The big business behind the adult coloring book craze
The amateur artists can be found coloring in airport lounges, doctor's office waiting rooms and while they watch TV shows at home. They are forming coloring meet-up groups at libraries...
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Using your chip card at some stores and not at others? Here’s why.
If you're like many shoppers, you've had a momentary blip of confusion - or maybe several of them - at a checkout counter lately. That's because some stores have outfitted...
Whole Foods plans a new grocery chain, but there’s a looming challenge
The year ahead could be a pivotal one for Whole Foods Market. The grocery chain is facing steep competition, and its reputation for being a wallet-buster isn't helping. Which likely...
The meaning of Ikea’s restaurant and meatball makeover
When Ikea executives ponder changes to the restaurants within their sprawling furniture stores, they think about an imaginary customer they've dubbed Sarah. Sarah is the average Ikea diner: She's in...
The true cost to Amazon of the ‘Amazon Tax’
Traditional retailers long have railed against tax laws that allow Amazon.com and others of its online ilk to avoid charging many customers a sales tax on their purchases. According to...
Gilt, once valued at $1 billion, sold to Saks parent for $250 million
Back in 2011, online flash-sales pioneer Gilt Groupe was flying high with a $1 billion valuation and was hoovering up millions in venture capital from investors who believed it was...
What’s behind Kohl’s 170-hour pre-Christmas shopping marathon
Kohl's on Tuesday announced a bid to win the holiday shopping dollars of procrastinators and night owls: The department store plans to stay open for 170 straight hours, starting Thursday...
U.K. retailer Primark to make leap to U.S.
Fast-fashion mainstays Forever 21, H&M and Zara will soon be facing fresh competition from a retailer famous for $3.50 T-shirts, $10 jeans and $5 ballet flats. Primark — which was...
I placed the same order at Amazon, Jet and Wal-Mart. Here’s how they did.
The battle for your e-commerce dollars heated up significantly this summer. When Amazon, the Goliath of the category, held a massive Prime Day sale, Wal-Mart hit back with a rival...
Why Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada are in trouble
On a sunny May morning in New York's upscale Fifth Avenue retail corridor, Carron Ryan stopped to admire a diamond-encrusted Van Cleef & Arpels necklace in the window of the...