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Think Tank: Why Amazon Can’t Deliver Luxury Retail

Amit Sharma, chief executive officer of Narvar, explains.

Holiday Margin Worries Arise as Retailers Cut Prices

Online sales, steep promotions and tough competition have experts worrying over retail bottom lines.

UPS Inks Deal With Optoro, Readies for 5.8M Packages to Be Returned

UPS also said its National Returns Day will be on Jan. 5.

Deeper Promotions This Week Will Mitigate Margin Tailwinds

Expect intense discounting this week as retailers seek more share-of-wallet from last-minute shoppers.

Super Saturday Weekend: Good, but Not ‘Super’

Discounts are expected to be deeper in this last week leading to the Christmas and Hanukkah holiday…

Hatmaker Love Your Melon Has Raised Over $1.5M to Fight Pediatric Cancer

Love Your Melon has also built a volunteer network of 11,000 college students.

Amazon Suffers ‘Super’ Saturday Outage

Shoppers reported the outage around 6 p.m. for about 30 minutes on Amazon.com, its mobile site and its…

Amazon to Build New Logistics Center in Italy

Located in the Piedmont region, the new logistics center will employee 600 people.

Amazon Delivers First Drone Package

Amazon's Prime Air is being tested to deliver packages that are up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less, and…

Moody’s Said Q3 Margin Growth at Wal-Mart, Target Should Help Q4 Results

Moody's said retailers have to expand the shopping basket because selling low margin doorbusters will crush…

Metro AG Breaks Business Into Two Entities

The spin-offs are still subject to shareholder approval.

Emarketer Sees 60% of U.S. Consumers Using Digital Banking in 2017

The firm expects 150.7 million adults "will access their bank, credit card, or brokerage accounts at least…

Citi Retail Services Taps Former GE Exec for Commercial Credit Card Role

The company named Keith Burks as its new "head of commercial cards."

What’s Next After Amazon Adds In-House Basics?

Experts weigh in on Amazon's push into private label and ponder the possibility of physical stores for…

Fast Fashion’s Secret Sauce: Keep Inventory Planning to a Minimum

L2's report explores some of the key tactics that have made fast fashion a success.