PURCHASE, N.Y. – Retailers had much to cheer about this holiday season. According to Mastercard SpendingPulse, holiday retail sales increased 3.4% with online sales growing 18.8% compared to 2018. Mastercard SpendingPulse provides insights into overall retail spending trends across all payment types, including cash and check. “E-commerce sales hit a record high this year with
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — BJ’s Wholesale Club has named Lee Delaney to serve as chief executive officer. He succeeds Christopher Baldwin, who has been named executive chairman. Baldwin will also serve as a strategic advisor to Delaney. The company also appointed Thomas Kingsbury, the former CEO of Burlington Stores Inc., to its board of directors. The moves
CARLISLE, Pa. – GIANT Food Stores is striving to make its stores more appealing to parents by making them more entertaining for children. The retailer on Thursday introduced a new kid-friendly augmented reality experience in 15 stores in the Harrisburg, Pa., market. And the day before, GIANT opened new Berenstain Bears themed play areas for
BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. announced on Thursday that it is offering one- to two-hour delivery service at selected Albertsons Cos. pharmacies in Louisiana, Texas and the District of Columbia, decreasing the time patients must wait to receive critical medications. The new one- to two-hour delivery service is now available at Albertsons Cos. pharmacies in
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Stater Bros. Markets said Thursday that it plans to build a new store Whittier, Calif. The new outlet, which will be built from the ground up, will replace a former Stater Bros. store that was located at 11750 Whittier Blvd. The company expects to break ground on the Whittier site in
NEW YORK — L’Oréal’s CeraVe brand has introduced Acne Foaming Cream Cleanser with benzoyl peroxide and Resurfacing Retinol Serum as the two latest additions to its portfolio of therapeutic skin care products developed with dermatologists to meet the needs of acne-prone skin. “Acne is a common skin concern that affects millions of people both physically
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. on Thursday reported better-than-expected third quarter sales and earnings. The company also narrowed its fiscal 2020 earnings forecast while maintaining its revenue guidance. The results lifted the retailer’s shares more than 20% to over $10. Net income from continuing operations was $52.3 million, or 98 cents per share.
CHICAGO — Kantar and IRI have launched a new closed-loop growth solution for CPG brands that is designed to help achieve better results throughout the whole advertising cycle. According to both companies, the combination of IRI’s sales data and Kantar’s brand data will enable clients to more effectively measure and optimize marketing programs against two
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – KlicO Inc. is launching KlicO Eco-Refill Pods for household spray cleaners that offer consumers small concentrated pods that fit on empty reusable spray bottles to create ready-to-use full strength cleaners. “Getting another plastic bottle to the market was not what our world needed these days,” said KlicO founder Dionysis Keramidas. “We
WASHINGTON — The Saturday before Christmas continues to be the biggest shopping day of the year , according to survey results released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, which estimates that 147.8 million U.S. consumers are expected to participate this year, up from 134.3 million last year. “While many people started
UNION, N.J. — Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said Tuesday that six top executives have left the company, as part of an extensive restructuring of its leadership team. Those leaving the company include the chief merchandising officer, chief marketing officer, chief digital officer, chief legal officer and general counsel, and the chief administrative officer. The
NEW YORK — The holiday shopping season got off to a rousing start on Thanksgiving weekend, and early results show that omnichannel retailing and shopping has clearly come into its own. According to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation (NRF) by Prosper Insights & Analytics, a record 189.6 million Americans shopped from Thanksgiving