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Zappos wants you to think outside the box. Beginning with the box itself. On June 1, the online retailer will begin shipping some shoes in a very cool new box (designed in-house) that features a collection of template designs printed on the inside encouraging recipients to fold, cut and otherwise reuse the box into items like…

When Pinterest and Instagram introduced click-to-buy features last summer, the hope was that they would help brands turn mobile browsers into shoppers. After all, mobile represented just 16 percent of e-commerce dollars in 2015, compared to 84 percent on desktop, according to comScore. But these buy buttons haven’t quite taken off as hoped. They generate very…

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Monday that it has named two new brand presidents. Stacia Andersen will lead the namesake Abercrombie & Fitch brand, along with Abercrombie Kids, responsible for all product and consumer-facing activities. She was recently the senior vice president of merchandising for Target Corp. Kristin Scott has been appointed brand president for Hollister. She…

Millions of Americans have experienced the following at a CVS: You buy one pack of gum, and the register ends up printing out a two-foot-long receipt filled with coupons. Don’t worry though: Parent company CVS Health is finally in on the joke. Helena Foulkes, president of CVS/pharmacy, confirmed on ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that the retailer…

George Zimmer has a deal up his sleeve. It’s been three years since the entrepreneur — who famously promised “You’re gonna like the way you look. I guarantee it” — was ousted from Men’s Wearhouse, the company he founded in 1973. But he has been jonesing for his suit empire ever since, despite launching two startups that…

Kroger has big expansion plans in 2016. How big? Enough to build both the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati and the Great American Tower at Queen City Square — five times. Enough to rebuild the Brent Spence Bridge — twice. Enough to buy Convergys and Chemed combined — not just the downtown buildings, but both entire companies. Kroger's not just…

New rules around overtime pay will be implemented in one fell swoop across the U.S. come December. But the ripple effects are expected to be far less uniform. Instead, the change is expected to put greater pressure on those retailers with a large number of small stores in low-cost markets, where companies will be required to…

At Google’s I/O conference, Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) research unit offered an update on its interactive textiles project unveiled last year, Project Jacquard. ATAP’s Ivan Poupyrev announced that the company was collaborating with iconic clothing company Levi’s to launch a “connected” smart jacket aimed at urban cyclists that will allow wearers to do…

It’s clicks meet bricks in the brave new world of Amazon.com. Reports have it that Jeff Bezos and company plan to open more of their Amazon Books locations as well as more drive-up grocery stores. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Bezos told a small group at the company’s annual shareholders meeting last week that…

Target has tapped its largest market, California, to test several potential changes to the look of its future stores. In a pilot program called "LA25," the discounter has taken its 35 top store enhancements that it's been testing across the country and put them all together in 25 stores in Los Angeles. Some of the enhancements include sleeker apparel…