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Walmart unveils store construction plans for six states
15 Apr 2019
Over $800 million in investments includes e-commerce expansion Texas, Florida and California head the list of states where Walmart yesterday...
Is a Target and CVS Merger Now Inevitable?
15 Apr 2019
These two companies are dancing closer to each other every day. It seems that big box retailer Target and pharmacy giant CVS keep moving clo...
Sears, after bankruptcy, is opening new stores for home goods
11 Apr 2019
Sears is opening stores again. The embattled department store chain, which has shut hundreds of Sears and Kmart locations over the years and...
Target raises its minimum wage to $13 an hour, with goal of reaching $15 by end of 2020
11 Apr 2019
Target said Thursday it is increasing its minimum hourly wage by a dollar to $13 in June for all current and new employees as part of its go...
Walmart-Amazon Battle In Mexico Forces Suppliers To Choose Side
11 Apr 2019
Walmart in Mexico is demanding discounts from food firms that also supply Amazon, and some are pulling their products from Amazon for fear o...
Walmart to expand in-store use of robots, automation
11 Apr 2019
‘Smart assistants’ will help stores run more smoothly, retailer says After successful pilots, Walmart plans to roll out more “automate...
Why Can’t Amazon Convert Prime Shoppers Into Whole Foods Shoppers?
11 Apr 2019
If one were to place Amazon Prime and Whole Foods shoppers into a Venn diagram, the two circles would best be represented by an apple and an...
Macy’s Launches Revolving ‘Story’ Boutiques to Make Its Stores More Fun
11 Apr 2019
A bright red lipstick-shaped phone charger, a pizza cutter in the form of a bicycle, and a headphone stand that looks like a heavy metal fan...
CVS Rolls Out Same-Day Delivery For Prescriptions
11 Apr 2019
To provide medications to customers in a matter of hours, CVS Pharmacy is rolling out same-day prescription deliveries. Shoppers can access ...
Amazon has already captured its key to future dominance
11 Apr 2019
Teens are increasingly joining the online shopping revolution – and it’s good news for Amazon. Fifty percent of teens surveyed b...
Alibaba faces a new challenger in online groceries
11 Apr 2019
Online grocery startup Honestbee is betting a brick-and-mortar store will help it compete against tech giant Alibaba. Singapore-based Honest...
How Retail and Technology are Proving to be a Hit Mix
11 Apr 2019
Here are a few ways how technology has mixed with retail to give the world a new dimension Retail is not a traditional activity involving so...
How Western Union Is Taking Global P2P Omnichannel
04 Apr 2019
It’s one of the rising ideals in this digital world of commerce and payments, a consumer expectation that doesn’t seem in danger of fadi...
Google Assistant is ready to take shoppers’ Walmart orders
04 Apr 2019
New service creates personalized shopping basket for Walmart customers This month, Walmart will enable customers to order groceries by voice...
Online shopping overtakes a major part of retail for the first time ever
04 Apr 2019
Online shopping led by Amazon hit a new milestone in February. The total market share of “non-store,” or online U.S. retail sales was hi...
Whole Foods, Amazon ready more price cuts
04 Apr 2019
Latest round of reductions to offer extra savings for Prime members Whole Foods Market and parent Amazon this week plan to kick off a round ...
Walgreens: ‘Our Execution Is Lacking’
04 Apr 2019
Walgreens Boots Alliance reported a surprisingly poor fiscal 2019 second quarter, forcing executives to escalating a cost-cutting strategy a...
How Digital Innovators Capitalize On Subscription Businesses
04 Apr 2019
To serve a wide range of consumers in the digital age, innovators are rolling out subscription offerings ranging from news content to gaming...
Amazon To Create 800 New Jobs At Austin Tech Hub
04 Apr 2019
Amazon announced on Thursday (March 28) that it is expanding its Austin Tech Hub, and will be creating 800 new tech jobs. In a press release...
Retail Leaders Share 4 Rules To Radical Innovation
04 Apr 2019
I was recently talking with Terry Jones, Founding CEO of Travelocity and Co-Founder of Kayak, who shared an interesting perspective on disru...