Changes in retail consumption habits were the focus of the Puerto Rico Retailers Association (ACDET, in Spanish) annual forum, entitled “The Next Generation of Retail, Are You Ready?” Online sales, which have picked up in response to restrictive measures taken to curb the spread of COVID-19, are forcing retailers to look at security tools and […]
While most retailers have jumped on the trend of offering customers the ability to buy groceries online and picking them up curbside or in-store, big box retailer Costco Wholesale is still not considering adding that option just yet. During a conference call to discuss its quarterly results, Richard Galanti, executive vice president and CFO for […]
U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the 2011 holiday season that got its start Nov. 1 has reached $12.7 billion, marking a 15 percent increase versus the same period last year, according to comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, said Sunday.