Mergers & Acquisitions

The Kroger Co. is diving deeper into the fast-growing ghost kitchen space. 

Square is expanding its global payments empire with its largest acquisition to date.

The L Brands Inc. separation of its two businesses is complete.

Wolverine Worldwide Inc. is jumping into the premium women’s activewear apparel market.

Foot Locker is looking to grow its footprint beyond malls and accelerate its expansion in Asia via two separate transactions.

VF Corp. reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and sales amid rising demand for its top brands and raised its guidance for the year. 

Amazon blew past analysts’ second-quarter earnings expectations but its sales — and third-quarter forecast — missed the mark. 

As with most predominantly brick-and-mortar retailers, Sur La Table had to implement an almost overnight shutdown of its 130-plus stores at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.

Walmart will begin offering several of its own technologies and capabilities to other businesses and brands.

Tween apparel brand Justice is obtaining some impressive early results in the first 90 days of going live with its new e-commerce site.