Retail

The shareholder proposal filed by the pension funds urges Starbucks directors to commission and publicly release a third-party assessment of the company’s compliance with its stated commitments to honor workers’ collective bargaining rights.

The more retailers can push consumers to purchase early and smooth out the December bump of holiday shopping, the better goods will flow.

Murphy also said he is confident New Jersey won’t have to put more taxpayer money into the American Dream megamall project in order for it to survive. “I’m confident to say that I think this thing is turning the corner,” Murphy said.

The era of aggressive outlier bids for grocery-anchored shopping centers is over as capital costs rise, say the sector’s players.

The use of the vernacular by professional brands is a kind of pressure release; an acknowledgement that seamless polish can be off-putting.

Nordstrom’s report reinforces how decades-high inflation is impacting shoppers—and in turn retailers—differently. Companies that cater to the highest and lowest ends of the income spectrum are holding up better than those that rely on middle-class...

Although grocery stores have anchored strip malls for decades, traditional supermarkets and groceries haven’t been a dominant presence at indoor US malls.