Retail

Recruiting efforts for its stores and distribution centers will kick off on Oct. 14, otherwise known as "National Signing Day." 

Walmart-owned Sam's Club announced Thursday that it will be ramping up its hiring efforts and extending various sales events as it gears up for the holiday season.

Dollar General Corp., the rapidly growing discount chain with over 16,300 stores dotting the rural American landscape, wants to attract more high-income shoppers looking to splurge.

Pabst Blue Ribbon has jumped on two big trends – cannabis and seltzer.

The October bonus will match the funds Lowe's provided to all hourly workers in March, May, July and August, with full-time employees receiving $300, and part-time and seasonal employees getting an extra $150.

Furniture retailer Ikea plans to open a record number of stores this year, even as more shopping is done online. 

NYC-based Milk Bar has new line of tasty treats at Target.

Williams-Sonoma has joined a slate of retailers that plan to close all of their U.S. shops on Thanksgiving Day.

During Dollar Tree's annual hiring event, the company will look to fill full-time and part-time positions within its Dollar Tree and Family Tree stores and distribution centers.

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated a major shift in the retail industry. Traffic to stores evaporated. Online credit-card transactions soared. E-commerce sales in the second quarter rose by 44.5% compared with the same period in 2019 and they now make up 16% of all U.S. retail sales, according to the Commerce Department.

Banana Republic has re-released Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic collar necklace, just two weeks after the late Supreme Court justice died at 87.

The criminal complaint notes alleged wire fraud occurred between November 2019 and February 2020 in which Nguyen used his employee access to falsely and fraudulently issue $96,508.13 in refunds to himself and others.

H&M has been fined more than $41 million for allegedly tracking hundreds of employees’ personal lives on a company database.

Black Friday has long been the unofficial start to the U.S. holiday season, though retailers have been pushing holiday shopping earlier for the last decade or so. This year there’s more urgency.

The pop star shared a photo of a pair of Crocs floating in a swimming pool with the caption “Soon” on Thursday.

The Honest Company is said to be seeking a valuation of more than $1 billion.

Clothing giant H&M plans to close hundreds of stores next year as the COVID-19 pandemic drives more shoppers online. 

The largest mall in the United States is opening a dedicated retail space to businesses encumbered by the pandemic and unprecedented civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

A key measure of demand for big warehouses soared 51% in the first half of 2020 as the pandemic-driven surge in online sales sent companies scrambling for space to store and deliver goods to locked-down consumers.