#SmallBusiness Many retailers look to Halloween — a time for parties and an occasion to buy things — as a harbinger of the bigger holiday to come. This year, many consumers remain wary of gathering, with 33% saying they'll get together with fam...
Monday, November 1, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
Boo! 6 stories of retail hauntings
#SmallBusiness Many retailers look to Halloween — a time for parties and an occasion to buy things — as a harbinger of the bigger holiday to come. This year, many consumers remain wary of gathering, with 33% saying they'll get together with fam...
Friday, April 9, 2021
Will suburbia save the mall? #SmallBiz
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an extreme event. The disease outbreak has devastated human health and upended the global economy, and remains a threat after a year despite the rapid development of vaccines. When it comes to business in general...
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Second Amazon exec jumps to Stitch Fix #SmallBiz
Dive Brief: Sharon Chiarella, formerly vice president of community shopping at Amazon, will soon be the second person from the e-commerce giant to join Stitch Fix. The company said Tuesday that starting March 29 she will be its chief product...
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Activist group scales back Kohl's board slate, won't seek control #SmallBiz
UPDATE: March 11, 2021: Kohl's later on Thursday had a scathing response to the activists' latest salvo, saying in a press release that their "proposals threaten to disrupt Kohl's business momentum," that their focus is "on short-termism and f...
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Inventory disruption roils TJX, Ross in Q2 #SmallBiz
The COVID-19 pandemic is smacking off-price retailers TJX Cos., (whose primary banners are Marshalls, TJ Maxx and HomeGoods), and Ross Stores (which runs Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS) in what is normally a strength: inventory. The t...