Management

For retailers, the mobile inbox has become an extension of the storefront. Promotional alerts, order updates, loyalty rewards and curbside pickup confirmations increasingly reach customers through text messaging. SMS continues to outperform email in engagement, and consumers routinely open and act on messages delivered directly to their phones. Yet as retailers rely more heavily on…

Target on Tuesday posted another quarter of falling revenue and decreased customer traffic at its stores, though its shares rose as the retailer’s earnings beat estimates and it said it's poised to end its sales slump, reports CNBC. The big-box retailer, which is in the middle of a turnaround effort, said sales and traffic trends…

As domestic markets mature and competition intensifies, retailers are increasingly looking beyond their home borders for growth. Cross-border e-commerce is no longer reserved for enterprise brands with unlimited budgets. It has become a viable and strategic expansion path for retailers of all sizes. In fact, global retail e-commerce sales are forecast to reach $6.8 trillion…

Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims that the retailer misled delivery drivers about the pay and tips they could earn. The FTC alleged Walmart caused drivers with its delivery service, Spark, to lose tens of millions of dollars worth of earnings by showing them inflated figures for what…

For retailers everywhere, a primary objective for achieving success in 2026 is converting global demand into revenue. In an interconnected world, your brand can be discovered by a global audience across platforms and languages. A consumer in Argentina, for example, may encounter your brand through an English search result automatically translated into Spanish, without any…

A group of about 20 Senate Democrats on Monday revealed legislation calling for full refunds following the Supreme Court ruling that President Donald Trump's imposed tariffs were illegal. Separately, FedEx filed a lawsuit on Monday demanding a full refund, according to the BCC. The Supreme Court ruling last week — which said that Trump overstepped…

U.S. retailers now face a heightened antislavery risk at the border. Picture a routine day at a busy port. An inspector opens a box of imported snacks and notices a small logo. The shipment stops immediately. U.S. Customs and Border Protection detains the goods and flags related shipments at other ports. Inside the company, teams…

The U.S. Supreme Court said President Trump's tariffs policies imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) are unconstitutional, dealing a major blow to the president's signature economic policy. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 6-3 opinion. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented. Writing for the court's majority, Chief Justice John…

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday said it was formally opening an investigation into the fast-fashion retailer Shein over the company's sale of childlike sex dolls and what the EU called the company's "addictive design," according to multiple news sources. The BBC reported that the European Commission — the EU's executive arm — will examine…

Lowe's has cut approximately 600 corporate and support roles, impacting less than 1 percent of its total workforce. The move is aimed at strengthening the home improvement retailer's focus on frontline associates and better aligning resources to support stores and employees. A number of LinkedIn posts indicated employees impacted worked in product design, UX and…