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Amazon has whittled down the list of 238 contending townships to just 20 finalists.
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Amazon has whittled down the list of 238 contending townships to just 20 finalists.
Four retail tech trends stood out at this week's NRF "Big Show" in New York.
Also talks global commerce in a connected world
Circuit City CEO Ronny Shmoel has set Feb. 15 as the launch date for his iconic retail brand.
The New Year is bringing another wave of store closures at Sears Holdings.
Now that Santa and his reindeer are safely back at their North Pole digs, it’s time to do a little holiday assessing.
Retail is reinventing itself to meet the needs of a new generation
With most brick-and-mortar retailers now fully enmeshed in e-commerce, the next great differentiator, after price, is delivery time. And Walmart, which has been on...
A steadily improving economy and relative strength within the retail sector should contribute to a solid holiday selling season, the National Retail Federation (NRF)...
It’s only the second day of October, but our friends at BestBlackFriday.com are already spilling the beans on retailers’ best-laid holiday plans. Their latest...
RadioShack, which entered bankruptcy protection last March for the second time in as many years, is proceeding with plans to emerge from Chapter 11...
Chief execs at retail and consumer goods companies are overwhelmingly upbeat about business, though most concede they’re behind the eight ball in digital capabilities,...
Samsung Electronics America has introduced a new basket of services to assist custom installers. The new 5-Star Solutions program includes expanded control partnerships, IP...
It may be small comfort to the tens of thousands of displaced families, but if there’s a silver lining to this year’s exceptionally harrowing...
Best Buy has seen the future of CE retail and it is tech services. At the company’s first investor conference since launching its Renew...
The long runway to Christmas is underway, and prognosticators are wasting no time rolling out their fourth-quarter sales projections. One of the first out...
Consumers’ income gains — and their propensity to spend it — should make for a jolly holiday season for merchants. According to Deloitte, the...
While national chains are closing stores, Queen City Audio Video & Appliances is busy opening them. The Charlotte, N.C.-based independent, now in its 65th...
Amazon will further wend its way into physical retail next month when 82 Kohl’s stores in Chicago and Los Angeles begin accepting product returns...
Continuing an escalating if unnerving trend this year, Toys“R”Us, No. 21 on TWICE’s Top 100 CE Retailers Report, has joined the growing list of...
Walmart will open new headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., in order to better streamline its operations. According to Walmart Stores president/CEO Doug McMillon, the retailer...
It’s not Black Friday (or Thanksgiving) without those TV doorbusters. DealNews, a consumer site that wades through retailer promotions all year long, expects upcoming...
Pirch, the ultra-premium kitchen, bath and appliance chain, is retrenching after nearly a decade of aggressive growth. The business, widely lauded for its 10...
Amazon is looking to build a second headquarters site in North America, and is accepting proposals from potential state and local government hosts. Founder/CEO...
Texas-based Conn’s is getting back to business in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which ravaged the state’s coastal communities last month. The CE, appliance...
Kohl’s, the discount junior department store chain, will begin testing interactive smart-home display areas next month featuring Amazon devices, accessories, services and personnel. The...
Best Buy is growing its same-day delivery program. Not only is the retailer adding cities where consumers can order products from BestBuy.com and...
U.S. retailers are opening 4,080 more stores in 2017 than they are closing, and plan to open over 5,500 more in 2018, according to...
Best Buy’s second-quarter earnings and sales topped analysts’ expectations as revenue approached $9 billion, up almost 5 percent, and same-store sales grew 5.4 percent....
RadioShack’s second bankruptcy in two years may have brought its company-owned stores to the edge of oblivion, but it has apparently sparked a renaissance...
Sears Holdings has added another 28 Kmart stores to its list of locations targeted for shuttering this year. The announcement came with the release...
Your wish is their command. Beginning in late September, Walmart customers will be able to purchase hundreds of thousands of items from the discount...
Sears Holdings has culled some additional cash from its private-label Kenmore brand. The retailer, which recently began selling Kenmore appliances to Amazon, has given...
In 2014 Target announced tests of a same-day delivery service in Boston, Miami and Minneapolis. “Undoubtedly, there will be kinks,” the discounter said, and...
CE and appliance retailers essentially held their ground last month as sales for the channel slipped less than 1 percent to $8.1 billion year...
Amazon upped the ante on shipment gratification with the debut of Instant Pickup in five U.S. cities. Geared toward college students, Instant Pickup enables...
Toys“R”Us will return — temporarily — to New York’s Times Square after a two-year absence. The company will open a temporary 35,000-square-foot retail store...
Luxury audio manufacturer Bang & Olufsen will now sell its products through Best Buy. Beginning this week, the H4 and H9 headphones from...
A retail apocalypse may be upon us, but it appears to be limited to big-box chain stores. According to an analysis by small-business advisor...