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Kroger Forecasts Drop In Sales As Pandemic-Led Demand Tempers

Kroger Co signalled a bigger-than-expected slowdown in sales of groceries this year as a pandemic-fuelled demand that helped it top expectations for fourth...

Target To Spend $4bn A Year To Speed Up Delivery As Pandemic Spurs Online Gains

Target Corp will invest $4 billion annually over the next several years as the big box retailer upgrades stores and strengthens its online busine...

Ahold Delhaize's Quarterly Sales Top Estimates Following Online Boost

Ahold Delhaize, a major operator of supermarket chains in the United States and Europe, has reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales, driven by a...

Kroger To Pay $100 To Workers Who Get COVID-19 Vaccination

Supermarket chain Kroger Co is to give $100 to workers who get a COVID-19 vaccination, joining a growing list of U.S. retailers incentivising employees to...

U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Rise 3% As Online Shopping Booms: Mastercard Report

U.S. retail sales rose 3% during this year's expanded holiday shopping season from Oct. 11 to Dec. 24, a report by Mastercard Inc said,, powered by a pande...

Costco Beats Q1 Estimates As Grocery Demand Booms During Pandemic

Costco Wholesale Corp beat market estimates for first-quarter profit and revenue as pandemic-wary consumers staying at home bought more groceries, liquor a...

Kroger Raises 2020 Same-Store Sales Forecast As Customers Stockpile

US supermarket operator Kroger Co raised its 2020 same-store sales forecast on Thursday, as a resurgence in COVID-19 cases has prompted customers to stock...

Costco Sees Sales Up 16% In First Quarter

Costco Wholesale Corporation has announced a 16.0% increase in comparable sales in the first quarter of its financial year, to $46.33 billion (€38.2 b...