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Crate & Barrel CEO to Exit Retailer

Crate & Barrel’s CEO Neela Montgomery will exit the company after around three years. Get the details.

Lucky Brand Files Chapter 11, Closing Some Stores

The apparel brand and retailer entered into a stalking horse asset purchase agreement with SPARC Group, operator of Aéropostale and Nautica.

3 Small and Sustainable Steps for Retail Recycling

Implement smart recycling solutions in the retail industry is rich but can often seem overwhelming to those in charge of handling day-to-day operations. It doesn't have to be.

The ODP Corporation Names Terry Leeper as Chief Technology Officer

The ODP Corporation, parent company to Office Depot, OfficeMax, and CompuCom, has named a former Amazon and Microsoft exec its new CTO. Find out who snagged the top tech position.

Walmart’s Self-Checkout Store Cuts Associate Training to Less than a Day

Walmart shared details on the self-checkout-only experience at its Fayetteville, AR, store, designed to improve traffic flow and reduce training time.

Rite Aid Developing New BOPIS Services to Scale Digital Growth

Rite Aid increased its e-commerce fulfillment capacity by 700% in just three weeks during its fiscal first quarter, as its previous efforts to strengthen its digital capabilities were given a COVID-19 stress test.

A Retailer is Only as Strong as its Digital Infrastructure

Retail networks are under more pressure than ever. Here’s how savvy retailers are achieving high-performance enterprise digital infrastructure while offloading the management burden.

Top 100 Retailers 2020

RIS’ annual look at retail’s top power players and the percentage of the massive retail market they control.

Social Distancing Proves To Be Music to Sweetwater’s Ears

Sweetwater, a music retailer that’s nearing $1 billion in annual sales, found itself in the center of a perfect storm as one of the unexpected non-essential retail beneficiaries during the coronavirus health crisis.

Microsoft Closing All Retail Stores

Retail associates will instead provide sales, training and support remotely and from corporate facilities.

Macy’s Layoffs: Restructuring Includes 3,900 Employee Reduction

The department store chain is another retailer that’s been hit hard by the effects of the widespread, COVID-19-prompted store closures in the spring.

JCPenney Closing 13 More Stores; Puts Some Closings on Hold

The struggling retailer filed Chapter 11 in May as its multi-year turnaround efforts were no match for the widespread store closures enacted to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

GNC Files for Bankruptcy, Closing Up to 1,200 Stores

GNC has filed for bankruptcy and expects to accelerate the closure of at least 800 to 1,200 stores. Find out what new tech it's rolling out in the process and what this means for its mall locations.

Retail’s Best Place to Work in IT in 2020

The annual Computerworld and Insider Pro ranking, now in its 27th year, uses such criteria as career development, training, retention and benefits to rank IT work environments.