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Holiday Shopping Season Forecast: Consumers Fight for Deals

U.S. retailers enter the holiday season vowing to control discounting that has wreaked havoc on their results in the past, but competition between stores, consumers trained to expect discounts and a still-recovering economy point to a difficult year.

Retail

Holiday Shopping Season Forecast: Consumers Fight for Deals

U.S. retailers enter the holiday season vowing to control discounting that has wreaked havoc on their results in the past, but competition between stores, consumers trained to expect discounts and a still-recovering economy point to a difficult year.


News & Analysis

Walmart Suppliers Grapple with Challenge of 'Made in USA' Labels

Walmart's 2015 U.S. Manufacturing Summit was advertised as a chance for goods producers to pitch American-made products to the retail giant. But the event also highlighted the challenges facing companies trying to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.

News & Analysis

Walmart Suppliers Grapple with Challenge of 'Made in USA' Labels

Walmart's 2015 U.S. Manufacturing Summit was advertised as a chance for goods producers to pitch American-made products to the retail giant. But the event also highlighted the challenges facing companies trying to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.


Retail

Why Retailers Are Suddenly Desperate to Keep Their Least-Valuable Workers

A modest bidding war has broken out among the retailers who hire from the bottom of the labor pool, buoyed in part by improving sales.

Retail

Why Retailers Are Suddenly Desperate to Keep Their Least-Valuable Workers

A modest bidding war has broken out among the retailers who hire from the bottom of the labor pool, buoyed in part by improving sales.


Retail

US Weekend Sales Fall on Early Discounts, Online Growth

Early holiday promotions and rising online shopping took a toll on in-store U.S. sales during the Thanksgiving weekend as shoppers on average spent 6.4 percent less than they did a year earlier.

Retail

US Weekend Sales Fall on Early Discounts, Online Growth

Early holiday promotions and rising online shopping took a toll on in-store U.S. sales during the Thanksgiving weekend as shoppers on average spent 6.4 percent less than they did a year earlier.


Retail

Black Friday Going Global With US Deals Just a Click Away

Black Friday, the annual rite of retail that commands American attention the day after Thanksgiving, is catching on around the world. People from London to Leipzig to London, Ontario are starting to rush big box stores the next day.

Retail

Black Friday Going Global With US Deals Just a Click Away

Black Friday, the annual rite of retail that commands American attention the day after Thanksgiving, is catching on around the world. People from London to Leipzig to London, Ontario are starting to rush big box stores the next day.


Retail

Tiffany, T.J. Maxx Among Retailers Ignoring Black Friday

NEW YORK, United States — Black Friday weekend is the year's biggest promotional event for most major U.S. retailers, and yet there are prominent

Retail

Tiffany, T.J. Maxx Among Retailers Ignoring Black Friday

NEW YORK, United States — Black Friday weekend is the year's biggest promotional event for most major U.S. retailers, and yet there are prominent


Retail

Retailers Mull Whether To Open on Thanksgiving

NEW YORK, United States — As the holidays near, retailers face a dilemma: Open on Thanksgiving and stand accused of ruining a national holiday or

Retail

Retailers Mull Whether To Open on Thanksgiving

NEW YORK, United States — As the holidays near, retailers face a dilemma: Open on Thanksgiving and stand accused of ruining a national holiday or


Technology

The Secret Journey of a Fashion Piece — Part 3: Logistics and Supply Chain

NEW YORK, United States — A customer browses the racks of her favourite store, pausing now and again to peek at a label or a price tag. Eventually,

Technology

The Secret Journey of a Fashion Piece — Part 3: Logistics and Supply Chain

NEW YORK, United States — A customer browses the racks of her favourite store, pausing now and again to peek at a label or a price tag. Eventually,


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Peter Copping Exits Nina Ricci, Caroline Brown to Donna Karan, Coty CEO Departs

LONDON, United Kingdom — BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Peter Copping Exits Nina Ricci, Caroline Brown to Donna Karan, Coty CEO Departs

LONDON, United Kingdom — BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Tiffany’s New CEO, Vanhee-Cybulski Joins Hermès, Sykes Leaves Nicole Farhi

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.