>"Many retailers will close their stores on Thanksgiving Day, citing safety concerns and gratitude for their employees."

"Companies hope that by making price increases hard to see, they can escape notice and avoid a customer backlash."

>"The retailer said its sales for the three months that ended on Oct. 30 were $5.4 billion, and it posted a net profit of $239 million."

>"Proof that the online future has arrived: The biggest e-commerce company outside China has unseated the biggest brick-and-mortar seller."

>"The shuttering of a store in Baltimore is a sobering reminder of the realities of capitalism in a moment when corporations are promising to support Black _...Read More_

"A new antitrust case shows that Prime inflates prices across the board, using the false promise of 'free shipping' that is anything but free."

[https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/costco-bringing-back-its-sample-stations-week-n1269339](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/costco-bringing-back-its-sample-stations-week-n1269339) >"As the vaccination rate continues to climb, grocers including Costco and Sam's Club are beginning to relaunch demos and sampling."

"The pandemic has changed how Americans shop, from wider aisles to curbside pickup."

>"Some companies are grooming their own data scientists after the pandemic accelerated the shift to e-commerce. Levi’s, for example, is _...Read More_

>"Retail sales held steady in April after rising 10.7 percent the previous month, as Americans continued to spend government stimulus payments."

[https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/l-brands-spin-victoria-s-secret-august-n1266917](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/l-brands-spin-victoria-s-secret-august-n1266917) >"L Brands said it received interest from multiple potential buyers, but its board concluded that the spinoff would fetch more value than a _...Read More_

>"The pandemic is terrible. It can also be tedious. And that tedium is shaping what people buy and how productive they are."

[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/08/reform-business-rates-or-risk-a-high-street-collapse-say-firms?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/08/reform-business-rates-or-risk-a-high-street-collapse-say-firms?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter) "The government launched a fundamental review of the _...Read More_

"As online shopping sees its biggest season ever, hackers are sending fake delivery notices impersonating Amazon, UPS and FedEx, with scams up 72% from last _...Read More_

>"The season is adding pressure on retailers, strained by a pandemic surge in e-commerce and limited by shippers, to deliver gifts on time."