#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Peloton and Costco have partnered to sell the Peloton Bike+ at 300 of the club retailer’s U.S. stores and on its website this holiday season. Costco ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Spirit Halloween tests Christmas stores
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Spirit Halloween is ready to exchange goblins for elves this upcoming holiday season. The specialty retailer is testing 10 Spirit Christmas locations...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio dies at 83
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Founder and former chairman of Barnes & Noble Leonard Riggio has died at 83. Riggio had Alzheimer’s disease. He started his career at the New York Uni...
Monday, August 26, 2024
Yankee Candle to lay off 100 distribution operations workers
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Yankee Candle Company will lay off around 100 people working in distribution operations in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Corporate offices in the stat...
Friday, August 23, 2024
Avocado Green Brands names COO, builds out leadership team
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Mattress, bedding and furniture company Avocado Green Brands has built out its leadership team through two new hires and two promotions. The sustaina...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Toy sales stabilize in first half of year
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Toy sales performance is in a different place than it was a year ago. Last year, sales in the category dropped due to a numb...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
ThredUp to exit Europe
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: ThredUp will exit Europe and is exploring strategic alternatives for Bulgaria-based Remix, a secondhand apparel company it acquired in 20...
Friday, July 26, 2024
Macy’s names head of home, food and toys
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Macy’s on Thursday announced that Sabina Israelian-Garcia has been promoted to senior vice president and general merchandising manager of its home, fo...
Monday, July 22, 2024
Makeup brand Seint to change its business model
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Makeup brand Seint will transition from a direct selling business model to “an enhanced affiliate commission structure” starting Oct. 1. The change m...
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Bassett Furniture temporarily shuts down manufacturing facilities following cyberattack
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Bassett Furniture Industries on July 10 identified that a “threat actor” gained unauthorized access to a portion of its IT systems, accor...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Rodan and Fields announces new business model, cuts 100 jobs
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Hair and skin care brand Rodan and Fields on Monday announced changes to its business model, according to a company press release. The c...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Rite Aid confirms cybersecurity breach
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Rite Aid on Monday confirmed that last month it experienced a security breach wherein customer data was acquired. On June 6 an unknown third party i...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Serta Simmons Bedding names CEO
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Serta Simmons Bedding named Jim Loree chief executive officer, effective Monday, according to a company announcement. He is the fourth pe...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Bath & Body Works introduces employee tuition program
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Bath & Body Works on Friday debuted its “Investing in You” program. The effort aims to support the career development, retention and well-being of emp...
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Beyond Inc. acquires Zulily brand for $4.5M
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Beyond Inc. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Zulily’s intellectual property and brand assets, according to a company press relea...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
ThirdLove partners with Neiman Marcus
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: DTC intimates brand ThirdLove on Friday announced a partnership with Neiman Marcus, according to a company press release emailed to Retai...
Monday, December 4, 2023
These 5 people changed retail. Where are they now?
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Every now and then a leader within retail rises up and becomes the person to watch. They grab headlines. They make bold decisions. They shift the focus ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023
The Body Shop sold to private equity
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Parent company Natura & Co. announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to sell The Body Shop to private equity group Aurelius. The beauty co...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Joann CEO exits the company after ‘challenging’ year
#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Joann President and CEO Wade Miquelon retired Monday, according to a company press release. Chief Customer Officer Chris DiTullio and Chie...
Friday, March 31, 2023
The Weekly Closeout: Apple introduces a pay later option and Walmart gives early access to Oreos
#SmallBusiness It's been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week, and what we're still thinking about. From Old Navy’s love of pockets to retail’...