Recent retail news includes CVS adding self-care SKUs designed with input from the disabled community, and Whole Foods planning to install Amazon technology in stores that lets shoppers pay with a wave of their hand.
Once dormant Zellers is continuing its comeback with plans to open more pop-up shops and permanent store experiences inside Hudson's Bay department stores.
More than half of U.S. consumers planning to shop the July 11-12 sales event say they'll spend the same amount as they did in 2022, and 23% expect to spend more, according to a report from Slickdeals.
As elevated prices persist, overall U.S. retail spending on non-essential general merchandise and CPGs increased 2%, despite a decline in unit sales, according to market research firm Circana.
