Amazon is closing its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores while adding more same-day grocery delivery services. “While we’ve seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven’t yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion,”...
Instacart has expanded its partnership with retailer-owned co-op Allegiance Retail Services. The collaboration involves the introduction of Instacart’s Caper Carts at select Foodtown stores, as well as new omnichannel capabilities designed to unify Allegiance’s digital, loyalty, and in-store experiences, the companies announced in a news release Tuesday (Jan. 27)....
Nike plans to cut 775 employees, primarily from its distribution centers in Tennessee and Mississippi, as it accelerates its use of automation at those centers, CNBC reported Monday (Jan. 26), citing unnamed sources. Asked about the report by CNBC, Nike said the cuts are designed...
Luxury goods makers are reportedly hoping wealthy American shoppers can buoy their business in 2026. This comes after a year in which sales in the sector flatlined, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Jan. 25). Now, analysts at Barclays and HSBC are forecasting organic growth...
When it comes to retail store openings, 2026 could be a mixed bag. Net closings are expected this year for the luxury and department store sectors, Retail Dive reported last week, citing data from the Telsey Advisory Group. At the same time, store count for...
Amazon reportedly plans to start laying off about 14,000 corporate workers as soon as Tuesday (Jan. 27). These cuts will be part of the second round of a broader plan to eliminate 30,000 corporate jobs, and they will follow the first round that involved 14,000...
The modern storefront is no longer a place; it’s a moment. Major retail leaders haven’t waited for shoppers to come knocking on their brick-and-mortar doors for over a decade, and as the headlines this week from Amazon and Walmart reveal, the lines between commerce and...
The Walmart Health Research Institute (WHRI) plans to open four research sites this spring, saying they will make it easier for people to participate in clinical trials. WHRI will launch the research sites in collaboration with independent clinical research organization Care Access and will place them in three former Walmart Health locations and...
Dollar General is promoting its same-day delivery service with the offer of one free delivery. From Tuesday (Jan. 20) through Feb. 28, customers can use their myDG account to get free delivery on one myDG Delivery order, the company said in a Thursday (Jan. 22)...