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Sears stock is getting a boost Monday following the announcement that the company has received a short-term loan of $200 million from funds controlled by the Sears CEO Eddie Lampert.
Amazon has filed a trademark application that indicates it is considering going into direct competition with Blue Apron and other meal-kit delivery start-ups. Investors are not amused.
The wedding business is faltering as fewer Americans marry. Gown maker Alfred Angelo filed for bankruptcy last week and the Las Vegas wedding chapel business is having some troubles too.
Back-to-school spending is forecast to reach $27 billion this year with individual U.S. household spending remaining about flat at a national average of $501.
Target raised its EPS guidance this morning and said that it expects a slight increase in same-store sales for the second quarter.
24/7 Wall St. has tried to consider companies and industries that are likely immune to the endless growth ambitions of Amazon. Some ideas have been promoted by Wall Street and some are original views.
Amazon Prime Day has forced many other retailers to come up with a response to the giant promotion. But there's really only one winner.
This retailer of apparel for young, plus-size women has filed with the SEC regarding its initial public offering.
Of all the retailer shares that dropped yesterday, deeply troubled Macy's fell the most, a sign of how fragile Wall Street thinks the company is, and raising questions about its possibly terrible...
Costco saw its shares take a step back on Monday after some analysts soured on the stock, despite a strong same-store sales report for June.
Kroger (NYSE: KR), according to many people who follow the grocery business, faces an onslaught of competition, primarily from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) which recently bought Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM)....
The owner of Kmart and Sears has become famous for a relentless incidence of store closings. Yet, like some other retailers, it has adopted the tactic of exploring whether niche locations will thrive.
This past week was absolutely catastrophic for the retail auto parts industry. It all kicked off when O’Reilly Automotive provided an update ahead of its second-quarter financial results. But...
Online retailers have been trying to blunt the impact of next Tuesday's Amazon Prime Day with special pricing ahead of the Amazon promotion. Have those efforts had the desired impact?
A Coworker.org petition states that Starbucks staff levels have hurt customer service and damaged morale. One worker said that morale is at a nine-year low.