A sports fan’s relationship with their team doesn’t stay in the stands. It follows them online, into team stores, onto betting apps and through endless searches for the right jersey at the right moment. For a retailer sitting at the center of that behavior, the...
Retail scale still matters. But Walmart’s first quarter of fiscal year 2027 made clear the company’s next phase of growth runs through something harder to copy than store count: how customers move between stores, delivery, digital channels and membership ecosystems. Walmart reported another quarter of...
Kroger is reportedly considering steep price cuts to take on other grocery giants. Greg Foran, the former Walmart executive who joined the supermarket chain as CEO earlier this year, said in a Bloomberg News interview published Thursday (May 21) that the company is setting the stage to reduce prices across...
Target is keeping watch on consumer sentiment even as the retailer’s sales improve. The company released first quarter earnings Wednesday (May 20) showing a 6.7% uptick in net sales, reversing several quarters of decline. “But to be clear, a single good quarter has never been...
Walmart is widening its lead over competitors as tariffs, inflation pressures and tighter household budgets reshape U.S. retail. The company has strengthened its position by leaning on its size, expanding digital operations and building higher-margin businesses that help offset cost pressures, according to a Reuters...
For years, retail’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions revolved around making search smarter. Now, Amazon and Walmart—two of the world’s biggest retailers—are placing very different bets on what comes next. The split says a lot about where commerce may actually be headed. On Wednesday (May 13),...
A number of states have moved to ban so-called “surveillance pricing” amid pushback from consumers and advocacy groups. That’s according to a report Thursday (May 14) by Money, which notes this pricing practice comes as algorithmic technology grows in sophistication, letting retailers more easily leverage personal data...
Amazon has announced a personalized AI assistant called Alexa for Shopping and will roll it out to all U.S. customers over the next week. Alexa for Shopping will be available to U.S. customers on the Amazon Shopping app and website as well as Echo Show...
Walmart reportedly plans to either cut or relocate roughly 1,000 corporate jobs. The move is driven by the company’s effort to bring together its global technology and product teams, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (May 12), citing sources familiar with the situation. The...