(CNN) — Toys “R” Us stores are coming back this year. Richard Barry, CEO of Tru Kids Brands and former global chief merchandising officer at Toys “R” Us, plans to open at least two Toys “R” Us stores this year, according to a person familiar with Barry’s plans. Tru Kids Brands’ owners won the rights… viaContinue reading “Toys ‘R’ Us plans to return in the United States — WHNT.com”
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Retail Game has just Changed
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a stunning move that gives it hundreds of stores across the U.S. — a brand-new laboratory for radical retail experiments that could revolutionize the way people buy groceries. via Amazon Buying Whole Foods In Bold Move Into Brick And Mortar — CBS Denver
Business Retail Markets 2017
“Thousands of new doors opened and rents soared. This created a bubble, and like housing, that bubble has now burst.” – Richard Hayne, Urban Outfitters CEO, March 2017 The devastation in the US retail sector is accelerating in 2017, and in addition to the surging number of brick and mortar retail bankruptcies, it is […] viaContinue reading “Business Retail Markets 2017”
Brick Mortar Trends & Rise of Online
The steady rise of online retail sales should have surprised no one. As Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes, back in 2000, less than 1% of retail sales came from e-commerce. However, online sales have climbed each and every year since then, even through the Great Recession. By 2009, e-commerce made up about 4.0% of total […]Continue reading “Brick Mortar Trends & Rise of Online”
