Retail Stores
February 11, 2019 at 2:14 pm
Toys”R”Us has officially emerged as Tru Kids Inc., a new company, with new leadership and a new vision, according to a press release published today. Effective Jan. 20, Tru Kids Inc. doing business as Tru Kids Brands, became the parent company of Toys”R”Us, Babies”R”Us, Geoffrey and more than 20 consumer toy and baby brands. Tru Kids is…
February 11, 2019 at 12:04 pm
Retailers that want to survive in the future need to rethink their relationships with consumers and the experiences they provide them.
February 8, 2019 at 2:47 pm
Sears Holdings got a new lifeline yesterday as its sale to company chairman Eddie Lampert, through an affiliate of his hedge fund ESL Investments, was approved by a federal bankruptcy court judge, according to CNBC. ESL has said the $5.2 billion deal to buy Sears will save 425 stores and roughly 45,000 jobs. While an initial…
February 5, 2019 at 3:24 pm
The National Retail Federation (NRF) is calling for retail sales, excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, to climb between 3.8 and 4.4 percent this year, amounting to as much as $3.84 trillion. That would be less than growth of 4.6 percent in 2018, which the NRF says is its preliminary estimate for retail sales last…
February 5, 2019 at 2:47 pm
While the traditional shopping experience is gone, a new era of retail has arrived, forcing businesses to look at digital solutions.
February 4, 2019 at 1:44 pm
Women’s apparel retailer Charlotte Russe Holdings on Sunday voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
January 31, 2019 at 2:37 pm
The Michaels Companies announced this week that it will close all of its Pat Catan’s stores in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 (March). Pat Catan’s is a retailer of arts and crafts in Ohio and surrounding states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan and West Virginia. Michaels intends to rebrand 12 of the 36 Pat Catan’s stores…
January 31, 2019 at 2:20 pm
From our work with companies across the retail spectrum — from U.K. grocery to U.S. apparel — we witness the ongoing transformations taking place. Here are our perspectives on what 2019 might have in store, and some key questions to ask when evaluating existing and new retail strategies. Social Commerce Boom Increased usage of Facebook,…
January 31, 2019 at 12:31 pm
FAO Schwarz, the iconic toy retailer, closed its last store, the New York City Fifth Avenue flagship, in 2015. Dead and gone? Not quite. The buyer of the FAO intellectual property (purchased in 2016), ThreeSixtyGroup, opened a new flagship in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza on Nov. 16, 2018 to much fanfare. Will this brand revival…
January 29, 2019 at 1:45 pm
Kohl’s announced a strategic collaboration with WW — the new Weight Watchers, a global wellness company — to bring together both companies’ shared passion to empower families and communities to live healthier lives. Kohl’s and WW will pilot several health and wellness offerings throughout 2019 to help customers and Kohl’s associates on their wellness journeys, including the debut…
