Douglas County commissioners passed a measure Tuesday that requires hundreds of retail stores in unincorporated parts of the county to file a report with law enforcement when thieves…
Read more Douglas County adopts law requiring stores to report theft — but drops fines for failing to do soFrontline workers are the foundation of every industry—from retail and healthcare to hospitality and field services. Yet for years, they’ve been asked to increase productivity and deliver more…
Read more Frontline AI in action: How AI-powered tools are reshaping work where it matters most – Microsoft in Business BlogsA man who rammed a vehicle into the front of a Petaluma jewelry store Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31, was attempting to thwart a robbery, according to police. The…
Read more Police: Bystander rammed car into Bay Area jewelry store to block armed robbersApplejack Wine & Spirits, a staple of the Denver area since the 1960s, has been sold to ABC Fine Wine & Spirits in Orlando, Florida. ABC, one of…
Read more Colorado staple Applejack Wine & Spirits sells to Florida companyAs any local shop owner will tell you, running a brick-and-mortar business in the age of Amazon is an uphill battle. That’s a lesson that Amazon itself has…
Read more Amazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores—showing logistics and tech aren’t enough to make old-school retail work | FortuneShare In the lead-up to the 2025 festive season, economic headlines were dominated by a familiar sense of trepidation. Predictions of a “Drab December” and a lacklustre “Golden…
Read more Ignore the doom-mongers: e-commerce had a strong December, says Parcelhero – Tech DigestA.I.-native commerce is collapsing the traditional funnel and forcing brands to rethink visibility, trust and control. Unsplash+ For the past decade, it seems that while technology has become…
Read more 2026: The Year Retail Stops Searching and Starts ThinkingLife happens, and sometimes things like buying Christmas presents or last-minute holiday necessities get pushed right up to the wire, even to Christmas Eve. Luckily, plenty of stores…
Read more Boston woman does last-minute shopping at T.J. Maxx. Too bad it’s the cashier’s ‘first day on Earth’: ‘He’s probably on his twelfth 10-hour shift’Australian shoppers are splashing big cash in the post-Christmas sales, but some small businesses say they are not feeling the love. The week between Christmas and New Year…
Read more ‘We won’t survive’: Small retailers missing out on Boxing Day salesBeing a bystander to shoplifting puts people in a weird, sometimes dangerous, spot. You don’t know if you should say something, ignore it, or just get out of…
Read more ‘You better step away from me’: North Carolina woman walks into Walgreens. Then she catches a customer putting items into a pink Sephora bagSAN JOSE — Peters’ Bakery, the 90-year-old San Jose institution, is hoping the public can help them identify the person who caused chaos in the shop this December.…
Read more San Jose bakery seeks public help following attackAs a C-suite advisor working closely with retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, I am seeing a consistent pattern across the industry. Leaders recognize that AI has…
Read more Supercharge Your Retail and CPG AI Strategy in 2026Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot…
Read more One Bay Area city tried an innovative program to deal with its abandoned shopping cart problem. Here’s what happened.Elliot Hill took over as Nike’s CEO in October 2024. Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images Elliott Hill, a longtime Nike executive, came out of retirement last year to…
Read more Nike CEO Elliot Hill’s Turnaround Plan Hits a Roadblock In ChinaA report released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed retail sales in the U.S. were roughly flat in the month of October. The Commerce Department said retail…
Read more U.S. Retail Sales Unchanged In October As Auto Sales TumbleChange is hard. Making change keeps getting harder. Owners of restaurants, cafés, and other retail businesses across the U.S. continue battling a worsening shortage of pennies after the…
Read more The Penny Shortage Could Eat Into Your Profit Margin. Meanwhile, Investors Are Spending Millions on ThemOpening a beauty package you order online should be a dopamine-filled little treat. When one Ulta customer picked hers up, however, she says the box felt wrong right…
Read more ‘This happened to me last year with Nordstrom’: Ulta customer orders $200 perfume. Then she opens the boxIf you only looked at the numbers, you’d think Black Friday was business as usual—just bigger. And, to be clear, it was definitely bigger. Adobe, which tracks more…
Read more Black Friday Broke Records. The Real Story Is How AI Changed the Way We ShopThis is a story about a man who wanted to get an oil change at his Subaru dealership. Really, though, it’s a story about what happens when companies…
Read more A Customer Just Wanted an Oil Change. Then an AI Bot Made Everything WeirdThe economic picture hasn’t looked very rosy: Hiring has been sluggish. Consumers have been dealing with soaring meat prices. Layoffs are rippling through companies. But despite those concerns,…
Read more Shoppers hit Black Friday sales with celebratory mood despite economic strain