by - December 18, 2021 10:00 am
A recent 38-page report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. compiled with Retail Industry Leaders Alliance (RILA) outlined imperatives for rethinking retail. The researchers surveyed 30 retailers to gain insights…
by - December 12, 2021 9:55 am
Selling products into retail chains like Walmart has its challenges. Still, two former aerospace and defense industry executives rolled up their sleeves and hung a shingle in downtown Rogers to…
by - December 4, 2021 8:40 am
According to retail analysts and consultants, the retail landscape is ripe for more partnerships among competitors, suppliers and service providers. Walmart is at the center of that trend. From expanding…
by - November 27, 2021 3:37 pm
The off-price retail sector has quickly recovered following the pandemic, which temporarily closed stores much of last year. Three major off-price retailers, Burlington, Ross Stores and TJ Maxx, which have…
by - November 20, 2021 8:39 am
Buy now, pay later financing is becoming a must-have for Walmart, Amazon, Target and a host of other retailers ahead of the holiday buying season. Walmart was the king of…
by - November 15, 2021 1:09 pm
Rogers, Ark.-based startup SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder, co-founded in 2010 by Eric Howerton and Alex Ahmad, has been acquired by London-based information and analytics firm Ascential for an undisclosed sum….
by - November 13, 2021 8:29 am
Fayetteville-based SupplyPike continues to provide technology for suppliers and manufacturers who do business with Walmart, allowing them to work out their invoice deduction disputes and other chargebacks in-house. Eric Smith,…
by - November 6, 2021 9:44 am
Organized retail crime remains a growing problem for retailers of all sizes. There are no signs of abatement, according to Tony Sheppard, a loss prevention specialist with software platform ThinkLP….
by - October 23, 2021 9:19 am
Because they serve as fulfillment centers for online retail, stores have become essential as online sales continue to rise. A new report from McKinsey Group found that despite incredible innovation…
by - October 16, 2021 9:15 am
Beauty is the newest battleground for market share among top retailers who have each doubled-down their efforts to glean more sales in this higher-margin category this fall. The NPD Group…
by - October 12, 2021 8:16 am
According to the National Retail Federation, Halloween is the second-largest spending holiday behind Christmas, and last year’s total sales of $8 billion were at the lowest levels since 2015. With…
by - October 5, 2021 11:10 am
Tyson Foods controls a large portion of U.S. dinner plates and a sizable share in lunch boxes and breakfast with its chicken, beef, pork, deli meats, refrigerated and frozen Jimmy…
by - September 28, 2021 11:35 am
Walmart continues to look for ways to increase its share of the baby products market, shifting more toward online sales. The Bentonville-based retailer recently launched a new baby product with…
by - September 20, 2021 1:12 pm
Retailers have been trying to crack the code on e-commerce profitability for the past several years. While Walmart and Amazon have sought alternative revenue streams to help finance the business,…
by - September 11, 2021 9:20 am
Amazon, Walmart, Walgreens and grocery third-parties like Instacart are investing in micro-fulfillment centers to speed up delivery times, curb final-mile costs and get products closer to consumers. The investment comes…
by - September 4, 2021 8:30 am
Rogers-based Bold Strategies, an e-commerce marketing and sales consultancy, has seen rapid growth in a short time. Founded in early 2017 by Allan and Lisa Peretz, the business recently made…
by - August 28, 2021 8:10 am
Alcohol sales surged in 2020 to their highest level in 18 years and grew at a 3.8% clip though this summer, according to the International Wines and Spirits Record (IWSR)….
by - August 21, 2021 9:04 am
Retailers across the country experienced the gamut in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic — supply chain hiccups, reduced operating hours, keeping employees safe, record revenue, robust online growth and more…
by - August 12, 2021 11:51 am
Bitten by the entrepreneur bug, Caitie Gehlhausen of Indianapolis always wanted to run her own company. She wasn’t sure what that would be or where the journey would take her….
by - August 9, 2021 2:11 pm
SupplyPike, a Fayetteville-based supply chain software company, announced Monday (Aug. 9) the acquisition of Supplier Community in Bentonville, a platform for businesses to educate suppliers and retailers. Financial terms of…
