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Byline: Isatou Ndure TikTok Shop’s 37% growth for the week ending 11 July 2024 saw the social commerce platform taking share from fast fashion giants Shein and Temu, which had [...]

In the midst of a market share battle during a delivery demand downturn, FedEx and United Parcel Service (UPS) are enhancing their returns services to assist retailers in reducing the [...]

Walmart once again is looking to compete directly with Amazon's Prime Day. The retail giant is holding 'Walmart Plus Week' through July 13. One analyst said Amazon's competitors are looking [...]

Chicory reported it has released the results of a new national grocery consumer research study, Online Grocery Usership Changes from Pre-Pandemic to Present. According to a media release, the results [...]

Oppenheimer analyst Rupesh Parikh is more confident in Walmart's ability to translate a strong top line into healthier bottom line EPS growth down the road after meeting with management. The [...]

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak said his analysis shows that Amazon (AMZN) gained 1.5% of U.S. apparel market share in 2017, largely at the expense of department stores. He estimates [...]

In the Home Accents Today annual ranking of the Top 50 home accents retailers, it's no surprise that behemoth Wal-Mart again tops the list. The mega-retailer sold $4.8 billion in [...]

The retail world for food and beverages is a prime example of survival of the fittest -- or at least of the biggest. The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart is the [...]

One formidable competitor many independent d-i-y retailers face isn't a 'big-box' warehouse store. It doesn't even carry lumber, electrical conduit or pipe insulation. Nevertheless, nearly 80 percent of hardlines retailers [...]

In case you needed any hard evidence that Wal-Mart represents a real danger to your business, Ken Stone has it. Stone, an economics professor at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, [...]

It usually starts as a rumor. They are coming. A story's printed in the local paper, announcing that sites have been selected. Then one morning you reach in your mailbox [...]

Sears, Roebuck & Co. maintained its perennial position as the top retailer for vacuum cleaner sales in 1991, but that position was challenged more closely as such mass merchants as [...]

Byline: Katy Askew Asda emphasised today (15 November) that it has been able to win over market share as it reported slightly higher third-quarter sales. The UK arm of Wal-Mart [...]

Byline: Jon Springer IN OMAHA, where Warren Buffett built an empire behind shrewd investments and impeccable timing, food retailers are also moving to position themselves for fortune. In many recent [...]

Byline: Elliot Zwiebach KROGER CO. and Wal-Mart continue to battle it out in Little Rock, Ark., with Wal-Mart extending its lead this past year. The 12 Wal-Mart Supercenters and two [...]

Jennifer Marks, Editor-In-Chief The recent winners at retail -- basically, Walmart, off-pricers and dollar stores --share a common assertion: This new market share is ours and we're going to hang [...]

By Cecile B. Corral Bentonville, Ark.-- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s president and ceo, Mike Duke, tried to dispel suspicions that the discount department store chain's recent performance 'is just a result [...]

Amazon's shock 12.7bn [pounds sterling] deal to buy US grocery chain Whole Foods Market has savaged supermarket shares on both sides of the Atlantic. But winners and losers of Amazon [...]

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.3 percent, or 158 points, to 12,121 Monday, retail stocks slid deep into the red as investors fretted over Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s weak [...]

Byline: Michael Rudnick Mass merchants and wholesale clubs are not only the market-share leaders in floor care sales, but are soon approaching a majority position, as these retailers suck up [...]

Byline: Joel Ceausu Overall US produce sales are soaring, but supermarkets are still losing market share to Wal-Mart, according to government figures. The US Department of Commerce reports retail produce [...]

NEW YORK -- It looks like low-priced merchandise is still king in the junior sportswear market. According to a recent survey conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, teens and tweens prefer [...]

* Wal-Mart is on the verge of totally dominating the U.S. grocery retailing industry, according to an equity research report from Banc of America Securities, San Francisco. With estimated grocery, [...]

Houston drivers are voting with their wheels at the gasoline pumps. The grocery stores and 'hypermarts' that began selling gasoline at discounted prices last year have cut into the market [...]

NEW YORK -- Mass market general merchandise retailing is overwhelmingly a story of the dominance of national chains, and of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. above all. The regional discount store operators [...]

The news that Wal-Mart will soon become the country's largest company in terms of annual sales, reported recently by the New York Times, chilled me. The numbers will shake out [...]

High Point -- Results were mixed for companies on Kids Today's second quarter scorecard. All but two companies showed a revenue increase; only nine achieved a profit increase for the [...]

Cincinnati-based supermarket operator Kroger Co., boosted by acquisitions, moved ahead of Sears Roebuck and Co. to become the nation's second-largest retailer behind Wal-Mart, the National Retail Federation reports. Wal-Mart led [...]

Wal-Mart has become Canada's largest department store chain, and has doubled its market share in the process, according to a report by Toronto-based consultant Kubas. Wal-Mart now holds 31% of [...]