Discover how same-store sales metrics reflect retail performance and aid investor analysis. Understand this key factor in ...

The National Retail Federation (NRF) just unveiled its 2023 forecast, and there are good things in store for the nation’s online and brick-and-mortar retailers. During its third annual State of Retail ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a freelance writer specializing in retail and ecommerce. While opening physical stores in the digital age may seem ...

Apple's retail operation turns 25 years old today, marking a quarter century since the company opened its first stores on May 19, 2001. Steve Jobs personally guided members of the press through the ...

Slowing consumer spending, reduced availability of credit and rising penetration of e-commerce may contribute to the closure of 50,000 retail stores by 2027, UBS analysts led by Michael Lasser said in ...

At their core, brick-and-mortar stores should be the physical manifestation of a brand — a distillation of its promise and the experience it aims to create for shoppers and associates alike. Now, as ...

US retailers like Nordstrom Rack and Walmart are expanding in 2026. However, store closures outpace openings so far.

For the first time since 2016, major US retailers opened more stores than they closed in 2022, according to a recent report from Coresight Research. Retailers opened 5,103 stores last year and closed ...