Luxury shoe retailer Stuart Weitzman will launch an e-commerce site in China next year, along with making its U.S. website more mobile friendly, according to Internet Retailer. The company launched an e-commerce site in Hong Kong this year and is planning to launch in China...
The U.S. Bank Voyager Network is adding 35 new locations in Florida, following Network merchant Monro Muffler Brake’s acquisition of The Tire Choice, the company announced Monday (Nov. 24). The announcement said that car care chain will now accept Voyager-branded cards for payment. “Monro Muffler...
Amazon is running a trial in three cities—New York, Los Angeles and Seattle—to offer installation and other services—including plumbing, electrical work, fitness instructors and even music teachers—along with germane products purchased. Once a shopper chooses one of a handful of Amazon “hand-picked pros” for the...
Is Walmart’s Chief Merchandising Officer leaving because he’s unhappy with a management restructuring? The Wall Street Journal seems to think he might. Walmart Chief Merchandising Officer Duncan Mac Naughton “is expected to announce his departure from the retailer just days before the annual Thanksgiving shopping...
Several global retail chains—including Walmart, Metro and Carrefour—that were allowed to now sell only via B2B in India have instead been found to have repeatedly sold directly to consumers, in violation of foreign direct involvement (FDI) rules, according to a story in Cobrapost in India,...
MasterCard sees mobile payment security as crucial, but it’s power is relevant only to the point that shoppers are actually using it. And with Apple Pay, that is starting to happening meaningfully. In a talk with analysts on Wednesday (Nov. 19), Ed McLaughlin, the chief...
Gap Inc. is in store for major changes ahead as it readies for a holiday shopping season which is already being influenced by its new digitally-focused CEO who hasn’t officially taken over. During the company’s third-quarter earnings call, two management changes were announced for the company’s token...
Is no surprise that US consumers would be wary of loosening their purse strings following the Great Recession. But the latest data may raise retailers’ concerns with new insight as to just how drastic and widespread the Recession’s effects have been. The new research, released...
Big U.S. retailers are hoping affluent Chinese shoppers will join the Black Friday frenzy next week — with a lot of help from Alibaba. Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, iHerb, Gilt, Ashford, Ann Taylor, American Apparel and Aeropostale are partnering with the Chinese...
