Toys R Us: the end of an era in the US
Toys R Us, the iconic company which was founded in 1948 and grew to become the largest chain of toy…
Keep a ‘smart watch’ on Fitbit
Fitbit, which had a successful IPO in 2015, has seen its own share of ups and downs, including some wide…
Amazon stock scales new heights with more jobs
Amazon.com breached a new 52-week high of $1.554.88 on Thursday as news of its intention to create more than 1,500…
Home Depot to pay penalty charges for the improper dumping of perilous waste
Home Depot has been asked to pay a little less than $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the…
Takeovers top the agenda of retailers vying for a digital makeover
American retailers appear to be caught up in an obsessive urge to expand their online capabilities, and most of the…
Households on a spending spree as wealth, borrowings grow
US households are spending more as is evident from the solid holiday season and the continuing buoyancy of the retail…
Amazon’s Second Headquarters – which city will be the lucky host?
Ever since Amazon announced plans back in September to build a second headquarters, everybody has been in a tizzy over…
Who will get the Pentagon’s JEDI?
Fans of Star Wars need not get too excited. This is another kind of Jedi. JEDI stands for Joint Enterprise…