05 March 2014 With more consumers now shopping online instead of in retail stores, operators of brick-and mortar locations are turning their attention to ways in which they can better compete. During recent earnings calls with analysts, executives at such companies as Gap Inc., Abercrombie...
January 19, 2015
The outlook for the retail industry in 2015 looks bright, with lower gasoline prices and decreasing unemployment boding well for consumer spending, Kantar Retail is predicting. Kantar expects retail sales to rise 4.5 percent in 2015, a full percentage point stronger than 2014’s growth of 3.4 percent, the analytics company reported. That number excludes automobile […]