by Mike Duff | Feb 4, 2022 | Retail Articles
Amazon posted big profits in the fourth quarter but not from retail sales, which suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain and labor woes that the company is addressing, but in part, by raising the fee it charges for Prime membership. Operating income turned...
by Mike Duff | Feb 2, 2022 | Retail Articles
The number one spot in the Forbes Halo 100 list of brands consumers love belongs to Costco. Costco beat out In-N-Out Burger and Chick-fil-A to head up the top three. The just-published Halo 100 list is the inaugural edition and highlights excellence in delivering...
by Mike Duff | Jan 31, 2022 | Retail Articles
Washington State’s attorney general’s office has announced that, as a result of a price-fixing investigation that addressed anti-trust issues, Amazon will shut down its Sold by Amazon program across the United States. Among the results of the Sold by Amazon...
by Mike Duff | Jan 21, 2022 | Retail Articles
Quietly, to the extent that it does anything quietly, Amazon is moving to establish its second technology-driven retail revolution, apparent in its launch of the Style physical store format. Amazon led the e-commerce revolution, and now is experimenting to find the...
by Mike Duff | Jan 12, 2022 | Retail Articles
Retail is changing and a range of market research indicates that its direction is to give consumers more choice. According to the Adobe Digital Economy Index, online spending in the United States grew 8.6% in the November 1 to December 31 period to an all-time high of...
