Follow stories on Costco and big-box stores; Amazon and bookstores; Starbucks and food and beverage retailers; Nordstrom and department stores; REI, Nike, Blue Nile and Coinstar. Also covered are grocery stores (PCC, Safeway, QFC, Fred Meyer, Kroger, Haggen); consumer spending, restaurants, fast food, clothing, e-commerce, auto sales, hotels, airlines, sales tax, credit cards and Black Friday.
With $20.2 million raised, the pro I-1634 campaign now trails only the fossil fuels-industry backed opposition to a statewide carbon tax among the largest campaigns...
The United States is withdrawing from a treaty that lowered costs for Chinese companies to ship packages here, part of President Trump's efforts to punish...
The original "everything store" is a reminder that colossal success is always at risk.
Even as Amazon's devices business grows in scope and ambition, the company continues to refine the Kindle, the first hardware Amazon built when it debuted...
The retailer says it will do more of what it has been doing in recent years: closing stores and borrowing more money from its controlling...
New private equity owner Transom Capital Group intends to expand the Seattle chain of salons and spas.
