21 Feb Walmart’s Q4 Earnings, Revs In Line
Total revenue of the retailer climbed 1.5% to $129.7 billion (including membership and other income). A challenging retail environment in the U.S. as well...
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20 Feb Nike names Anthony Watson chief information officer
Watson, 38, joins Nike from Barclays Bank, PLC, where he has been their London-based managing director and CIO for Europe and the Middle East, as...
15 Feb Retail sales fall unexpectedly in January
This year's streak of nasty weather is wreaking havoc on the economy, causing plunging worker productivity, soaring heating bills, canceled flights, damaged crops and frozen...
12 Feb Retail CFOs forecast 5 percent sales growth for 2014
According to a new BDO USA, LLP survey, retail CFOs forecast a 5.1 percent increase in total sales and a 4.8 percent increase in comparable...
11 Feb Nike releases Kanye West shoe, it sells out
The shoe was released at Nike.com via the Nike store's Twitter account and sold out in 11 minutes. Footwear analyst Matt Powell has said in...
10 Feb Wyden Open to Trade, Tax Talks as Finance Chairman
Sen. Ron Wyden said Thursday he remains open to consideration of a trade bill and a broad overhaul of the tax code as he prepares...
05 Feb U.S. Highways ‘A Disaster’ In Need Of Gas Tax Increase, Former Transportation Sec. Says
LaHood and Rendell said raising the federal gas tax by about 10 cents a gallon would ensure the Highway Trust Fund remains solvent in the...
05 Feb Why Every Business Needs a Loyalty Program
It costs 6-7 times more to acquire a new customer than retain an existing one. You may have heard this already, but not every business...
03 Feb Chinese New Year: ‘Flood’ of Top Brands Now Marketing to Chinese Residents of North America
Just as no national marketer would miss the opportunity to extend greetings and/or special offers to consumers during the Christmas season, so too are a...
30 Jan Obama’s State of the Union: Give America a Raise
In a State of the Union address that lasted more than an hour, President Obama challenged the Congress to raise the minimum wage, announced he...