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Like many others, I first began to receive regular correspondence from AARP in my late forties. Despite the group's assertions that I would benefit greatly from becoming a member, I didn't join when I became eligible at 50. This experience flashed into my...

Most Recent Articles On Retail Features with contributions from More Articles By Rosemary Feitelberg with contributions from David Moin Sharon Edelson As investigators in white hazmat suits continued to comb the crime scene from the Boston Marathon...

With 6,700 stores in 12 markets, Tesco is a formidable competitor globally, but Walmart won’t have to worry about competing with the company on its home turf. Tesco this week confirmed earlier indications that it would indeed exit the U.S. market...

NEW YORK — J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia scored another small victory Thursday in their lengthy legal battle with Macy’s Inc. An...

Leave it to a lawyer to file suit over a suit. A Manhattan attorney has filed a $7,646.51 lawsuit against Brooks Brothers for sending him home with the wrong suit and then refusing to exchange it. Robert Ginsberg, a Manhattan negligence lawyer, says he was supposed to be getting a stylish new brownish-gray tailored suit and wound up with a used gray jacket and the wrong size pants. "The jacket was the right size, but it was the wrong color and it was used," Ginsberg told the Daily News.

Tesco is leaving the U.S., saying a number of parties are interested in buying all or part of Fresh and Easy's 200 stores, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot will team up with ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability to expand the National Green Business Challenge, a program that encourages local businesses to take part in a friendly competition to save energy and money,...

Being multidimensional grows in importance as retailers must deliver across a rich range of devices and channels as consumer access grows, emphasizes Lauren Freedman, president of the e-tailing group. Now more than ever, elevating the customer experience is essential for differentiation and survival with Amazon.com a click away for every shopper and a threat to every retailer. Striving for excellence and delivering superior personalized shopping experiences means compelling merchandising and targeted marketing to meet and exceed the expectations of today's connected consumers.

Macy's has filed an appeal challenging a judge's ruling that J.C. Penney can sell unbranded Martha Stewart goods in its stores for now — the latest salvo in a legal war between the two retailers over rights to the domestic doyenne's products. Justice Jeffrey Oing in Manhattan state court said on Friday that J.C. Penney could sell certain Martha Stewart-designed goods as long as they don't carry her name. The decision was a reprieve for the troubled retailer which has already had the products manufactured and is storing them in warehouses. 

Social media has forced brands to be transparent because consumers now want to know more about the companies they patronize. That means the pressure is on for brands to develop a robust content strategy that tells their story. Eighteen months ago, Target quietly began "A Bullseye View," its "online magazine." The site is meant to tell the stories behind Target's products, events, partnerships and other happenings at the company. One thing it doesn't do: pitch products.