To draw young shoppers, the French luxury-goods maker is launching skateboards, $6,000 fanny packs and a new store in New York’s Meatpacking District.
The shrinking number of people who still shop at the retailer can leave with bags of freebies, thanks to one of America’s most generous customer programs.
Retail sales, an important measure of consumer spending, fell in February, pointing to modest spending as the first quarter progressed.
Not everyone will welcome a new act designed to give cannabis companies access to mainstream banking services.
A shirt made of 1950s napkins? Pants from a quilt? For inventive brands like Bode and Needles, the design credo is ‘reduce, reuse, recycle.” And they do it remarkably well.
J.C. Penney named a new finance chief, filling the post after a nearly six-month vacancy as the retailer battles falling sales and searches for a turnaround strategy.
Dick’s Sporting Goods is betting that building all its software in house, as opposed to relying on third-party vendors, will give it a competitive advantage.
The world’s largest retailer is using Jetblack, a labor-intensive and money-losing personal-shopping service, to develop artificial intelligence to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.
For decades, Leslie Wexner has run Victoria’s Secret and his retail empire with a close-knit group of directors. But amid scrutiny, the company is preparing to bring in some fresh blood.
DSW Inc. said Tuesday it is changing its name and will add more of its own products on store shelves in a pivot from solely selling other designers’ shoes and accessories.
Reader response to The WSJ article about the undoing of Sears shows how deeply the company was embedded in the fabric of America and how pained consumers and former employees are by its unraveling.
In the 1970s Sears dominated retailing. But rivals like Walmart were bearing down, shopping patterns were changing and Sears started making a series of wrong bets. What were the turning points when it lost its way? An oral history from the people who lived it.
In hyper-caffeinated New York City, coffee drinkers never have to venture far for a cup. But at Hudson Yards—the mega development on Manhattan’s far west side that opens Friday—they may be overwhelmed by the possibilities.
Dollar General said same-store sales grew in the most recent quarter, but profit was less than expected as it increases the portion of sales that come from less-profitable products like food.
Contemporary design gallerist David Alhadeff, who founded the Future Perfect in 2003, has filled a West Village townhouse with his company’s wares, from sculptures to towels. He’s also living there—and inviting customers to drop by.
The January retail sales report wasn’t just less strong than it appeared; it was downright weak.
The billionaire investor has been at the helm of the new Sears for just weeks, but the retailer is already sparring with the old company left behind in bankruptcy as well as with Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
Philadelphia is the first major U.S. city to ban cashless stores, placing it at the forefront of a debate that pits retail innovation against lawmakers trying to protect all citizens’ access to the marketplace.
Fast fashion retailer Charlotte Russe Holding is preparing to close its remaining stores, after filing for chapter 11 protection last month with about 500 locations.
The retail giant wants suppliers that ship full trucks of products to deliver orders within a specified two-day window 87% of the time, up from an 85% rate it had targeted. Suppliers that fill part of a truck with their goods must hit a 70% on-time threshold, a significant jump from the previous target of 50%.