Retail Industry

As a part of the publication’s LeaderBoard 2022 study, RIS News has included Appriss Retail in their Top 20.

A new report from the Food Research Collaboration, based on analysis by Lisa Jack, shows that the supermarkets’ business model is surprisingly fragile.

Kroger is the nation’s largest supermarket by revenue, and only six companies in the nation employ more people. At that scale, it’s natural for the company to have relationships with a who’s who of service providers.

Key control can be a complicated balancing act due to managing many moving parts and pieces while also keeping stakeholders happy.

Employers are facing more severe talent shortages than they have seen in decades. While the particulars differ, the evidence of talent shortages is widespread.

The 2020 National Retail Security Survey revealed shrink was at an all-time high, accounting for 1.62 percent of a retailer’s bottom line, costing the industry $61.7 billion.

Art Lazo is vice president of asset protection at 7-Eleven. He has held various operational and loss prevention roles at other retailers including Toys“R”Us, Home Depot, Circuit City, and Sears Holdings.

Nearly 180 million Americans shopped during the five-day holiday period from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation and Proper Insights & Analytics’ annual survey, released today.

Quickly becoming a defining trend in physical retail, the store-in-a-store concept shows no sign of running its course anytime soon.

After almost two years of meeting virtually, RILA's annual conference will be held in-person Feb. 20-23, 2022, in Dallas, Texas.