‘Retail’ Archive

Textbooks for Apple’s Tablet?

by Alexandra Biesada, January 25, 2010, 8:56 am

Not since Moses came down from Mount Horeb with the Ten Commandments has a tablet been the focus of so much attention. As most of you probably know by now, Apple may …

Record holiday Web sales

by Alexandra Biesada, December 30, 2009, 2:56 pm

If your family is like mine, it set a record for online shopping this holiday season. We purchased gifts for grandparents, nephews, brothers, spouses, and other friends and relations from e-tailers that included …

The H1N1 Vaccine: Coming to a Drugstore Near You

by Alexandra Biesada, December 17, 2009, 1:24 pm

Drugstore operator CVS appears to be playing catch up with archrival Walgreen in the race to vaccinate Americans against the …

Retailers plan for a safe Black Friday

by Alexandra Biesada, November 20, 2009, 12:59 pm

After years of whipping shoppers into a frenzy with predawn doorbuster deals, US merchants …

Hardcover Books at Paperback Prices

by Alexandra Biesada, October 23, 2009, 1:30 pm

With the nation’s biggest mass merchants competing to deliver the latest mass market titles for the holidays, the prices of select hardcover books have fallen below what most people expect to pay for a lowly paperback. Add in …

Gloom on the Ginza

by Alexandra Biesada, October 9, 2009, 12:32 pm

Japan’s appetite for luxury goods was thought to be insatiable. For years, purveyors of high fashion and other luxury items, such as France’s …

For whom the bell tolls

by Jeff Dorsch, October 2, 2009, 12:11 pm

It’s been a numbing, rough year in the automotive industry, thanks to the recession and the resulting downturn in consumer spending. Chrysler and General Motors went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and cut …

A Retail IPO: OMG!!!

by Alexandra Biesada, September 11, 2009, 2:35 pm

The trendy teen apparel chain rue21 has filed to go public in what, according to Hoover’s IPO Central, is …

Cautious Optimism on the Retail Front

by Alexandra Biesada, September 4, 2009, 1:22 pm

August has come and gone without the big bounce in sales that retailers have come to expect when kids head back to school. Despite the tax holidays (…

$750 Million Dollar General

by Alexandra Biesada, August 21, 2009, 12:46 pm

After much anticipation and speculation, buyout firm KKR & Co. made it official Thursday by filing to take dollar store …