Prime Day lifted the broader e-commerce tide, Saks emerged from bankruptcy under a new name, and the gap between retail's momentum stories and its strugglers remained as wide as ever. Online retail...

A broadly solid earnings season gave retailers a moment to breathe – but leadership shuffles, legal battles, and a billion-dollar denim deal kept the industry anything but quiet. With an uncertain outlook...

From a data firm's surprise apparel drop to a San Francisco store run by AI, April offered a retail landscape caught between bold experimentation and stubborn structural pressure. Data analysis firm Palantir...

The passing of David Simon, the executive who defined the modern American mall, anchors a month of uneven earnings, stubborn tariff uncertainty, and a retail landscape still sorting its leaders from the...

February highlighted the widening divide across retail. Live-commerce platforms are accelerating a new entertainment-driven model of selling, while department stores continue restructuring and market leaders double down on operational discipline. The retail...

January made it clear that retail’s future is arriving faster than many expected. As AI-powered commerce moves from experimentation to monetization, retailers are simultaneously confronting leadership upheaval, cost pressures, and store-level resets...

December underscored the uneven terrain retail is navigating as the year winds down. From balance-sheet pressure in luxury to cautious consumer spending and selective bright spots in loyalty and fundamentals, the industry...

November brought strong earnings, leadership shakeups, and a clearer view of how major U.S. retailers are positioning for 2025. With Walmart and Kohl’s raising outlooks, Target doubling down on modernization, and AI...

October brought sweeping layoffs and structural resets across retail’s biggest players as companies recalibrated for profitability in a cooling economy. Yet amid the cost-cutting, green shoots emerged, from JC Penney’s earnings lift...

August closed on a stronger note than expected for U.S. retailers, with monthly sales outperforming forecasts and offering a degree of reassurance after a turbulent summer. Yet beneath the headline growth, the...