Retail sales in the United States, excluding automotive, increased 11% year over year in September, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, as a cooling housing market limited Furniture and Furnishings, and Hardware sector growth, but less COVID-19 pandemic concerns...
As the year winds down, Sensormatic Solutions, a retail technology developer and consultant, stated that the biggest in-store shopping days of the holiday season in the United States will be Black Friday, November 25, the Friday before Christmas, December 23 and the...
At the Groceryshop 2022 event in Las Vegas, Kroger Co. chief information officer and senior vp, Yael Cosset, shared what the company characterizes as its seamless strategy and how evolving shopping trends are generating change, it revealed. And he pointed out that the...
The Mastercard SpendingPulse 2022 holiday season forecast calls for a 7.1% year-over-year gain U.S. retail sales, excluding automotive. Mastercard noted the 2021 holiday season represented a retail resurgence, with sales up 8.5% as pandemic induced pent-up demand,...
Wayfair posted a loss in the second quarter that got people buzzing about its ability to operate profitably and advance its business model in the middle and long term. The company, however, just detailed some near-term initiatives intended to turn around its numbers...