Retailers Risk Alienating Shoppers With Stricter Return Policies

Retailers Risk Alienating Shoppers With Stricter Return Policies getty Retailers appear to have made a dent in the inventory glut this fall. According to the Federal Reserve’s latest statistics, level...

Ag Retailers Meet During A Time Of Extraordinary Change

The theme of the 2022 Agricultural Retailers Association meeting in San Diego Photo by author The Agricultural Retailers Association held its annual meeting in San Diego from November 29 to December 1...

Costco stock falls after hours as retailer’s earnings disappoint, online sales fall

Costco Wholesale Corp. stock fell less than 1% in the extended session Thursday after the retailer missed Wall Street expectations for its fiscal first quarter and online sales dropped. Costco COST, -...

Cigarette makers ordered to display warning signs at retailers

Altria’s Marlboro cigarettes sold at a store. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Major cigarette companies will soon be required to post signs at retail locations warning of the health effe...

Retailers Are Cutting Jobs Instead of Hiring Help Ahead of the Holidays

The holiday season is usually a reason for stores to staff up to handle the surge of shoppers. But Friday’s jobs report showed a concerning trend: Retailers are shedding workers. According to the Bure...

Black Friday Has Lost Its Punch for Retailers and the Economy

This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Black Friday Said What? Talking Points BMO Capital MarketsNo...

Not All Retailers Are Overstocked for the Holidays. They’re Discounting Anyway.

Many big retailers are discounting heavily and earlier this holiday season to clear excess stock from their shelves and warehouses. But others, with no substantive overhang of inventory, are also offe...

Snowflake Stock Climbs Off Lows Ahead Of Earnings; Retailers FIVE, ULTA, DG Also Set To Report

It might be the week after Thanksgiving, but several high-profile technology stocks are on the earnings calendar, including Snowflake (SNOW). Snowflake stock is more than 60% off its high despite boom...

Big discounts equals high pressure for retailers

Major retailers are under intense pressure to deliver on Black Friday after several of them reported a slowdown in sales heading into the do-or-die holiday shopping season. Macy’s, Target, Kohl&...

Retailers roll out stricter return policies ahead of the holidays

The holiday shopping season is always closely followed by a spike in gift returning. But this year, it may be harder to bring things back for free or at a low cost. Roughly 60% of retailers said they&...

What to expect from the retailers this holiday quarter?

Retail space will remain incredibly strong this holiday quarter despite fears of a looming recession, says Terry Lundgren – the former Chief Executive of Macy’s. Reason why Lundgren is bullish on the ...

Evaluating Two Of The Top Holiday Retailers

| WireImage Key Takeaways Macy’s and Kohl’s are two of the most prominent department store chains in the country. Kohl’s has 1,162 locations across the United States, while Macy’s has 722 stores natio...

Acquisitive European Travel Retailers Are Going Head To Head To Sell You More Food

Marché Mövenpick is one of the main brands that Lagardère Travel Retail will soon incorporate. Lagardère Travel Retail France’s Lagardère Travel Retail has signed an agreement to buy Switzerland-based...

Walmart and Target’s quarterly results lay bare retailers’ differences

Walmart‘s stock surged this week. Target‘s shares plunged. The rival big-box players are both known for selling an array of products including food, clothing, home goods and kitchen applia...

Walmart Offers $3.1 Billion To Settle Opioid Lawsuits—Joining Rival Retailers Accused Of Fueling Drug Crisis

Topline Walmart on Tuesday offered to pay $3.1 billion to settle claims it mishandled prescriptions for powerful painkillers, joining a growing list of companies striking billion dollar deals to end r...

Re/Make Fashion Accountability 2022 Report Finds Apparel Brands And Retailers Need To Do More

A laborer in Cambodia working on a pair of jeans. Courtesy of Re/Make Re/make’s 2022 Fashion Accountability Report finds a few promising trends, but said much more work needs to be done to bring susta...

