Retail News

UPS received a first-of-its-kind certification from the Federal Aviation Administration that moves drone deliveries closer to reality.

Why shoppers will want drone delivery Like the advent of barcodes and scanning in the 70’s, retail historians will look back at this decade as the one when drones entered the mainstream as an integral component of the supply chain.

Gen Zers differ from previous generations—and we can learn a thing or two from them.

An escalating battling in West Seattle pits a soon-to-open popular local grocery cooperative against a Whole Foods Market that opens nearby a week later.

Expansion of same day delivery service coinicides with in-home delivery pilot.

Walmart's momentum is building while Amazon is wrestling with intractable challenges inherent in its business model.

The Great Recession greatly impacted consumers’ tastes and preferences over the last 10 years and retailers haven’t kept pace. Here’s why.

Amazon extols its virtues amid anti-competitive probe

"Online Grocery Shopping Still Rare in U.S.,” was the headline on recent Gallup survey of American’s food shopping behaviors. Gallup’s interpretation of its survey results, that online food shopping is still rare, isn’t true and rare is a poor choice of words.

Food retailers have regained ground against big tech and major retailers in the battle for consumer goods companies’ shifting ad budgets.

How to get deals done, an M&A checklist

The escalating war on plastics has a powerful ally in Walmart.

Food delivery services have made it easy to avoid a trip to the grocery store, creating a challenge for conventional food retailers that won’t be solved by an enhanced store experience alone. Services provided by the likes of Uber Eats, Grubhub and Waitr facilitated roughly $5 billion in food sa

Amazon’s fleet of promotional vehicles known as Treasure Trucks has expanded to bring daily deals residents of Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus and Las Vegas. The program functions like a mobile Blue Light Special, a merchandising initiative Kmart devised in which stores would

Happier workers provide better customer service at world's largest retailer

If you haven’t heard of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles and reduced rotor operating speed aircraft you will.

Mars selects inaugural members of Seed of Change Accelerator program.

Too many retailers are shutting down: 2019 just hit its halfway point, but already the number of planned retail store closings has exceeded the total for all of 2018. How can retailers prosper rather than shutter? It starts with knowing the pulse of their lifeblood: the ever-changing consumer.

Shoppers desire to eliminate friction and continued improvement in the self-checkout process are rewriting the rules of store experience and fueling record growth for equipment manufacturers.

Meet the two year old Australian company changing digital product promotions and giving food retailers Amazon and Google capabilities.

​​​​​​​Sprouts Farmers Market stores are in for some merchandising, marketing and supply chain changes following the appointment of Jack Sinclair as CEO.

To understand the meaning of Prime Day you have to look beyond the deals and the hype.

Walgreens Group Vice President of Retail Brands Helayna Minsk has high expectations for growth and quality.