Report: Walmart to share more data with suppliers, tighten delivery requirementsWalmart is reportedly bringing more transparency to its supplier base and revising its on-time goals. Off-price retailer to explore alternativesStein Mart is looking at its options in the wake of declining sales. Amazon is creating a health care company—with two big-name partners Amazon is teaming up with two influential companies to try to improve a system that others have tried and failed to change over the years. Payless in retail realignment Payless ShoeSource is realigning its North American retail organizational structure, with an end goal of better serving the customer. Study details the most valuable REIT-owned malls in U.S. Two of the nation’s most valuable shopping centers are located in Las Vegas. Mattress Firm shakeup as CEO resigns A new if familiar face is taking the reins of the nation’s largest specialty mattress retailer. Commentary: Founder of Ikea revolutionized retail Few people can claim to have genuinely revolutionized retail. Ingvar Kamprad did. Passing of a retail giant The man who turned a small, Swedish mail order company he founded at age 17 into a global, $48 billion retail powerhouse has died at the age of 91. Staples CEO out; replacement named Less than five months after an ownership change, Staples has announced a change in leadership. China’s e-commerce giant looks to enter U.S. Watch out Amazon—a global online powerhouse is looking to move onto your home turf. Analysis: Starbucks needs to tweak domestic strategy; improve food offerings Although Starbucks claims its first-quarter results show its engines of growth are spinning, the pace of increase suggests that they are idling rather than pushing the company forward. Starbucks brews up slower growth in Q1, but earnings top estimates Starbucks’ revenue and same-store sales fell slightly short of Street estimates even amid a strong performance from the China region. First Previous 624 625 626 627 628 Next Last
