How will heightening coronavirus restrictions impact the retail industry during holidays?
Kathy Gersch with a 2020 holiday retail forecast
Best Buy 3Q sales rise 21% as consumers continue buying home products
Best Buy Co. Inc. said its sales rose about 21% for the latest quarter as it continued benefiting from online sales and items that help consumers work, learn and cook from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Amazon unveils new tracking, delivery, pick-up options to keep holiday season 'spoiler-free'
Amazon's new options include Map Tracking, Share Tracking, Key In-Garage Delivery, Photo-On-Delivery and pickup at Amazon Hub, 4-star, and Books locations.
These stores will be open on Thanksgiving
Retailers including Target and Walmart are closing their doors this year on Thanksgiving Day to give employees a much-needed day off amid a resurging coronavirus pandemic.
Retail trade group projects robust holiday sales despite uncertainty of coronavirus pandemic
This projection, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, marks a potential increase from 2019.
Dunkin' brings back popular scented candles after limited run
The next best thing to eating doughnuts is smelling them.
Black Friday shopping shifts virtual as retailers offer early deals
Gerald Storch on Black Friday.
How COVID will affect Black Friday, holiday sales and the future of retail: Ex-Nordstrom executive
COVID-19 has flipped the interactive retail model upside-down.
Brewery to deliver beer by reindeer this holiday season
Beer and Christmas make a great pair.
Coronavirus spurred companies to hoard cash. Now they are starting to dole it out.
Earlier this year, when much of the country's economy shut down in the first waves of the coronavirus pandemic, companies withdrew cash from credit lines, stopped repurchasing stock and halted dividend payments amid the uncertainty.
Walmart heirs fund startup developing at-home COVID-19 Tests
The billionaire Walton family that controls Walmart is among a group of investors backing a startup aiming to design at-home Covid-19 tests.
Retailers brace as COVID-19 bears down on consumers and economy
The acceleration of coronavirus cases is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears
Panic buying of toilet paper hits US stores again with new pandemic restrictions
Toilet paper aisles are emptying again as COVID-19 curfews and shutdowns in states from California to New York send pandemic-weary shoppers on a new scramble for essentials.
Mall manager invites Gov. Newsom to Lion Plaza to hear from tenants impacted by California lockdowns
Bill Ellermets on new CA COVID-19 restrictions
Walmart delivering live Christmas trees, installing lights amid coronavirus in a different holiday season
Walmart is spreading Christmas cheer despite the overhang of COVID-19.
Greycroft invests in female-founded Goop, Bumble
Dana Settle on Greycroft investment in Goop
How will the coronavirus pandemic impact the holiday shopping season?
Panel on markets and consumer confidence
McDonald's offering chance to win year of free cheeseburgers with pro football promo
Talk about a touchdown.
NYC on verge of another indoor dining shutdown amid coronavirus spike
The Big Apple could shut down indoor dining next week if the coronavirus infection rate does not slow down, officials privately acknowledge.
Macy's reports 20% fall in comparable sales, eyes surging virus cases
Macy's Inc reported a more than 20% drop in quarterly comparable on Thursday and said it expects that to continue into the fall season, signaling a tough holiday season for the coronavirus-battered department store chain.



















