Many big retailers are discounting heavily and earlier this holiday season to clear excess stock from their shelves and warehouses. But others, with no substantive overhang of inventory, are…
Some warehouse workers have been preparing for the seasonal rush of orders and deliveries by learning to hand-tie ribbons and to carefully hand-write notes as luxury brands seek to reproduce…
Retail finance chiefs are entering the busiest shopping season of the year with declining profit margins as their companies offer more discounts to compete for sales and clear out excess…
Stores’ self-checkout machines can annoy shoppers with error messages about unexpected items in the bagging area and other hiccups. But for some disabled people, they are often unusable. …
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — In a brightly lighted warehouse tucked along an industrial road about 45 minutes east of Boston, a yellow-plated, gooseneck-like mechanical arm stretched one recent…
Slumping markets have investors pulling back from funding startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to choke an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like…
Retailers this holiday season are focusing on delivering packages to customers on specific dates, rather than competing on speed of delivery.The shift marks an easing in a race for delivery…