With more than 60 million Americans forecast to own a tablet computer by the end of this year, retailers say tablets are driving an increasingly larger share of their web revenue, according to the 2012 Shop.org/Forrester Research State of Retailing Online survey.
For the second time in a week, financially troubled women
Dillard’s plans to close its Nashville distribution center, placing 125 employees out of work.
Kitchen/home goods merchant Williams-Sonoma has named Anna Last its new senior vice president and creative director.
The cash-strapped U. S. Postal Service will consolidate its network of 461 mail processing locations in a two-phased plan.
In an effort to get more products to more customers, Macy’s expect to see 292 of their department stores work double duty as fulfillment centers for online orders just in time for the holiday season.
First-quarter sales for Staples slipped 1%, to $6.1 billion, for the three months ended April 28. Direct sales from its North American Delivery Business — which includes the Staples and Quill catalogs and online businesses as well as the Staples contract delivery business — grew 2%, to $2.6 billion.
J.C. Penney has announced its overall sales for the quarter ended April 28
Talbots and Sycamore Partners may strike a deal yet. Talbots extended an exclusivity agreement with Sycamore Partners in an attempt to finalize the acquisition.
Best Buy chairman Richard Schulze will step down from his position after an independent investigator determined he knew former CEO Brian Dunn was having an improper relationship with an employee, but did not report it to the board.