What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Oct 24, 2016
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San Francisco Chronicle
Can technology save the brick-and-mortar store?
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The Motley Fool
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 debacle could hurt Best Buy's momentum
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Fortune
A bunch of new brands are joining the athleisure wear craze
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The Wall Street Journal
Retailers started early recruiting seasonal workers in tight labor market
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GeekWire
Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from Amazon’s drone landing pads to a 10,000-year clock
Oct 21, 2016
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Business Insider
This staffing company CEO's comment shows Amazon could soon ditch UPS and FedEx too
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Venture Beat
CheckOut launches an online to offline retail solution that utilizes machine learning and smart screens
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Bloomberg
Pizza, parks, and pet spas: Shoppers will pay more for retail experiences
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The Washington Post
Amazon's plans for holiday shopping shows a sharp contrast to traditional retailers
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USA Today
App-happy holidays cater to shoppers' wishes
Oct 20, 2016
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CNBC
Neiman Marcus reveals $3.2 million in fantasy gifts for holiday 2016
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The Drum
Online retailer Rue La La partners with Pitney Bowes to expand global reach
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New York Post
Feds offer $15K reward for info on Gap warehouse arson
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The Washington Post
A chart about leggings sales that should scare every old-school apparel chain
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Fortune
Walmart and IBM are partnering to put Chinese pork on a blockchain
Oct 19, 2016
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Bloomberg
Wal-Mart's wage experiment works ... for workers
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The Wall Street Journal
Alibaba to raise around $1B for Koubei local-services platform
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Business Insider
Wells Fargo's former CEO just resigned from the boards of Target and Chevron
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The Motley Fool
Did Amazon just admit it screwed up grocery delivery fees?
Oct 18, 2016
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Reuters
UK fashion market shows steepest sales decline in seven years
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The Wall Street Journal
China’s deteriorating retail distribution system
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Fortune
Retooled: How Lacoste became an upscale brand again
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Atlas Obscura
The surprising success of Halloween pop-up stores
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Racked
Where the 1% buys beauty
Oct 17, 2016
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The New York Times
How did Wal-Mart get cleaner stores and higher sales? It paid its people more
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Business Insider
Tinder culture has taken over, and now it's killing retail
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The Motley Fool
How Visa is ringing up higher profits for Costco
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CNBC
Expect a comeback for some department stores, former Saks CEO says
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TechCrunch
Naspers sells Polish eBay rival Allegro to Permira consortium for $3.3B
Oct 14, 2016
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Reuters
GoPro halts sale of Hero5 camera on Amazon
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TheStreet
Rise of the hipster, millennial shoppers, give way to expected increase in holiday retail spending
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Bloomberg
BlackRock increases stake in world’s biggest jewelry retailer
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The Wall Street Journal
Some retailers and malls plan to close on Thanksgiving to save Black Friday
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CNBC
Retailers will have a tough time getting shoppers to pay full price