Walmart Requires Shoppers To Wear Face Coverings
Walmart will require all customers to wear a face covering as of Monday, July 20, at both namesake stores and Sam’s Club locations.
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J.C. Penney Laying Off 1,000 Workers
As the company aligns its workforce with its store optimization strategy and reduced store footprint, J.C. Penney is reducing its workforce by about 1,000 corporate, field management and international positions.
Crate & Barrel Introduces Trove Home Collection
Crate & Barrel has a trove of introductions ready for fall, in the broader and narrower sense.
Amazon To Add Texas Fulfillment Center
Amazon plans to open a new fulfillment center in the city of Pflugerville, Texas. The site, which is anticipated to launch in 2021, will create 1,000 new full-time jobs.
Aldi Named Value Leader In Market Force Study
For the 10th consecutive year, Aldi has been named Value Leader in the Market Force Information Grocery Benchmark Study, which surveys thousands of shoppers across the U.S. about their grocery buying preferences.
Coresight: Back-To-School Shopping Shaping Up Differently This Year
According to Coresight Research, 8.1% of consumers who plan to spend money on back-to-school this year will spend much more and 20.5% will spend slightly more compared to the buying season in 2019.
Adobe: Digital Prices For Home Products Rebound
New Adobe research indicates that average online price for the home and garden category, and the furniture and bedding categories, as tracked by the company, rebounded in the first six months of this year.
Kmart Partners With ScriptDrop For Prescription Delivery
As coronavirus continues to create shopping concerns, Kmart is partnering with ScriptDrop to introduce a service that provides prompt home delivery of prescriptions within a 10-mile radius of its pharmacy operations, Monday through Friday.
Amazon Developing Health Centers In Five Cities
At a time when many major retailers are expanding wellness products and services, Amazon has developed a pilot program with Crossover Health, a provider of primary care services, to establish local, convenient health centers near Amazon fulfillment centers and operations facilities across the country.
Retail Ecommerce Ventures Wins Pier 1 Intellectual Property
At the result of an auction that was part of the company’s bankruptcy liquidation process, Pier 1 Imports announced in a United States Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Retail Ecommerce Ventures had won its intellectual property for $31 million.
NRF: Retail Imports Below Last Year’s Levels
Imports at major U.S. retail container ports are expected to remain significantly below last year’s levels into this fall as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
Restoration Hardware Opens Marin Design Gallery
Restoration Hardware has opened RH Marin, The Gallery at the Village, which represents the newest physical expression of the RH brand and the first design gallery in California with an integrated hospitality experience.
Bed Bath & Beyond Taps Sonoma Vet Lick For Owned Brands Push
Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Neil Lick svp/owned brands and leader of a newly formed team that will develop and launch a portfolio of customer-inspired owned brands from 2021.
QVC, HSN Bring Back The Big Find Product Search
QVC and HSN are bringing back The Big Find, an international search to discover entrepreneurs with the next big brand or unique product.
Dollar Tree Initiative Supports Military Families
With schools preparing to reopen, Operation Homefront and partner Dollar Tree are initiating the Back-to-School Brigade program for its 12th consecutive year collecting school supplies for military children.
Meijer Opens Five New Supercenters
Meijer has opened five new supercenters across the midwestern U.S., noted Meijer president and CEO Rick Keyes.
Amazon To Open Fulfillment Center In Little Rock
Amazon plans to open its first fulfillment center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The new fulfillment center, which is anticipated to launch in 2021, will create over 1,000 new full-time jobs, the company said.
Walmart Open Call Event Supports U.S. Manufacturing
The application process for Walmart’s seventh annual Open Call is open, and the company invites entrepreneurs dreaming of landing their U.S.-manufactured products on Walmart shelves to apply for the opportunity to meet with Walmart buyers on October 1, 2020, via virtual pitch meetings.
Coresight: Some Retailers Poised To Survive Coronavirus
The Retail Robustness Index is a Coresight Research effort to determine which retailers are best able to cope with the coronavirus crisis and Costco now ranking second might not surprise anyone.
Walgreens Q3 Earnings Fall Short Of Estimate
The COVID-19 pandemic weighed on Walgreens Boots Alliance third quarter sales as did a charge against its business in the United Kingdom.