Walmart Doubles Stores Used for Online Fulfillment to 50 Locations04 Apr 2013
Walmart will double the number of stores it uses for fulfillment to 50 locations this year, and will test the... Continue Reading
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Will Dollar Stores Rule the Retail World?04 Apr 2013
Last Monday, Dollar General, the U.S.’s largest dollar-store chain, posted better-than-expected profits, helping boost the company’s stock, which is up... Continue Reading
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J.C. Penney’s home revamp is make or break for CEO Johnson04 Apr 2013
It’s crunch time for J.C. Penney Co Inc Chief Executive Ron Johnson. The struggling department store chain is poised to... Continue Reading
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John Venhuizen now Ace Hardware CEO04 Apr 2013
John Venhuizen on Monday officially added CEO to his role at Ace Hardware Corp. He replaces Ray Griffith who announced... Continue Reading
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Walmart U.S. offers gasoline discount to woo shoppers04 Apr 2013
Walmart is cutting gasoline prices by up to 15 cents a gallon for drivers in 21 U.S. states who pay... Continue Reading
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Whole Foods to Build Rooftop Greenhouse Above Brooklyn Store04 Apr 2013
Whole Foods Market and Gotham Greens are building what they say is the nation’s first commercial-scale greenhouse farm integrated within... Continue Reading
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Polaroid launches retail concept 10 stores planned by yearend04 Apr 2013
New York — Polaroid has thrown its hat in the retail ring, opening its first-ever retail store, in Delray Beach,... Continue Reading
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April 04, 2013-Tim Cook apologises after Chinese media rounds on Apple04 Apr 2013
Thursday April 4, 2013 Home | Subscribe Retail Advisory Weekly Top Stories Polaroid launches retail concept 10 stores planned by... Continue Reading
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DG to surpass 11,000 stores in ’1328 Mar 2013
Fourth quarter same store sales increased 3% at Dollar General as the company capped of another record year and indicated... Continue Reading
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Tesco U.S. experiment not so Fresh & Easy28 Mar 2013
U.K.-based Tesco has lost up to $2 billion in its failed Fresh & Easy California venture, according to a report... Continue Reading
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Wal-Mart: Adapting To The New Consumer Market28 Mar 2013
20 years ago, when I was in High School, a professor explained the franchisee model of doing business using the... Continue Reading
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Schulze to Become BestBuy Chairman Emeritus28 Mar 2013
BestBuy Co. BBY -2.42% founder Richard Schulze is returning to the company as chairman emeritus, a few weeks after the big-box retailer ended talks over a... Continue Reading
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