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New York City -- Wal-Mart Stores no longer is employing greeters during the overnight shift at its approximate 3,000 U.S. supercenters, Bloomberg reported. For the past six months, the chain has been reassigning greeters at supercenters to other jobs, the...

Kohl's announced that it's entered into a purchase agreement to build a new e-commerce distribution center in DeSoto, Texas. Expected to open in summer 2012, the building will fulfill Kohls.com purchases.

Groupon has partnered with SmartDigital, a technology company that makes interactive touchscreen kiosks, to offer daily and location-based deals through terminals in heavily trafficked areas. The deals will start appearing on SmartDigital kiosks today and be rolled out to more than 100 machines throughout Chicago over the next 90 days.
 

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Office Depot Inc. debuted its new, small-format store in Hoboken, N.J., on Jan. 21. Created by Office Depot specifically to serve “on-the-go” customers in an urban setting, the Hoboken store represents a new retail format for the...

Bon-Ton Stores said its Chief Executive Bud Bergren will move on to become the chairman of the board, and the company named Brendan Hoffman as its new top executive. Hoffman joins the department store operator after a stint at Lord & Taylor LLC, which was acquired by Hudson's Bay Co.

The U.S. online retail industry experienced strong growth over the 2011 shopping season compared to the same period last year, according to data analytics from iGoDigital, the market and technology leader in personalized product recommendations and guided...

Crocs is in the process of transitioning into a lifestyle brand and the company plans to use its retail stores to communicate the changes to consumers. To do so, Crocs has come up with a revamped design for its new stores with plans to incorporate some of the new features into its existing locations.

MINNEAPOLIS — Target has promoted John Mulligan to the position of EVP and CFO, effective April 1. Mulligan currently serves as SVP finance. He replaces Doug Scovanner, Target’s EVP and CFO for the past 18 years, who announced his retirement in November...

J.C. Penney is reportedly planning layoffs that could affect all its stores. The department store chain is cutting positions that involve retagging and putting up temporary signs, according to the New York Post. The layoffs are expected to hit all 1,200 U.S. stores.

Target Corp. is exploring pricing changes to counter the practice of "showrooming," or using mobile pricing apps to check out and scan the price of products in stores only to purchase them at a less expensive price online. "What we aren't willing to do is...