According to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates, February import cargo volume at the major container ports in the United States should drop to almost the lowest level seen since the beginning of the...
Consumers remain wary about prospects for the economy, planning to cut back on eating out and travel, according to market researcher Numerator, but they are less concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic than they have been. As part of its monthly Consumer Sentiment...
Executives surveyed by business services provider Deloitte expect inflation to pressure their profit margins in 2023 as six in 10 anticipate inflation raising their operating costs even as other issues, particularly labor loom over the year ahead. Passing higher...
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...
