Data & Analytics

Five Below achieves market milestone
Rapidly growing extreme value retailer Five Below could see its share price improve in the coming months as it is added to an important market index.

Five Below will join the S&P SmallCap 600 index effective after the close of trading on Friday, Dec. 18. The change is noteworthy for Five Below because such moves offer trigger increased buying of the company’s shares by funds that track the performance of the index which the company is joining. Five Below replaces UIL Holdings which merged with Iberdrola USA.
Study: Holiday delivery performance worsens
Delivery performance in the first half of December may land many providers on the naughty list.

According to analysis of what more than 130,000 shoppers said in surveys about on-time deliveries of their full orders between Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 by Bizrate Insights, a division of Connexity, time is not on their side.

Bizrate Insights data indicated on-time delivery rate went from 93.3% on Tuesday, Dec. 1 to 89.9% on Tuesday, Dec. 15. There were small day-over-day spikes in on-time delivery rate on Saturday, Dec. 5, Tuesday, Dec 8 and Friday Dec. 11.

Rite Aid Q3 revenues up 21.8%, calls special meeting to decide WBA merger

Rite Aid on Thursday reported revenues of $8.2 billion, up 21.8%, for its fiscal third quarter ended Nov. 28, 2015.
The cloud offers Dylan’s Candy Bar sweet growth possibilities

An information technology modernization effort at innovative candy retailer Dylan’s Candy Bar saw the company convert to the cloud and now the sky’s the limit.
CEO of discount department store chain going ‘undercover’ on popular TV show

A CEO who took over family business when he was 27 years old is the next retailer to be spotlighted on the CBS television show, “Undercover Boss.”

Sam Dushey heads up Shoppers World, a family-owned and -operated full-line discount department store chain headquartered in New York City. In his 10-year stint as CEO, Dushey has grown the business from eight stores to 40 locations across 11 states and up to $250 million in annual retail sales. Dushey is now looking expand the company to 500 stores.
7 ways CVS is driving growth in its stores

At CVS Health’s annual Analyst Day held Wednesday here, Helena Foulkes, CVS/pharmacy president, shared significant details on the progress CVS Health has made to drive growth in its stores.
eBay teams with Westfield to sell unwanted holiday gifts

eBay has come up with a clever solution to help Americans solve a common dilemma: what to do about unwanted holiday gifts.

The online marketplace retailer will operate pop-up selling stations in three select Westfield shopping centers across the country during “Boxing Weekend” from Dec. 26 (Boxing Day) to Dec. 27. The stations will be located at Westfield San Francisco Centre, San Francisco; Westfield Garden State Plaza, Paramus, New Jersey; and Westfield Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills, Illinois.
CVS Health enterprise on solid footing; raises midpoint of earnings outlook

At its annual Analyst Day in New York Wednesday morning, CVS Health raised the midpoint of its earnings outlook for 2016.
Burberry makes marketing dreams a reality

Burberry is teaming up with top-flight partners including movie studio Dreamworks and Google to deliver next-generation marketing campaigns that include interactive 3-D displays and real-time video promotions. [Media Post]
One thing on every retailer’s Christmas wish list

Life could be so much simpler for retailers and suppliers – and better for most consumers too – if federal lawmakers could find a way to grant the industry this one, not-so-simple, holiday wish.
Ikea gets OK for another store in Texas

The Lone Star State is going to get its fourth Ikea.

The City Council of Grand Prairie, Texas, has approved Ikea’s plans to build a second store in the Dallas-Fort Worth-area. Pending remaining approvals and permits, construction of Ikea Grand Prairie could begin fall 2016, with an opening in fall 2017. It will be the company’s fourth store in the state of Texas.
Dylan’s Candy Bar shifts IT to the cloud with NetSuite

Dylan’s Candy Bar has achieved double-digit revenue growth since deploying a new solution to replace multiple legacy on-premise systems, including a custom-built warehouse management system. Dylan's Candy Bar has deployed NetSuite to manage its mission-critical business processes, including financials, inventory and order management, warehousing and customer relationship management.