J.C. Penney gave its investors — and the retail industry — some good news on Friday, topping Street estimates and reporting better than expected sales for its third quarter.
The number of consumers who engage retailers on social media platforms are falling. But consumers who regularly use a retailer’s social network are still the most profitable.
The holidays can be a circus. And Story — the retail outpost in downtown Manhattan that reinvents itself every couple of months — has taken that sentiment to heart for its latest transformation.
Nordstrom Inc. swung to a profit in its third quarter and topped expectations, but its same-store sales fell as hurricanes affected store traffic in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas.
