by - July 24, 2017 11:37 am
Wholesale prices of used vehicles up to 8 years old declined 7.6% in June, from the same month in 2016, according to J.D. Power Valuation Services, formerly NADA Used Car…
by - July 20, 2017 1:08 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has internally announced a new merchandising services program that narrows to five companies able to manage supplier displays and other services in more than 4,600 Walmart U.S. stores….
by - July 20, 2017 10:50 am
An entrepreneur from Canada is hoping a deal with Wal-Mart Stores that includes frozen tea pops will push the company into the black. Dionne Laslo-Baker, a medical toxicologist by trade…
by - July 19, 2017 3:47 pm
Hypermarkets and supermarkets will account for less than half the total world trade by 2021, according to a recent report from Kantar Worldpanel. Countries where traditional larger-scale grocery formats are…
by - July 19, 2017 2:48 pm
McCormick & Co. has agreed to purchase the food division of Reckitt Benckiser for $4.2 billion, according to a company announcement Wednesday (July 19). The deal includes the brands Frank’s…
by - July 18, 2017 1:13 pm
It’s been four years since Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced its commitment to buy $250 billion more in American-made products over a 10-year period. Since that time, dozens of new suppliers…
by - July 17, 2017 4:19 pm
Wal-Mart Stores recently partnered with Thrive Global and Accenture to launch a first of its kind virtual commerce competition dubbed Innov8. The retail giant said last week the competition will…
by - July 17, 2017 1:12 pm
The $13.7 billion deal that Amazon made to acquire Whole Foods Market is not likely to sail through without some regulatory scrutiny and shareholder litigation. U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, a…
by - July 14, 2017 12:22 pm
At a time when tech investments among retailers like Wal-Mart Stores and Amazon are in the billions, suppliers should remember that technology can’t do it all with respect to selling…
by - July 13, 2017 2:37 pm
The National Retail Federation said this week July and August are shaping up to be two of the busiest months on record for the nation’s major retail container ports, as…
by - July 12, 2017 3:30 pm
As predicted, Amazon Prime Members opened up their wallets wide to help the online retailer record the biggest shopping day in its 23-year history. Amazon said sales grew more than…
by - July 11, 2017 11:22 am
The summer is just getting started and yet retailers from Wal-Mart to Target have already begun merchandising stores for the busy back-to-school season which began a little earlier this year,…
by - July 11, 2017 11:03 am
Free shipping in two days is now considered the cost of entry in online retail, but the next service tested by multiple retailers are variations of “try-before-you-buy.” Jet.com is testing…
by - July 11, 2017 9:39 am
More than 66% of U.S. residents who own SUVs or crossover vehicles and purchased another vehicle between January and April bought another SUV or crossover vehicle, according to business analyst…
by - July 11, 2017 7:46 am
Wal-Mart Stores operates about 280 pharmacies in the state of California in conjunction with its retail business, which was sued by the state’s medicaid program in federal court. The allegations…
by - July 10, 2017 4:02 pm
Wal-Mart is testing dozens of new applications and processes in this ever changing world of consumer driven retail. One of the latest versions of its ongoing subscription tests is the…
by - July 10, 2017 2:50 pm
The used car market looks to have avoided a tidal wave of vehicles coming off lease that could have impacted vehicle values. A lot of the vehicles came off lease…
by - July 10, 2017 2:43 pm
The retail industry has had a rough go of it this year with store closures and job losses from February through May. During that period retail payrolls dropped 79,400 jobs….
by - July 10, 2017 2:20 pm
Millions of consumers will shop like it’s Christmas over the next day and a half as Amazon unveils its 30-hour Prime Day sales event expected to set a new one-day…
by - July 10, 2017 10:28 am
A trademark infringement case against Tyson Foods for its slogan “Park’s Finest” to describe Ball Park Franks, was made public this past week by the 3rd District U.S. Circuit of…
