Bed Bath & Beyond, the beleaguered home goods retailer, warned investors on Thursday about the darkening prospects for its future, saying that bankruptcy was a possible option.The company, which has […]
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Back to news homeRetail Sales Fell in November, Despite Black Friday
Retail sales fell in November, with spending on even traditionally popular gift categories like clothing and sporting goods declining, a sign that high prices for necessities like food are affecting […]
Why Retailers Are Trying Extra Hard to Woo Holiday Shoppers
Amazon held what amounted to an extra Prime Day in October, blanketing its site with deals. Best Buy rolled out Black Friday-level sales last month. And on Friday, Kohl’s entered […]
Black Friday Shoppers Worry About Economy as Retailers Push Sales
On its website, the mall owner CBL highlighted the discounts that stores like H&M and the children’s apparel retailer Carter’s were offering. Other retailers employed a similar strategy in the […]
Billions of Dollars Are at Stake in a Puzzling Holiday Shopping Season
It doesn’t matter much to retailers, who used the early holiday sales to try to offload products before most shoppers had even picked out their Halloween costumes. But it signaled […]
Billions of Dollars at Stake in a Puzzling Holiday Shopping Season
It doesn’t matter much to retailers, who used the early holiday sales to try to offload products before most shoppers had even picked out their Halloween costumes. But it signaled […]
US Shoppers Are Still Spending, as Long as Retailers Give Them a Reason
Despite months of unease about the state of the economy, Americans remain willing to spend money on all sorts of goods. But they are making it clear that retailers must […]
Walmart Defies Gloom Over Inflation With Sales and Profit Upgrade
Walmart is also a bellwether for the retail industry, providing a hint at what earnings might look like for Target, Macy’s and others that report this week.Home Depot, for its […]
Holiday Retail Sales Soared, With E-Commerce Notching Huge Gains
Retail sales in the United States jumped nearly 11 percent this season compared with the holiday period in 2019, the year before the pandemic upended the global economy, according to […]
Four Resolutions for a Healthier Tech Life in 2022
The coronavirus pandemic has been packed with plenty of nasty tech surprises.We ran into the problem of a perpetual scarcity of hardware, like game consoles and graphics cards. Apple this […]