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- 7/14/2025
Walmart lowers back-to-school prices from 2024; launches tween apparel brand
Walmart Inc. is targeting back-to-school shoppers with discounts, a new private-label apparel brand, and streamlined online shopping for back-to-school items. - 7/14/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Businesses lag in readiness for AI search and shopping
While a majority of businesses expect artificial intelligence-based discovery and shopping tools to have a major impact, many have not prepared their sites. - 7/13/2025
Ransomware gang takes credit for hacking Belk in May 2025, report says
A notorious ransomware organization known as "DragonForce" is reportedly taking public credit for a recent breach of Belk Inc.’s systems. - 7/13/2025
Ahold Delhaize taps auto exec as new CTO
A global grocery giant is putting a veteran executive with experience in the automotive and footwear industries in charge of its technology organization. - 7/13/2025
Trump hiking tariffs on E.U., Mexico to 30%
President Donald Trump continues setting higher tariff rates on countries and governing bodies around the globe, effective Friday, Aug. 1. - 7/13/2025
Amazon Prime Day exceeds predictions with $24.1B in U.S. online sales
The first-ever four-day Amazon Prime Day sales extravaganza drove a 30.3% increase in U.S. online sales from the same period in 2024. - 7/10/2025
Trump increasing Canada tariffs to 35% Aug. 1
One of the first countries to have tariffs assessed on its U.S. imports by President Donald Trump now faces additional sanctions. - 7/10/2025
Exclusive Q&A: Regional Goodwill chapter moves beyond resale
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake leverages strategic systems and cutting‑edge machinery to support resale, recycling and sustainability efforts. - 7/10/2025
More retail lessons from the beach boardwalk
The boardwalk, a mainstay of the summer beachgoing experience, provides many examples of merchandising and customer engagement retailers in any location can follow all year long. - 7/9/2025
Prime Day average household spend nears $140 on first-ever third day
The third day of Amazon Prime Day showed a sharp rise in household spending from day two even as average order size dipped.