Walmart Set to Outpace Amazon for 2019
Shares gain after retailer posts higher quarterly sales, raises profit forecasts for the year. Continue reading Walmart Set to Outpace Amazon for 2019
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EBay to Launch Shipping, Logistics Service for Big Sellers
Plan would use third-party providers to offer faster delivery, logistics savings to help the site’s sellers compete for online consumers. Continue reading EBay to Launch Shipping, Logistics Service for Big Sellers
Store Brands Cut Into Big Food
Store-branded products from cheese to canned tomatoes are eating away at sales for big food companies. Continue reading Store Brands Cut Into Big Food
Amazon’s Streak of Record Profit Ends
Shipping costs and a steeper loss in its overseas retail business weigh on earnings. Continue reading Amazon’s Streak of Record Profit Ends
Fashion Retailers Sidestepping Trump’s Trade War with China
The tit-for-tat trade war has seen American and Chinese orders for more than half of the 1,981 tariffed products so far being re-routed to other countries, including Vietnam and Malaysia. Continue reading Fashion Retailers Sidestepping Trump’s Trade War with China
After Struggling to Deliver in China, Carrefour Packs Its Bags
Carrefour SA, one of Europe’s largest grocery retailers, is unloading most of its operations in China, where big-box retailers are struggling to keep up with nimble delivery providers that are winning over shoppers. Continue reading After Struggling to Deliver in China, Carrefour Packs Its Bags
Forget the Mall, Shoppers Are Buying Gucci at Airports
Makers of luxury goods from liquor to perfume think they have found the antidote to the fading American shopping mall: airport terminals. Continue reading Forget the Mall, Shoppers Are Buying Gucci at Airports
How Retailers Use Personalized Prices to Test What You’re Willing to Pay
Based on a few characteristics, a rudimentary type of personalized pricing is occurring: Some customers are receiving different prices than others. Continue reading How Retailers Use Personalized Prices to Test What You’re Willing to Pay
Why Barnes & Noble May Soon Look Like the Local Bookstores It Killed Off
Barnes & Noble still the largest U.S. bookstore chain despite years of shriveling sales, was bought by hedge fund Elliott Management along with newly revived British bookseller Waterstones in a $683 million deal. Continue reading Why Barnes & Noble May Soon Look Like the Local Bookstores It Killed Off
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