21 Sep Retailers plan to bump up hiring this holiday season
The retailers' plans seem to jibe with a recent survey conducted by ManpowerGroup that indicated that 18 percent of 18,000 U.S. employers surveyed planned to...
Economic news
18 Sep Five years after Lehman, is the bubble reinflating?
If anything, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are more central to the housing market than ever. The regulator of Fannie and Freddie can make the...
29 Aug Supply Chain Costs: Middle East rumblings boost oil and gas prices
Still, in the week since a suspected chemical weapons attack against Syrian rebels killed hundreds, oil prices have jumped $7 a barrel to $110.10. That's...
23 Aug BRIEF: US retailers see uneven sales
The International Council of Shopping Centers reported that chain-store sales were down 1.9 percent for the week ended Aug. 17 compared with the previous week....
20 Aug Skechers laces up profit while trying on a new apparel line
Skechers is cautiously rolling out a new apparel line. The company has joined with Li Fung in Hong Kong, a global supply-chain management company, to design...
19 Aug Trucks drive retail revolution in fashion, other business areas
Aspiring entrepreneur Brenda Aranda of Stockton opened her cozy business selling jewelry, maxi dresses, jeans and other rocker chic fashions out of a truck this...
14 Aug Q2 Athletic Footwear Sales Analysis
2nd quarter highlights and breakdowns by region, prices and brands of the Athletic Footwear Market. ...
14 Aug July retail sales a ‘mixed bag,’ up slightly on back-to-school buying
the National Retail Federation called the report a "mixed bag for retailers," saying that the economy appears to be stuck in a rut....
13 Aug NPD Releases 2013 Footwear Retail Landscape Report
This report, part of NPD’s The Retail & Brand Landscape Series 2013* , is a syndicated market research report that takes an in-depth look at...
09 Aug Retail sales miss forecasts in July, raise back-to-school worries
A monthly gauge of same-store sales from Thomson Reuters found 4.2 percent growth from a year earlier, though analysts had expected a 4.4 percent uptick....