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New Balance bulks up manufacturing presence in U.S. amid supply chain backlogs
New Balance has opened its fifth manufacturing space in North America. This one is in Methuen, Massachusetts. Source: New Balance While many retailers are struggling to preserve relationships with ove...
Property Firm Owned By Philippines’ Richest Man To Raise $176 Million From Shopping Mall, Office REIT IPO
Manuel Villar, chairman of property developer Vista Land, during a political rally in 2010 … [+] presidential elections. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images Vista Land & Lifescapes—the real esta...
Sen. Tammy Baldwin urges Kohl’s to reject bids threatening jobs in Wisconsin
A view outside a Kohl’s store in Miramar, Florida. Johnny Louis | Getty Images A U.S. senator from Wisconsin is urging Kohl’s to not accept any buyout offer that might precede a bankruptcy...
Payb.io Goes Global With New Version of Shopping Using Crypto
Payb.io is an online cryptocurrency shopping processor that introduces an innovative cryptocurrency payment model for any online shopping. At the beginning of the year, fintech concentrated its effort...
Nike recovers in China, potential good omen for retailers
An employee works next to shoes on display inside the flagship store of sporting-goods giant Nike in Shanghai on March 16, 2017. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Glimmers of hope for Nike in China...
Nike (NKE) reports fiscal Q3 2022 earnings
A man walks in front of a Nike products exhibit, on February 22, 2021 in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Nike on Monday reported earnings and sales for the fiscal third quarter ...
Kohl’s confirms it has received multiple preliminary buyout offers
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s on Monday confirmed it has receive...
Nike (NKE) about to report Q3 2022 earnings: Here’s what to expect
Shoes line the shelves at the Nike store on December 21, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Nike‘s post-earnings comments Monday could be a harbinger of how the retail indus...
Warby Parker (WRBY) reports Q4 2021 losses
A customer tries on glasses at a Warby Parker store in Los Angeles. Michael Buckner | Getty Images Warby Parker shares sunk in premarket trading Thursday after the eyewear retailer reported continued ...
Kohl’s shares jump after report says Hudson’s Bay is considering buyout bid
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s shares jumped nearly 7% Wednesday ...
Macy’s overhauls its website and trains personal stylists
Macy’s store in Herald Square in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Macy’s is preparing to overhaul its website and train some of its workforce to be personal stylists in a bid to win more custom...
Costco Quietly Catches Up to Amazon, Walmart in One Key Area
Costco’s (COST) – Get Costco Wholesale Corporation Report business has always been about driving people to its warehouses. The membership-based chain resisted efforts to even sell things o...
Shopify Makes a Key Move to Compete With Amazon, Walmart
Walmart (WMT) – Get Walmart Inc. Report and Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report are locked into a battle for dominance in online shopping. Walmart was able to dominate the 90...
Consumers Demand Sustainable Products And Shopping Formats
Retail Execs Didn’t Get the Memo T-shirt made of 100% and hundred percent organic materials. Customer with responsible and nature and … [+] eco friendly values. getty Consumers and retailers are...
American consumer still healthy, but lower-income shoppers at risk
Pedestrians carry Macy’s shopping bags in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Macy’s says the American consumer is still he...
Stitch Fix stock hits all-time low as future growth in doubt
The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloombe...
Stitch Fix shares plummet after company cuts guidance for the year
The Stitch Fix application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earnin...
Lululemon footwear marks new product to take on Nike, Adidas
Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald said that launching into shoes was the next natural step for the leggings maker. Source: Lululemon Lululemon is venturing into footwear, marking a new product category fo...
Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) reports Q4 2021 earnings beat
Signage outside a Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. store in Clarksville, Indiana, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dick’s Sporting Goods on Tuesday reported prof...
Kohl’s (KSS) issues long-term financial targets at investor day 2022
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s, facing activist pressure to consi...
Retailers warn of business impact from Russia’s invasion
Employees put wooden shields on the window of Louis Vuitton shop in Kyiv on February 24, 2022 as Russia’s ground forces invaded Ukraine from several directions today, encircling the country with...
Gap (GPS) reports Q4 2021 narrower losses, projects revenue decline
Sale signs are on display in the windows of a Gap retail location. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Gap Inc. shares climbed in after-hours trading Thursday after the apparel retailer offered an upbeat forecast for i...
Victoria’s Secret (VSCO) reports Q4 2021 earnings; issues weak outlook; cites Ukraine
Shoppers are seen inside a shopping mall in Bethesda, Maryland on February 17, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Victoria’s Secret seesawed in after-hour hours trading Wednesday after the l...
Nordstrom shares soar as it makes progress but still has ways to go
Nordstrom signage outside one of the company’s full-line department stores. Tim Boyle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nordstrom shares are soaring after the department store chain offered up ...
Nordstrom (JWN) reports Q4 2021 earnings beat
Shoppers leave a Nordstrom store on May 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nordstrom on Tuesday reported better-than-expected profits and sales for the holid...
Sears spinoff Seritage explores alternatives, Eddie Lampert quits board
Eddie Lampert, former CEO of Sears. Source: Sears Holdings Seritage Growth Properties, a real estate investment trust that was spun out of embattled department store chain Sears in 2015, said Tuesday ...
Kohl’s (KSS) reports Q4 2021 earnings
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-...
Victoria’s Secret is leaning into comfort and women are taking notice
Source: Victoria’s Secret At first glance, shoppers may be hard pressed to believe that Victoria’s Secret’s new lingerie lineup is actually from Victoria’s Secret. In mid-Febru...