Pure-play not likely the way in online grocery

U.S. consumers are taking a cross-channel approach to online grocery shopping in which brick-and-mortar retailers are holding their own versus pure-play e-tailers, a CoreSight Research survey finds. Of U.S. adults who...

Kroger, Sprouts Farmers Market on the future of the grocery store

How does the retail grocery industry adapt to the challenges wrought by e-commerce, and the consumer's propensity to shop with their mobile devices and wanting access to more information about...

Amazon Report Sends CVS, Walgreens, Other Drug Distributors Soaring

Amazon has shelved plans to become a wholesale distributor of prescription drugs due to the cost and complexity, CNBC reported. The news lit a fire under shares of beaten-down drug retailers...

U.S. sees slowdown in new grocery space

Addition of new grocery square footage slowed last year as retailers scaled back store openings and smaller formats took hold, according to real estate and investment firm Jones Lang LaSalle...

These 7 international retailers want to make a splash in the US

Most shoppers have probably heard of Zara, H&M, Uniqlo, Aldi or Lidl, all retailers that ventured into the U.S. after they found success overseas. Now, the number of international retailers —...

Reports of Retail's Death Are Premature

Earlier this month, Senator Marco Rubio reacted to news of rising mall vacancies by calling for help for the "millions of workers who will be increasingly displaced." Yet for all the...

How Instacart Is Ramping Up Its Grocery Strategy To Fend Off Amazon

Amazon’s announcement last June of its plan to buy Whole Foods served as a wake-up call to grocers that the threat of e-commerce could no longer be ignored. And grocery-delivery...

Walmart Partners With Postmates To Expand Grocery Delivery, Going Up Against Amazon

Walmart announced Tuesday that it was teaming up with on-demand delivery service Postmates to expand its grocery-delivery business, in another effort to compete with Amazon. The partnership will allow Walmart...

The days of the retail clerk are over

What does the future hold for retail employees? Well, there’s just no way to put it gently. The days of the retail clerk are over. By clerk, I’m referring to...

Kroger to hire 11,000 supermarket workers, including 2,000 managers

Amid sweeping changes in the grocery industry, Kroger announced on Tuesday it is hiring for 11,000 new positions, including 2,000 management roles. It is also investing $500 million in associate wages...