Consumer Affairs & Relations

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 likely will require businesses, including retailers, to make significant changes to their data protection programs.

J.C. Penney is exiting a business it expanded significantly under former CEO Marvin Ellison.

Target is expanding the pilot of a new loyalty program that comes with a local twist — and a birthday present.

All that is needed for New Jersey to become the second state in the nation to ban cashless store is the signature of Gov. Phil Murphy.

A bill in Illinois to raise the minimum wage from $8.25 to $15/hr is facing little direct opposition. Stronger wage theft protections are also likely to be included in the bill.

CBL announced it had closed on $1.18 billion in financing that will allow it to avoid debt maturities coming due soon and focus its resources on renovating its portfolio of 62-plus malls.

Stage Stores is at risk of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

Consumer sentiment in January fell to its lowest level since Donald Trump was elected president.

The CEO of the nation’s largest mall operator is “nervous” about potential looming bankruptcies.

Starbucks is not going to get involved in national political campaigns — even if its former CEO is running for president.