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A nationwide coordinated crackdown on retail crime — what authorities are calling the first of its kind — led to hundreds of arrests in 28 states last week. The blitz, led by Illinois’ Cook County regional organized crime task force, involved more than 100 jurisdictions and over 30 retailers including Home Depot, Macy’s, Target, Ulta […]
Shoppers are increasingly exploiting return policies with various scams to defraud companies, and it is costing retailers billions. While retailers have tried to mitigate returns, they amounted to $743 billion in 2023. Of that, about $101 billion was fraudulent, according to the National Retail Federation. This problem is getting more sophisticated as shoppers grow increasingly duplicitous, such […]
An attendee wearing a Super Mario costume uses a Nintendo Switch 2 game console while playing a video game during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, April 11, 2025. Isabel Infantes | Reuters Nintendo on Friday announced that retail preorder for its Nintendo Switch […]
Atlantic Avenue west of Barclays Center – once known for Arab food shops, antiques discounters and too many empty storefronts – has become the hot new kid on the block in Brooklyn retail. It isn’t nearly as pricey as Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue and North Sixth Street, where global brands abound. But its growing mystique as […]
Shoppers outside a Target store ahead of Black Friday, in Clifton, New Jersey, Nov. 26, 2024. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images As the holiday season heats up, retailers are getting a fresh opportunity to attract even the most selective shoppers and persuade them to splurge on discretionary items such as party outfits, […]
A Macy’s store is seen at Herald Square on December 11, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Inflation may have cooled, but retailers are still staring down a holiday season with plenty of uncertainty. Several hard-to-predict factors will influence consumers’ spending, as they deck the halls and look for the […]
The doctor’s is on Third Avenue from Bloomingdale’s North to East 79th Street. So does the dentist, veterinarian and cryotherapist in your neighborhood. Once known for sportswear, the corridor now resembles a mile-long health and fitness fair rather than a traditional shopping street. The twenty blocks along the middle-class (by Manhattan standards) spine of the […]
