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New York State Mandates Panic Buttons for Retail Workplaces

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (RSWA), mandating the installation of panic buttons in the workplaces…

UPDATE: 7-Eleven Parent Rejects $38.5 Billion Acquisition Bid

[Update as of Sept. 6, 2024] The board of Seven and i Holdings, which operates more than 80,000 7-Eleven convenience stores, has…

Colorado Court Puts Kroger-Albertsons Merger on Hold

A Denver District Court judge has stopped the Kroger-Albertsons merger in its tracks, cancelling a planned Aug. 12 hearing and setting a…

UPDATE: Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rite Aid Restructuring Plan to Cut $2 Billion in Debt

[Update as of July 2, 2024] U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan has approved a restructuring plan for Rite Aid that would cut…

Nordstrom Considers Going Private — Again

Erik and Pete Nordstrom, the CEO and President, respectively, of Nordstrom, want to explore a transaction that would take the company private….

UPDATE: Restructured Body Shop UK to Shutter 75 Stores, Lay Off Nearly 500 Employees

[Update from 2/29/2024] The UK administrators of The Body Shop have provided more details on how many stores will remain open as…

JD.com Wins Antitrust Suit in China; Alibaba Fined $140 Million

JD.com has won a lawsuit against rival Alibaba Group in the High People’s Court of Beijing, which fined Alibaba 1 billion yuan…

Consumers Just Keep Spending Online: Here’s How to Keep it Going this Holiday Season and into 2024

August’s overall retail sales in the U.S. showed continuing resilience, with actual growth of 0.6% after economists polled by Reuters had predicted…

Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Until someone invents a Star Trek-style replicator (“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.”) that delivers pretty much any item to a consumer with science…

Reports: Walgreens Settles Opioid Claims with New Mexico for $500 Million

Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay New Mexico $500 million to settle a 2017 lawsuit that claimed the pharmacy chain helped…

CNBC: To Fight Inflation, Walmart CEO Seeks to Keep Private Label Prices Low

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon wants the retailer to do its part in fighting inflation by keeping prices on its private label products…

Ukraine Crisis: Retailers React With Direct Support, Charitable Efforts and Product Boycotts

Retailers across the globe are reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in multiple ways: some are refusing to carry Russian products like…

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New York State Mandates Panic Buttons for Retail Workplaces

UPDATE: 7-Eleven Parent Rejects $38.5 Billion Acquisition Bid

Colorado Court Puts Kroger-Albertsons Merger on Hold

UPDATE: Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rite Aid Restructuring Plan to Cut $2 Billion in Debt

Nordstrom Considers Going Private — Again

UPDATE: Restructured Body Shop UK to Shutter 75 Stores, Lay Off Nearly 500 Employees

JD.com Wins Antitrust Suit in China; Alibaba Fined $140 Million

Consumers Just Keep Spending Online: Here’s How to Keep it Going this Holiday Season and into 2024

Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Reports: Walgreens Settles Opioid Claims with New Mexico for $500 Million

CNBC: To Fight Inflation, Walmart CEO Seeks to Keep Private Label Prices Low

Ukraine Crisis: Retailers React With Direct Support, Charitable Efforts and Product Boycotts

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