Thought Leaders
Why This Multimillion Dollar Pet Food Company Won’t Sell to PetSmart or Petco
The Honest Kitchen has achieved a 30 percent year-over-year revenue growth rate in 14 years in the pet food market.
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Business News
Apple Has Taken Its Online Store Offline Ahead of Its Massive MacBook Launch Event Today
Visitors to the website who try to buy something are greeted with a GIF telling them only that the company has 'got something special in store for you,' in multiple languages.
By Rob Price
Tech
New Data Shows Surprising Ways This Holiday Season Will Be Different
Although online shopping is convenient, nothing compares to an in-store experience -- at least a good one.
By Rose Leadem
Business News
U.S. Mall Investors Set to Lose Billions as Retail Gloom Deepens
Weak September core retail sales, which strip out auto and gasoline sales, provide a window into the pain the holders of mall debt face in coming months as retailers with a physical presence keep discounting to stave off lagging sales.
By Reuters
Business News
Retailers Are Finally Realizing That Starting Black Friday on Thanksgiving Is a Terrible Idea
An increasing number of retailers are closing on Thanksgiving Day this year in response to backlash against the trend of starting Black Friday sales a day early.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Bass Pro Shops Hooks Cabela’s in $5.5 Billion Deal
Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same-store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.
By Reuters
Business News
Lowe’s Introduces LoweBot, a New Autonomous In-Store Robot
The LoweBot speaks multiple languages, and will be deployed to 11 stores to help guide home improvers to find items in store.
Building a Business
A Retail Legend Shares Customer Service Secrets
What do you learn after 27 years of running a famous store? Ask Roxanne Thurman, owner of Denver's Cry Baby Ranch.
By Grant Davis
Business News
To Deal With an Aging Population, Thailand Businesses Bet on Demand for Robots and Diapers
Thai elderly care robot Dinsow can not only keep track of your medication and video-phone your relatives, but can also exercise with you and even entertain you with its karaoke skills.
By Reuters
Business News
Macy’s to Shut 100 Stores in Turnaround Push
Department stores have been struggling with stiff competition from online and off-price retailers.
By Reuters
Business News
Adidas Will Bring Its Robot-Staffed Factory to Atlanta in 2017
The company wants to make products fast for U.S. consumers.
Business News
What Nintendo Hopes to Learn From Disney to Turn its Business Around
Due to the wild success of Pokémon Go, it could be sitting on a goldmine.
By Reuters
Building a Business
5 Reasons to Start Locally With Your Product Sales
Starting out selling local can lead to big profits later.
By Tim Linnet
Business News
Apple to Open First Apple Store in Taiwan
The Apple Store is the envy of many in the retail world, with the highest sales per square foot in the industry.
By Reuters
Building a Business
5 Clever Retail Offers That Won’t Eat Your Profits
Your profit margins and brand image don't have to suffer when running sales.
Building a Business
To Reduce Costly Retail Returns Start Listening to Your Front Line People
Nobody is likelier to have ideas for avoiding customer problems than whoever is solving those problems, face-to-face, with unhappy customers.
Building a Business
5 Reasons Your Retail Store Needs a Mobile App
Whether you have a beach town boutique, a shoe shop in the city or a sports store in the 'burbs, you want and need your customers to love your brand.
By Katie Santos
Business News
Walgreens Ends Relationship With Theranos in Latest Blow For Startup
Theranos was once praised for its fast, less-invasive blood testing technology, but the company has found itself in the spotlight after media reports raised questions about the accuracy of its proprietary tests.
By CNBC Staff
Building a Business
Hyper-Growing Fashion Brand Herschel Supply Has Turned Away 500 Investors
This year, its founders expect to sell 6 million units -- up from 8,000 in 2011.
Marketing
8 Ways to Be Certain You Are Selling Solutions Through the Right Channel
No product is so good that people will buy it without ever hearing about it or if they can't find it.
Building a Business
Birchbox Is Redefining the Future of Retail in More Ways Than One
This innovative subscription service demonstrates a different mode of company-building and leadership with an inventive female CEO at the helm.
By Andrew Yang
Building a Business
100 Brilliant Companies to Watch in 2016
Every company on this list has one thing in common: an idea worth fighting for.
Building a Business
Gap to Close 75 Old Navy, Banana Republic Stores Outside North America
The struggling apparel retailer is focusing on its North American market to revive its fortunes.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How This Online Lingerie Shop Is Letting Customers Try Before They Buy
True & Co. has found a way to bring the fitting room to its customers.
Building a Business
Sears Eyes Quick Rollout of Small Stores if Test Is Successful
The move comes as Sears tries to bounce back from a five-year stretch during which it lost more than $8 billion as it closed hundreds of stores and sales dropped sharply.
By Reuters
Marketing
Are Digital Retail Models Taking Over Brick and Mortar?
Start-up consumer brands are gaining noteworthy market share.
By Rob Caucci
Building a Business
Teen Apparel Chain Aeropostale Files for Bankruptcy Protection
After years of losses, the company said in March it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale.
By Reuters