Dollar stores and discount retailers are racing to meet consumer demand by adding locations. Dollar General and Dollar Tree, together, expect to have opened 1,300 new stores during fiscal 2022, while Five Below and TJX Cos. have each added more than 100, The Wall Street...
Nike shoes are running hard as the famed footwear brand hustles to reverse a 2022 slide. As the Oregon-based athletic footwear, apparel and equipment maker gets set to report fiscal second-quarter financial results Tuesday (Dec. 20) afternoon, Nike is still pushing digital innovation, distribution changes...
More porch piracy could happen this month than ever before. As the volume of online sales rises — especially leading up to the holidays — the opportunity for thieves to steal delivered goods from residential porches increases too, CNBC reported Sunday (Dec. 18). “Anecdotally, police...
Kids aren’t the only ones excited by a toy sale. One-quarter of the toys sold each year are going to adults, CNBC reported Monday (Dec. 19), citing a study by NPD Group. What’s more, these “kidults” represent the greatest source of growth for the toy...
Embracing platform efficiencies, Petco is serving deeper needs among growing ranks of pet parents. Pets have moved from the outside doghouse to inside the human house to hopping up on the bed, and the old-school pet owner model is being rapidly replaced with a “pets...
As Christmas nears, U.K. shoppers are turning to in-store pickup to beat the Christmas rush. Whether it’s gifts for loved ones or holiday grocery shopping, consumers in the U.K. have the option to order online and pick up in-store, but in general, they’re among the...
New research found payment innovation is seen as increasingly critical to long-term retail store growth. Introducing new and better payment choices for their customers is the key driver of internal innovation strategies among some of the largest U.K. and U.S.-based retailers. That’s according to “Navigating...
Walmart’s CEO said inflation will persist into the new year, especially for food prices. Although government data this week showed the pace of price hikes in the United States dipped to an 11-month low of 7.1% last month, key categories are still stubbornly high and...
The creator of the Warhammer game may team with Amazon on film and television productions. Games Workshop said in a Friday (Dec. 16) press release that it has reached an agreement in principle with Amazon Content Services to let the Amazon subsidiary develop films, television...
