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A former Toys “R” Us digital executive has joined the leadership team at Pier I Imports.

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.

Sears Holdings Corp.’s unsecured creditors were in bankruptcy court on Monday to protest Eddie Lampert’s last-minute $5.2 billion bid via his ESL Investments firm to keep the struggling company afloat.

The nation’s largest arts and craft retailer is teaming up with a major cruise line company.

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.

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.

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

Exhibits at the recent NRF 2019 “Big Show” conference confirm how universal artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming in retail, according to Retail Systems Research.