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  • It’s all aboard at Gander Mountain

    Seasonal excitement at seven of Gander Mountain’s 154 stores is being driven by a train-themed merchandising initiative called the Holiday Express.

    In a first-of-its-kind effort, seven stores in Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, New York and Virginia feature the large seasonal display filled with activities and an area where kids can have a free photo taken with Santa.

  • Euclid: November retail activity lags year-over-year

    San Francisco — Shopping activity increased slightly from October in November 2014, but slumped compared to November of the previous year. Monthly retail benchmarks from in-store analytics provider Euclid reveal that  traffic lagged significantly throughout the month, with Black Friday also failing to match the previous year as deals were more distributed across time and channels.   

  • Delia's to liquidate, file for Chapter 11

    Teen retailer Delia’s Inc. plans to liquidate operations and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection "in the very near term."

    The company has struggled with weak sales for years and has not reported an annual profit since 2007.

    Several teen apparel retailers have been losing market share to fast-fashion brands such as H&M, Forever 21 and Zara.

  • Experts Speak Out: Bebe Data Breach

    Adam Kujawa, head of Malware Intelligence at Malwarebytes Labs, research arm of the anti-malware company: “It looks like the payment systems for (Bebe’s) U.S. stores were attacked, meaning that most likely they were all using the same software/hardware that had the same vulnerability. Unfortunately, without additional technical explanations, exactly what was vulnerable on those systems will remain a secret and we can only hope that the same vulnerability isn’t going to be used against another retailer.”

  • Feuding continues in the Family Dollar affair

    As the acquisition of Family Dollar moves closer to resolution, would-be acquirers Dollar Tree and Dollar General maintain widely differing views on the superiority of their respective offers and the opinion of federal regulators.

  • Ulta Beauty has ultimate Q3; on track to open 100 stores in '14

    Boilignbrook, Ill. — Ulta Beauty reported fiscal results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 that looked pretty darned good. Net income rose 30% to $59.1 million compared to $45.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013, with lower expenses helping drive up profit.

    The company said it will have opened 100 new stores in all of fiscal 2014 and remodeled another 12.

  • Dollar General reveals ’15 growth strategy as Q4 comps to grow 5%

    Even if Dollar General is unsuccessful in acquiring Family Dollar, the company plans to get bigger faster in 2015 by opening two stores every day and enhancing the productivity of an already expansive footprint.

  • Succession strategy executed at Five Below

    Teen retailer Five Below elevated Joel Anderson to the role of CEO in conjunction with the release of third quarter results that showed strong improvement in profitability despite a modest 1.5 percent same store sales increase.

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