Alimentation Couche-Tard drops bid for French retailerAlimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has dropped its plans to buy Carrefour SA, but the two retailers plan to look for opportunities to work together. Still-rising New Hampshire mega-center molds itself for life after COVID-19“Boston’s like a ghost town, and it was always hustle-bustle,” said Mike Powers, senior VP of Tuscan Village. “It’ll come back, but it’s a wakeup call to the real estate market that things had gotten out of hand.” Survey: Despite staffing problems, most stores had successful holiday Issues such as COVID-19 impacted store operations during the 2020 holiday shopping season, but most retail stores avoided a sales decline. Costco pilots curbside pickup in New Mexico Costco is following in the footsteps of competing warehouse club chains with an Instacart-supported curbside effort. Lidl to offer extra pay to U.S. employees who get COVID-19 vaccine Lidl is the latest U.S. retailer to offer incentives to its workers to get vaccinated. Meijer seeks new products from local businesses A Midwest discount chain is hosting a virtual “Localization Summit” to discover new suppliers in its six-state footprint. Retail hiring surged in December nearly 190% over 2019, led by these sectors… Seasonal retail employment gains hit their highest total on record in December, as retailers added 229,700 jobs during the month. Kroger goes head-to-head with Amazon Dash Cart As Amazon continues moving into the brick-and-mortar grocery space, Kroger is taking the omnichannel giant on in the smart device arena. Wakefern opens e-commerce platform to targeted ads The nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative is the latest grocer to display sponsored digital CPG advertisements. Aldi to pay employees who get COVID-19 vaccine, set up on-site vaccination clinics Aldi is the latest retailer to offer incentives for U.S. employees who receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Ingles network upgrade eases IoT integration, curbside pickup A Southeastern grocery chain is modernizing its technology infrastructure to enhance a range of store operations. Study: Holiday e-commerce transactions soar as fraud attempts inch up Online consumers were nice to retailers during the 2020 holiday season, but showed some naughty behavior as well. First Previous 238 239 240 241 242 Next Last
