Home Depot

Home improvement titan seeks to identify fraud in real time.

Consumers with smartphones are especially fond of one e-tailer.

The Home Depot is making progress toward its carbon reduction goals and striving to hire more minorities and women.

An online giant is tops when it comes to forming emotional bonds with customers.

The stakes for providing special in-store experiences are high. How do you create those unforgettable experiences that will make customers crave more?

Is there anyone left who’s still trying to deny the disruptive forces shaking the retail industry?

Inland Real Estate, the Oak Brook, Illinois, acquisition machine headed by Joe Cosenza, has purchased another center to keep the acquisition tote board on its website churning past $44 billion.   Its latest purchase is the 199,335-sq.-ft. Pentucket Shopping Center in Plaistow, New Hampshire, 40 miles north of Boston. The center houses Home Depot, Staples, and Bed Bath & Beyond and is shadow-anchored by a Super Walmart.  

The Harris Poll has released its 29th annual study of America’s top brands, and Kohl’s is one of the retail brands on top.   Kohl’s earned the top position in the department store category of the poll, in which more than 100,000 U.S. consumers assessed more than 4,000 brands across more than 450 categories.    Other retailers named as Brands of the Year included:     Luxury department store: Nordstrom  Off-price: TJ Maxx