Retail Articles

Walgreens Q2 Beats Wall Street but Retail Comps Lag

Walgreens Boots Alliance beat second-quarter Wall Street sales and earnings despite a decline in retail comps.

Consumer Interest in Refurbished Goods Keeps Gaining

ThredUp’s annual Resale Report, in its 12th year of sizing up the second-hand market and resale industry, provided a snapshot of current trends driving growth in a sector that’s gaining faster in some cases than retail in general.

Amazon Expanding Palm-Print Identification, Boosting AI Investment

Amazon reported it is expanding palm-print identification through an AI-driven app while the company also boosts an investment in partner Anthropic to fuel more artificial intelligence-based innovation.