Retail

Those polled estimate they'll spend an average of $805 on holiday gifts this year, down from $942 spent last year before the pandemic.

Ikea’s release of its widely anticipated yearly catalog was stalled as the company removed a potentially offensive photograph showing a Black man trying to assemble furniture while wearing a shirt that, to some, resembled an inmate’s uniform.

Hasbro Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Monday, boosted by demand for Monopoly and other board games from stuck-at-home parents looking to keep their children entertained.

Workers at Dollar General are among the lowest-paid employees in the retail industry, despite the company's financial gains during COVID-19, a new report from investment bank UBS that analyzed employee-reported salaries on PayScale.  

The move gives the retailer an edge over competitors due to the fact that the product has sold out two years in a row.

The 93-year old book shop, one of 48 original stores still standing on New York City's famous Book Row on 4th Avenue, has survived the Great Depression, two World Wars, the rise of e-books, and online and big-box bookstores.

Costco is selling at-home coronavirus saliva test kits online. The tests are administered by telemedicine platform AZOVA.

The San Francisco-based retailer said Thursday that it will be closing 220 of its namesake Gap stores.

Restaurants are opening “at a higher rate than one might expect” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data from Yelp.

The new improvements to Google Shopping comes as online searches for "early deals" have begun to surge ahead of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season.

Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago.

The added precautions come in addition to the dozens of measures Target began rolling out in March when the pandemic started.

The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based company said Wednesday that revenue in North America fell 1.6% due to coronavirus-related supply constraints in its third quarter. Backlogs for its products remain higher than usual, the company said.

When it comes to minimizing waste, Burger King aims to be, well, king.

The former president and CEO of Blue Bell Creameries, a Texas ice cream company, was indicted in Austin Tuesday on wire fraud charges in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up a 2015 listeria outbreak that killed three people, according to the Justice Department.

Shopping for home decor just got an upgrade with a mobile video game that lets players buy furniture and decor within its e-commerce store.

The findings show that one in four consumers have finished shopping as early as the first week of October.

Inspiration can come from the least expected places.

Amazon will let corporate employees work from home through June 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple reports.