhood is officially open to the public. The new development on the city’s far west side features a new five-acre public space; an interactive landmark known as Vessel; and The Shops & Restaurants, a one-million-square-foot […]

March 15, 2019

Walmart may have Apple’s iPad tablet family in its sights with this launch. Though a more likely target may be Amazon, which offers Fire tablets and is already one of Walmart’s chief rivals in e-commerce. Walmart also may be looking […]

March 13, 2019

This monumental shake-up, which is anticipated to be complete by the end of fiscal 2020, will save the company some $55 million each year, Rite Aid said on Tuesday. About $42 million will be realized within fiscal year 2020, as […]

March 11, 2019

Sephora already has a large footprint in the U.S. — the specialty retailer has more than 460 stores in the Americas, as well as 660 locations inside J.C. Penney’s. This most recent expansion, however, proves not only the enduring strength […]

March 11, 2019

The Home Depot joins several companies developing technology in-house to handle employment-related functions faster and more efficiently. Technology for these big-box retailers can streamline functions that were once time-consuming and burdensome for HR professionals and managers. This tech also frees […]

March 8, 2019

The earnings revealed the best traffic and sales since 2005 for the retailer, with digital initiatives at the heart of the growth. Large retailers like Target are having to answer to the demand of digital, home and store to stay […]

March 6, 2019

Dollar Tree’s ambitious announcement last fall to refurbish 1,000 of its Family Dollar locations and to turn 200 of them to Dollar Tree locations signaled a strategy to reposition the company. Today’s announcement of Family Dollar store closures is a […]

March 5, 2019

One week after a fourth quarter earnings report showed increasing strength in services amid lower sales of traditional products, Office Depot has entered a partnership that could further recast its image in the market. The retailer had fallen after Amazon […]

March 4, 2019

Amazon plans to begin opening “dozens of grocery stores” in several major U.S. cities before the year’s end, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The move would take the e-commerce bohemoth deeper into food […]