It is 2025, and a brand that once defined American shopping now survives with just five stores scattered across four states. From a peak of roughly 3,500 locations, Sears has all but disappeared from ...

Retail is quietly shedding human workers as automation moves from pilot projects to everyday practice. Instead of a sudden ...

A counter-intuitive trend seems to be rippling through the retail industry. In the context of a relatively healthy (at worst lukewarm) economy at the moment, and in spite of a tight retail vacancy ...

January retail sales unexpectedly decreased by 0.8% from December 2023, potentially signaling an economic slowdown or recession. Interest rate-sensitive cyclical sectors, such as building materials ...