
More On Retailing
May 20, 2012
hhgregg has announced the impending openings of two new locations, one in Pittsburgh and the other in Parkersburg, W. Va. The latter is the first...
Datavision, the PC and CE online retailer whose high-profile, single brick-and-mortar store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan is in the path of an average...
GameStop shares are trading sharply lower Thursday morning after the video game retailer posted weak results for its fiscal first quarter ended April 28, and...
May 17, 2012
Walmart Thursday posted a first-quarter profit of $3.74 billion, up ten percent from the same period the year before, as sales rose 2.6 percent in...
Long before the digital age, all business was local and social. Customer engagement was paramount. Shopkeepers, barbers and Avon ladies alike intuitively knew that their...
May 16, 2012
Best Buy Tuesday announced that it has reached an agreement with Cooking.com to launch a microsite, featuring cookware and kitchenware, called the Best Buy Kitchen...
"Fairness" was the buzzword in this morning's discussion on CNBC's Squawk Box, as Staples founder and Guitar Center board member Tom Stremberg joined former...
Richard Schulze will be giving up corporate titles when he steps aside as Best Buy Company's chairman and board director, but not the vast...
May 16, 2012
Target reported Wednesday a first quarter profit of $697 million, up from $689 million the same time last year. ...
The use of smartphones is proliferating at a rapid pace. In turn, showrooming - the practice of researching merchandise in a retail store and...


