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Dollar General Climbs As Bid To Entice New Shoppers Pays Off

A makeover at Dollar General is beginning to get results. The retailer posted strong sales on Thursday, boosted by new customers streaming into the disc...

Retailers' Goal Of Challenging Amazon Hindered By Labor Woes

Brick-and-mortar retailers hoping to fend off Amazon need to deploy the one weapon that could set them apart: top-notch customer service, provided by actua...

Walmart To Change Name, Reflecting Shift From Bricks To Clicks

What’s in a name? For Wal-Mart Stores, it’s what’s not in the name that counts. The world’s biggest retailer announced plans to...

Whole Foods Prices Creep Back Up In Aftermath Of Amazon Takeover

Amazon completed its takeover of Whole Foods with a bang in August, announcing a price-cutting push that generated headlines and boosted store traffic....

Kroger Surges Most Since 1993 As Concerns About Amazon Fade

Kroger is finding its stride, even as competition heats up in the cutthroat grocery industry. Shares of the grocer, battered for months by pessimism aft...

With Expectations Low, Retailers See Victory On Black Friday

Bricks-and-mortar retailers did enough things right on Black Friday to consider the event a success, even if the crowds of past years haven’t returne...

Dollar Tree Posts 6.3% Sales Increase In Third Quarter

US discount retailer Dollar Tree has reported a consolidated sales increase of 6.3% to $5.32 billion in the third quarter of its financial year. Sa...

Lone Star Feasted On Grocery Chain That's Fighting For Its Life

Shed no tears for Lone Star Funds, the private-equity firm that invested about $150 million in a buyout of the Bi-Lo grocery chain in 2005. By some...