Labor & Employment

Three months into 2018, there are already three defaults in the retail sector in the United States — and more are expected.

Best Buy is getting out of the mobile phone store business.

Despite posting a loss due to the new tax reform, Office Depot continues its evolution from a traditional office-supplies retailer to a broader business services provider.

In an unusual bit of mass-recruiting, CBRE has hired away a 48-person team of commercial real estate pros from Transwestern to boost its already robust New England operation.

A stellar set of sales numbers from Best Buy provides further proof that the American consumer was very active during the final quarter of the year.

J.C. Penney is doing a staff makeover.

TJX Cos. continued its winning ways in the fourth quarter with its 22nd quarterly comp increase and surging sales that beat estimates.

The nation’s largest sporting goods retailer will no longer sell assault-style rifles, effective immediately. It is also enacting other restrictions with regards to the sale of guns in general.