Bed Bath & Beyond to buy artisanal home goods e-retailer Of a Kind

The home goods retailer, which also owns brands Christmas Tree Shops, buybuy BABY, and Cost Plus World Market, in recent months has suffered a share-price slump amid tepid sales.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 11, 2015

Alibaba greatly expands brick-and-mortar presence in China with $4.6B deal

The move aligns Alibaba with Suning, a major electronics retailer in China with an extensive fulfillment network covering 90% of the country.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 11, 2015

Alibaba opens English-language hotline for reporting fakes

The move comes as Alibaba gains steam in its goals for global growth, signing 20 international brands.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 10, 2015

Abercrombie ends contentious on-call scheduling in New York

With an economy that allows workers to be pickier about the jobs they take, more retailers may need to find other ways to trim costs.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 10, 2015

Retail Therapy: Censorship in the checkout line

Each week, we bring you fun and interesting retail reads from around the web. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • Aug. 7, 2015

Wal-Mart facing employee backlash over hourly raises

Some of Wal-Mart's workers that had already worked their way up to higher hourly rates are aggrieved that new employees are awarded those rates upon their arrival.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 7, 2015

Xcel Brands is breathing new life into C. Wonder

Fashion Police’s Brad Goreski has been named the retailer’s creative director and will be its on-air personality on QVC next spring.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 7, 2015

Teen retailer Delia's stages a comeback

Delia’s customers received exclamation point-filled emails announcing the return of the brand online. Perhaps best of all, its catalog is back too.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 7, 2015

Shopping center construction failing to keep up with demand

Retailers are compensating for the lack of new-store inventory by moving into older buildings vacated by shuttered businesses.

By Sharon O'Malley • Aug. 6, 2015

Lumber Liquidators' struggle continues as Q2 sales tumble

Sales volume was down despite discounts and denials, as the firm faces additional investigations and claims.

By Sharon O'Malley • Aug. 6, 2015

Zulily beats expectations, but growth has slowed

Zulily customers wait weeks for orders, and its Draconian return policy seems almost shocking. That's hurting business.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 6, 2015

As Etsy shares plunge, sellers' shift to Amazon 'likely'

Etsy's stock fell below its IPO price despite better-than-expected Q2 results, and it faces fundamental problems that won’t be easy to solve.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 6, 2015

Office Depot struggles in Q2

The business solutions unit fared better this quarter than the overall company, but still saw sales drop.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 5, 2015

From now on Target is just Target, except when it's SuperTarget

The retailer is renaming its 14 urban CityTarget and TargetExpress stores simply “Target,” but is sticking with its grocery-intensive “SuperTarget”.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 5, 2015

Neiman Marcus refiles for public offering two years after sale

The retailer hasn’t sold public shares for a decade.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 5, 2015

Omnichannel strategies, discounts keeping customers in stores: Euclid

Euclid’s mid-year report hints that initiatives from brick-and-mortar stores are finally paying off—but there are worries here too.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 5, 2015

United CFO to join newly public PayPal

PayPal has been in search of a CFO with experience at a large public company with several financial moving parts.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 5, 2015

Uniqlo focuses on China with new Disney partnership

The fast-fashion retailer hopes to open 100 new stores in the country every year, potentially reaching 3,000 locations. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Aug. 4, 2015

REIT does the trick: Sears turns a profit as sales continue to fall

Q2 sales at the struggling retailer sank again, sending shares to their lowest level in more than 10 years. 

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 4, 2015

Former Goldman Sachs exec to lead Alibaba expansion abroad

Michael Evans, who’s sat on the Chinese retail giant’s board since its September IPO, has been tapped as president of Alibaba Group. 

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 4, 2015

Snapdeal snags $500M in venture capital from Alibaba, others

Snapdeal will likely continue to develop its network of sites with the new funding. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Aug. 3, 2015

Worst wage report on record still holds some good news for retailers

Analysts were startled by the poor numbers released Friday showing the smallest wage gains on record. But some workers are seeing gains, and that could be good for retail.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 3, 2015

H&M's Cos brand quickens global expansion

Cos is hardly going to replace H&M—but it’s proof that there’s more than one way to succeed in apparel retail.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 3, 2015

J.C. Penney's new CEO arrives amid turnaround

Although Marvin Ellison is known as an operations guy, his own experience with J.C. Penney and his humble roots in retail could inform his next moves.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 3, 2015

Yahoo buys social shopping site Polyvore

Flush with cash after Alibaba’s IPO last year, Yahoo is looking to buy its way out of some of the doldrums it finds itself in.  

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 3, 2015