As many of America’s best-known retailers reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings this week, buoyed by shoppers who continued to spend through stubbornly high inflation, they all seemed to arrive at the…
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Why Retailers Are Trying Extra Hard to Woo Holiday Shoppers
Amazon held what amounted to an extra Prime Day in October, blanketing its site with deals. Best Buy rolled out Black Friday-level sales last month. And on Friday, Kohl’s entered…
Black Friday Shoppers Worry About Economy as Retailers Push Sales
On its website, the mall owner CBL highlighted the discounts that stores like H&M and the children’s apparel retailer Carter’s were offering. Other retailers employed a similar strategy in the…
US Shoppers Are Still Spending, as Long as Retailers Give Them a Reason
Despite months of unease about the state of the economy, Americans remain willing to spend money on all sorts of goods. But they are making it clear that retailers must…
More Retailers Look to Manufacture Excitement With Product ‘Drops’
Little Sleepies are pajamas and play clothes for children made out of bamboo cellulose. Bethanie Taylor, 27, the mother of a five-month old baby boy who lives in Springhill, Kan.,…
Workers at REI Store in Manhattan Seek to Form Retailer’s Only Union
Employees at an REI store in Manhattan filed for a union election on Friday, making the outdoor equipment and apparel retailer the latest prominent service-industry employer whose workers have sought…
Thefts, Always an Issue for Retailers, Become More Brazen
Pawnshops, for case in point, are controlled in just about every state, stated Richard Rossman, a sergeant with the Broward County Sheriff’s Business office in Florida who is also part…
Supply Chain Problems Have Small Retailers Gambling on Hoarding
Megan Searfoss has been hoarding sneakers in Connecticut. Ms. Searfoss, the owner of two managing merchants in Darien and Ridgefield, Conn., would normally have about 3,000 pairs of shoes in…
Black Friday sales were up, but reflected the challenges facing retailers.
The Black Friday weekend was a accomplishment for merchants, but mirrored challenges in the supply chain and the prevalence of early discounts in October, which prompted clients to unfold out…
Theft Is Becoming an Increasing Concern for Retailers
Stores are expressing additional problems about robberies this year. Ideal Get reported this 7 days that its business was dealing with new tension from arranged crimes and thefts, and it…