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Target Corp announced on Monday that it had named Shekar Natarajan for the newly created role of senior vice president, network planning and operational design. Natarajan will oversee design of the company's direct-to-store and direct-to-customer supply chain systems and report...

Clearing the air of rumors about Walmart scrapping plans to set up food-only stores in the country, Walmart India said that the company is yet to come up with a final decision and is still at an evaluation stage. Responding...

Mobile commerce continues to grow at a rapid pace and retailers have been tasked with figuring out exactly what the ever-evolving consumer wants. The idea is to provide better, integrated retail solutions to a consumer who flits seamlessly between...

Walmart on Thursday welcomed the four-tier tax structure for GST, but aerated drink makers like PepsiCo and Coca Cola were guarded in their response, saying they will wait for the details to emerge. The GST council has approved a four-tier...

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have topped the rankings of best-in-class manufacturers in the 2016 annual U.S. PoweRanking survey released by Kantar Retail on November 03, 2016. Competition also intensified in the retailer rankings, with Walmart and Kroger finishing in a virtual...

Retailers like Walmart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are investing heavily to make more products available for same-day store pickup, staffing the pickup counter with more workers and stocking inventory closer to those workers to shorten wait times, a key consumer...

Walmart has announced a US$ 50 million strategic investment in New Dada, China’s largest local on-demand logistics and grocery O2O e-commerce platform. The investment is an extension of Walmart’s broader agreement with JD.com and cooperation with New Dada, which...

Last Thursday, Walmart Stores Inc made the announcement that it plans to slow down on new store openings and instead concentrate on its e-commerce business. This shift in strategy comes in part of its acquisition of Jet.com. In his blog,...

Walmart has nearly doubled its stake in Chinese online retailer JD.com, according to a financial document disclosed on Wednesday. In a form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bentonville, Ark.-based company said it owns 265 million shares, or...

In what is being seen as a spin-off of the Welspun disaster, US-based retailer J C Penney has said it will be offering refunds to shoppers who purchased certain towels and a comforter set. This, even though the retailer is unable to...