Retail News

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.

A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Target Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profit as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' appetite for spending.

It's common for companies to make big cash donations after a disaster. But following Monday's tornado in Oklahoma City, several firms are going beyond writing a check, offering help through the use of their equipment, staff, buildings and other in-kind donations.

A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds at a London charity auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.

A Caldwell man is in jail after police say he hit a cyclist with an SUV, and then left from a WinCo Foods driveway on Monday night.

Police are asking the public to help identify the suspect in a May 17 Damascus bank robbery, shown here in a frame from a surveillance video.

With Millenials due to control about 30% of food retail sales by 2020, the 'click and collect' model of ordering food online and then picking it up at stores may be the best solution for food retailers, says the co-CEO of Whole Foods.

Bond was set at $3 million Saturday for a Romeoville man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Joliet teenager found stabbed in the chest in the parking lot at Jewel-Osco, 20 S. Weber Rd.

Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.

Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.

Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery.

The 17th Street Sheetz was evacuated on Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered outside of the business.

Gary Van Elslander and his family live in this home on Whittier in Grosse Pointe Park, photographed May 17, 2013.

Longmont officials, acting as the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority, have filed a condemnation petition against Dillard's in Boulder County District Court, asking the court to set a price for the clothing store and allow LURA to take possession of it.

A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in Mexico.

L.L. Bean announced on Monday that Leon Gorman, who has led the iconic Maine retailer in various roles for roughly 45 years, has stepped down as chairman of the company's board and handed the reins to his nephew.

Sotheby's director of the department of printed books and manuscripts Dr Philip Errington poses for photographers with a first edition copy of the first Harry Potter book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" containing annotations and illustrations by author J.K. Rowling, during a photocall organized for the media at the auction house's ... (more)

's stock had its "sell" rating reiterated by investment analysts at Shore Capital Stockbrokers in a note issued to investors on Monday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

Sewickley Academy was recently awarded a $2,000 grant for its Secret Garden through the Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grant Project.