This week the Department of Commerce published September retail sales figures, and despite all the jabber about a solid back-to-school season, sales growth slowed considerably ...

Having followed Gap and Gap Inc. for 25 some years, I’m intrigued with the many growth opportunities the $16+ billion company still provides. As an ...

Last Friday the Department of Commerce released its August retail sales figures. Total sales rose 5% compared to August of 2013. The business and economic ...

Consumer spending increased by 3.7% in June, the highest 12-month smoothed monthly increase in almost two years, according to data released last week by the ...

Last week the US Department of Commerce released its most recent monthly sales and inventory figures for the retail industry. Total sales rose to almost ...

There’s a new way to grow profits and hit it out of the park with consumers, employees and shareholders. It’s “Moneyball for Retail” – finding ...

On a recent afternoon I was stopped in the mall by a foreign tourist looking for American gifts to take back home. All the clothing ...

While Stephen Elop was describing the culture of a Finnish telecom company he could easily have been referring to many western retail organizations today, specifically ...