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Foot Locker Reports Rough Q1 as It Readies New Formats, Loyalty and Omnichannel Strategy
Foot Locker Reports Rough Q1 as It Readies New Formats, Loyalty and Omnichannel Strategy
May 19, 2023  |  Earnings

Foot Locker struggled in the first quarter amid wide-ranging changes to the athletic footwear and athleisure retailer’s physical footprint, brand mix, digital and omnichannel efforts....

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Target Faces Profit Losses, Rethinks In-Store Operations Amid Rising Retail Crime 
Target Faces Profit Losses, Rethinks In-Store Operations Amid Rising Retail Crime 
May 18, 2023  |  Earnings

Big box retailer Target has become a focal point for significant theft incidents, which has left a considerable dent in its profits.  Consequently, the retailer,...

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Home Depot Sales Dip 4.2% in Q1, Execs Point to Order Fulfillment as Bright Spot
Home Depot Sales Dip 4.2% in Q1, Execs Point to Order Fulfillment as Bright Spot
May 16, 2023  |  Earnings

The pandemic home improvement wave has crested, as evidenced by first quarter results reported by The Home Depot, which is seeing a deceleration in its...

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Retail Sales Rose Slightly in April After 2 Months’ Decline
Retail Sales Rose Slightly in April After 2 Months’ Decline
May 16, 2023  |  Economy

U.S. retail sales climbed slightly in April following two months of decline. Figures from the Commerce Department released Tuesday (May 16) showed spending increasing a...

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Growing Online Payments Fraud Puts Retailer Data Security in the Spotlight
Growing Online Payments Fraud Puts Retailer Data Security in the Spotlight
May 16, 2023  |  Retail

PYMNTS asked business leaders for their take on how to plan for the rest of 2023 and what they are telling their teams to focus...

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Visa Partners With Prove for Faster Customer Onboarding
Visa Partners With Prove for Faster Customer Onboarding
May 10, 2023  |  Authentication

Identity verification firm Prove has teamed with Visa to speed up customer onboarding. The partnership, announced Wednesday (May 10), gives Visa clients access to Prove’s Pre-Fill identity verification solution, which lets...

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Inflation Cools as Consumers Continue Cutbacks
Inflation Cools as Consumers Continue Cutbacks
May 10, 2023  |  Economy

Inflation continued slowing last month, good news for consumers as many of them curtailed spending. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in April, the...

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Costco Reports Declines in eCommerce and Discretionary Sales in April
Costco Reports Declines in eCommerce and Discretionary Sales in April
May 09, 2023  |  Retail

At Costco, eCommerce and discretionary items saw declines in sales in April. During the four weeks that ended April 30, the membership warehouse club recorded...

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Affluent Consumers Temper Spending as Recession Concerns Mount
Affluent Consumers Temper Spending as Recession Concerns Mount
May 08, 2023  |  Economy

The latest data from the Federal Reserve released Monday (May 8) show that consumers think inflation’s here for the long term. And higher-income households are...

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