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- 10/19/2025
Dick’s Sporting Goods increasing holiday hiring for 2025
A sporting goods giant is upping the number of seasonal holiday employees it plans to take on by about 75% year over year. - 10/19/2025
Best Buy starting doorbusters early; will close stores Thanksgiving
Best Buy Co Inc. is launching a major holiday promotion on Halloween and shuttering brick-and-mortar stores Thanksgiving Day. - 10/16/2025
Shoppers warm up to sponsored ads
Advertisers and retail media networks have some good news as the holiday shopping seasons approaches. - 10/16/2025
White Castle debuts tech-enabled store prototype in Ohio
A legendary fast-food hamburger chain is introducing a new connected store model it calls the "Castle of Tomorrow." - 10/16/2025
Macy’s opens leading-edge automated fulfillment center
Macy’s Inc. has opened its largest and most technologically advanced supply chain facility to date. - 10/16/2025
Consumers increasingly move beyond search engines
Traditional search still leads in online product discovery, but other technologies are gaining ground. - 10/16/2025
How awareness is becoming the point of sale
By the time a customer recognizes a need, you have probably already lost them. - 10/15/2025
Webinar Oct. 23: How to power retail innovation with AI and 5G
In today’s retail and restaurant markets, waiting to adopt AI and 5G is like leaving carts at the register: costly and avoidable. - 10/15/2025
Amazon expands telehealth offering to children ages 2 to 11
Amazon is expanding its pay-per-visit telehealth service to children. - 10/15/2025
ThredUp: Consumers increasing holiday spending on secondhand gifts
Secondhand shopping will help drive sales this holiday season as shoppers plan a sharp increase in the percentage of their budgets allocated to resale. - 10/15/2025
Aldi beats 2024 price with $40 Thanksgiving meal for 10
Aldi is responding to concerns about inflation with its lowest price in years for a discount Thanksgiving meal package. - 10/15/2025
DoorDash teams with Waymo in latest autonomous delivery pilot
DoorDash Inc. is testing the use of self-driving vehicles for deliveries in a major Southwest market.