Retail Legislative And Regulatory Outlook for 2020For better or worse, most of the legislative and regulatory issues important to the retail community will be addressed (or not) through the lens of the 2020 presidential election cycle. Report: Menards expanding in OhioMenards continues to steadily expand its Midwest empire. Target in energy milestone — ahead of schedule Target Corp. is celebrating a sustainability milestone. Nordstrom and Rent the Runway taking partnership to a new level With the fashion rental market growing, an online retail upstart and a heritage department store are combining forces in an ambitious new initiative to “shape the future of retail.” Michaels adds new position to its exec leadership team The Michaels Companies has tapped a Dick’s Sporting Goods executive to head up its omnichannel efforts. Mark Cross opens its first U.S. store in decades Walmart names new CEO for Sam’s Club For the second time in its history, Walmart’s $59 billion warehouse club division has a female CEO. Despite effective leader, odds still stacked against J.C. Penney While a few chinks of light are emerging in the story of J.C. Penney’s revival, these are subsumed by the darkness of incredibly bad revenue numbers. Amazon bets on Las Vegas with new development, hiring An e-tail giant is opening a new office and more than doubling its workforce in Sin City. J.C. Penney narrows loss but sales continue to fall; cites turnaround ‘progress’ J.C. Penney put a positive spin on another tough quarter and even boosted its full-year profit outlook. First Previous 329 330 331 332 333 Next Last