“Japanese Cherry Blossom” has brought in $1.5 billion over the last 20 years. Can the company’s close-knit network of suppliers come up with the next big thing and improve sales?
Category: Shopping and Retail
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Gas Stations Gain When Oil Prices Start to Drop
President Trump is berating gasoline retailers for keeping prices high. Evidence suggests the business has grown more profitable.
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Saks Emerges From Bankruptcy With a New Plan and Corporate Name
The retailer, renamed Exemplar Luxury Group, is ditching anything that isn’t focused on high-end department store shopping.
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Apple Just Closed Its First Unionized U.S. Store
The company said it had shuttered a Maryland location because of “declining conditions” in a surrounding mall. The union accuses Apple of retaliation.
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Retailers Say Squeezed Shoppers Are Focused on Deals
Walmart, Target and TJ Maxx reported increases in sales, but shoppers are seeking out low-price items and cutting back in some categories, a potentially worrying sign for the U.S. economy.
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Walmart, Target and TJ Maxx Attract Shoppers Squeezed by Energy Prices
The retailers reported increases in sales, even as higher fuel costs drove up the cost of everyday goods.
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Greg Hyman, Co-Creator of Tickle Me Elmo, Dies at 78
An electronics wizard, he was already a veteran inventor when he collaborated with Ron Dubren on an idea for a toy that giggled. The rest is retail history.
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Powered by A.I., Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years
Using a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box to answer longer queries, introducing a video-generation and video-editing tool and simplifying online shopping.
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Calls for ‘No Seed Oil’ Push Companies to Order Up Butter and Beef Tallow
Businesses are finding different (and more costly) ways to fry foods as shoppers demand alternatives to seed oils as part of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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Calls for ‘No Seed Oil’ Push Companies to Order Up Butter and Beef Tallow
Businesses are finding different (and more costly) ways to fry foods as shoppers demand alternatives to seed oils as part of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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Consumers Spent More in April Despite High Gas Prices
Retail sales rose 0.5 percent despite higher prices for gas, food and other goods. But there are signs consumers are under some strain.