Retailers’ biggest holiday wish is to get rid of all that excess inventory

A clearance sale sign is seen at the Gap retail store on September 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Allison Dinner | Getty Images As some of the nation’s largest retailers report quarterly e...

Retail analysts foresee holiday-season sales growth. Now we’ll hear from retailers themselves.

Even as price increases squeeze shoppers, analysts expect holiday-season sales to increase this year. With Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and discounters TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc. reporting results in...

Retailers Should Expect A ‘Ho-Ho-Hum’ Holiday 2022

Frustrated Santa Claus. Santa Claus suffering from headache. getty The National Retail Federation just released its Holiday 2022 forecast predicting that November and December retail sales will advanc...

Free returns may be over as retailers introduce stricter policies

Policy adjustments ‘deter the consumer from returning’ With rising costs squeezing margins, many retailers are rethinking their return policies, shortening the return window and even charg...

Stylitics Maximizes Retailers’ Catalogs With Automated Styling And Outfitting Solutions

Stylitics creates multiple outfit options for a blazer and pants. Courtesy of Stylitics Consumers want to see different ways to wear and style fashion items. Stylitics’ patented AI-powered technology ...

Why MyRegistry Is A Big Win For Large And Small Retailers This Holiday Season

MyRegistry gift boxes getty It is the holiday shopping season, and everyone is stressed about gift shopping while also pressed for time. Stores, with staff already stretched thin and margins challenge...

Juggle Between Crypto Whales & Retailers To Accumulate Bitcoin

During the last weekend, Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies had lost their crucial price level. However, this weekend the scenario appears to be different as the King currency has gained its $20...

In A Workers’ Market What Steps Can Retailers Take To Prepare For The Holidays?

Portrait Of Female Owner Of Fashion Store Checking Stock In Clothing Store With Digital Tablet getty With the holidays fast approaching, U.S. retailers face a whole range of challenges: everything fro...

Litecoin’s whale transactions spike, but what could it mean for retailers

The week so far has been marked by a significant spike in Litecoin’s [LTC] address activity and whale transactions, according to the data from Santiment. Whale transactions valued above $1 million cli...

Retailers Struggle To Meet Demand For Energy-Saving Hero Products

Sales soar for energy saving devices to keep warm and heat food as alternatives for conventional … [+] ovens, central heating and tumble dryers Photo: Philipp Schulze/dpa (Photo by Philipp Schul...

Are Bitcoin HODLers, retailers at crossroads over BTC’s future growth

On 26 September, as per Glassnode, a crypto analytics company, the Coin Days Destroyed(CCD) metric of BTC was at an all-time low. This statistic implied that despite the bearish movement of BTC, long-...

Inflation Effects Set to Kneecap Retailers’ 2022 Holiday Outlook, and Beyond

Inflation Effects Set to Kneecap Retailers’ 2022 Holiday Outlook, and Beyond getty What a difference a year makes. Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. released the results of a consumer survey last fa...

As Inflation Rages, Retailers Pump Up Private Label

There’s a huge economic force driving private label demand: as costs to consumers rise, a … [+] willingness to consider private label also grows. If inflation is bad news for most, it may ...

Retailers Close Stores For Queen Elizabeth II Funeral; Hospitality Brands Intend To Open Their Doors

Retailers including Fenwick’s (pictured here) will close on Monday September 19 as a mark of respect … [+] and to allow colleagues to allow colleagues to be part of a historic occasion. .(...

American Eagle joins list of clothing retailers reporting bleak earnings

American Eagle clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle store seen in Tokyo. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Images American Eagle this week joined the list of clothing ret...

Retailers Are Adding More Security Guards To Stores — And A Lot Of Them Are Carrying Guns

More retailers are hiring armed security guards. NRedmond/Getty Images Faced with rising theft and violence — and pressure from scared employees — grocery stores and other retailers are bulking up on ...