Retailers with rail-heavy networks may need to reevaluate their long-term exposure. That doesn’t mean abandoning rail altogether, but it does require stress-testing the network for ...

Prime sprinted into more than 90,000 retail locations worldwide—without first validating real, sustained consumer demand. That’s a risky formula. Shelf space comes at a premium. ...

Retail doesn’t get to choose the larger policy environment, but it can shape its own brand integrity. In today’s fractured regulatory landscape, where politics drive ...

Maybe Family Dollar needs to buy a zombie brand like Bed Bath & Beyond or Sears for linchpin products that consumers still value and can’t ...

Lululemon’s chances of prevailing and being compensated for lost profits, receiving royalties and/or unspecified damages are slim to none. In such cases, it isn’t enough ...

They say necessity is the mother of invention, but that goes for calamity too. Bloomberg recently reported that Robert Keely, who runs a guitar pedal ...

Malaysian consumers are remarkably optimistic in these gloomy times—even by Asian standards. Can it last long enough for global brands to make use of it?

Hotel Chocolat’s Thirlwell described the acquisition of the 250-acre Rabot Estate in Saint Lucia and transforming it into a boutique hotel as “destiny.” After a ...