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Amazon Cuts Prices At Whole Foods By Up To 43% On First Day

Amazon spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market. At the Whole Foods on 57th Street in M...

Amazon's Price Cuts On Kale Leave Rivals Bracing For Impact

A price war has raged in US supermarket aisles for well over a year, bloodying retailers big and small. On Monday, Amazon plans to toss a smart bomb into t...

Dollar Tree Posts 5.7% Sales Increase In Second Quarter

US retailer Dollar Tree has reported a consolidated sales increase of 5.7% to $5.28 billion in the second quarter of the year. Same-store sales inc...

Walmart Gives Tepid Outlook As Grocery Competition Mounts

Walmart Stores, racing to fend off Amazon and a fresh attack from European grocery discounters, gave a lukewarm earnings forecast for the third quarter&nbs...

Target Boosts Forecast In Sign It's Weathering Retail Woes

Target delivered another sign that its comeback is taking hold as stronger online sales helped brighten the retailer’s outlook. Second-quarter sal...

Target Agrees To Buy Software Firm As It Chases Amazon Online

Target, looking to improve its digital business amid increased competition from Amazon, agreed to acquire a software company that manages local and same-da...

Aldi Partners With Instacart On US Grocery Delivery

Discount retailer Aldi has partnered with American company Instacart to delivery groceries to customers in the United States. Customers will be able to...