Target’s first quarter earnings reported May 18 were a mixed bag. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
Stop us if you’ve lived this one. You booked a hotel room, then had to cancel at the last minute. Surprise, you are outside the cancellation window — and thus you are on the hook for the charge. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
There is little worse in life than being sick — and most of the things that are worse usually involve being sick and doing something else. Being sick and going to work, being sick and driving someplace far, being sick and waiting in line. Get...
Gap Inc got some attention this week for something other than its falling sales figures. The ailing retailer’s CEO Arthur Peck managed some big retail ripples this week with the announcement that Gap is strongly considered joining the Amazon bandwagon to gets its clothes into...
Well, there is some joy in retail’s Mudville, as TJX, the long-running champion of off-price sales, posted yet another quarter of solid results. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Mishandling inventory has usually been brick-and-mortar retail’s forte. Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have...
The news that the Philadelphia 76ers will be the first-ever team in major U.S. sports to feature advertising on its players’ jerseys has a lot of fans up in arms. But, with the likelihood increasing that other teams and leagues will follow suit, is it...
In 2014, Burger King gave up on its long-time slogan of “Have it your way.” Wendy’s might want to snap that up though, because the fast food chain’s most recent checkout experiment could give consumers more power in the ordering process than ever before. Get...
Even with retail in its current tailspin, is there a possibility that brands that deal in “essential” items — such as clothing — can weather the storm based simply on their product vertical? Maybe, but not without some adjustments … as the apparel space has...
