Cereal is going upscale. In a brave new world of breakfast food, replete with to-go bars and microwaveable sandwiches, companies like Kellogg’s and General Mills have seen their cereal sales decline over …
Right across the aisle from a stack of College of William & Mary sweatshirts at the Barnes & Noble campus bookstore in Williamsburg, Virginia, there’s a display with over 50 …
Today’s luxury consumers are constantly connected, time-poor and understand that the quickest, cheapest, most convenient way to shop is, increasingly, online. When it comes to fashion, they crave newness — …
Nordstrom Inc. has acquired a minority stake in a supply-chain software firm, part of the luxury retailer’s effort to fulfill a growing number of online orders without sacrificing profits. DS Co., based …
In retailing, buyers aren’t necessarily keepers. According to a 2015 study by the Retail Equation and National Retail Federation, total merchandise returns accounted for more than $260.5 billion in lost sales …
Facebook Inc. wants to make chat bots on its Messenger app more effective at providing customer service and driving sales. A chat bot is interactive software that uses artificial intelligence …
n”>U.S. retail mall vacancies rose in the second quarter from the first, amid an increasing disparity between high-end and traditional malls related to rent and vacancy rates, according to real …
FMI has been tracking the trends of grocery shoppers in the U.S. for more than four decades, taking note of where they shop, how they shop and what issues are …
Impulse purchases could soon be a thing of the past thanks to the internet, as shoppers are more likely to consider a purchase over a short period of time than …
The Fourth of July holiday weekend has barely ended, but back-to-school shopping is well underway and already trending higher over last year. More than a third of all parents – nearly …