Store Systems

The Mother's Day holiday drove up traffic at L Brands, which reported a surge in same store sales for May.

The company reported that net sales increased 5% to $799.1 million for the four weeks ended May 30, compared to net sales of $763.6 million for the four weeks ended May 31, 2014. Same store sales for the four weeks ended May 30, increased 5%.

Atlanta - Online shoppers frequently change retail channels during their shopping experience. According to the new Pulse of the Online Shopper study from UPS and comScore, better prices (57%) and selection (49%) are the top reasons for purchasing online after researching an item in-store.

Nearly half (48%) of online shoppers have used ship to store in the past year, and 45% of those consumers made an additional purchase when picking up their online purchase.

Philadelphia – Five Below Inc. reported healthy profit and sales gains in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 and is planning to open 155 stores in the next two fiscal years. The retailer’s net income totaled $4.28 million, up 39% from $3.08 million a year earlier.

Higher gross profit and the elimination of debt extinguishment loss helped Five Below reach above in net income. Five Below plans to open 70 stores and enter six new states in 2015, and plans 85 openings for 2016.

London - Since launching its new website in 2014, Marks & Spencer is giving its customers a more visual, interactive way to shop online. AT&T is providing hosting and application management services to the U.K.-based global department store retailer.  

Walmart has unveiled upcoming changes to its website, stores and employee badges ahead of today's shareholders' meeting in Bentonville, Ark.

According to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Walmart execs told a meeting of employees on Wednesday that it plans to spend at least $1.5 billion in upgrades to its e-commerce sites, store design and employee name badges.

San Francisco - Visa Inc. and Verifone are launching a partnership that will enable retailers to offer their customers a more streamlined, secure purchase experience across digital and physical environments. As part of the partnership, Verifone will connect its POS gateway to Visa’s CyberSource global merchant payment management platform.

This will provide retailers with a single platform to protect customer payment data, mitigate fraud, and integrate digital and offline payment systems.

Same store sales increased 2.1% at Rite Aid in May thanks in large part to growth in the retailer's pharmacy division.

Bentonville, Ark. - Sam’s Club has improved its Club Pickup buy-online-pickup-in-store service, formerly known as Click ‘n Pull, with new features. Club Pickup allows members to order thousands of items, from paper towels to fresh produce to printer ink, and have them ready for pick up at all U.S. Sam’s Club locations at no additional cost.