Friday, December 3, 2021

The Seattle Times Retail – The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times Retail – The Seattle Times


‘Flash mob’ robberies roiling U.S. retailers, traumatizing workers

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 05:18 AM PST


Retail executives and security experts believe the rise of such robberies is a result of a shortage of security guards, reluctance by police and courts to pursue shoplifting offenses, and the growing use of social media as an organizational tool.

A journalist, a philosophy major and the mad scramble for video game consoles

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 04:00 PM PST


New gaming consoles remain in short supply this holiday season, spawning cottage industries of tipsters and scalpers making money off their scarcity. Here's a peek inside the mad scramble to find game consoles and other electronics.

Holiday shoppers navigate shortages with mixed results

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 06:32 AM PST


The holidays have always been defined by disappointing out-of-stock messages on the most popular items. But pandemic-induced supply chain snarls have created unprecedented shortages across all types of products and pushed shoppers to make changes.

In Denmark, a snow storm means people overnight in an IKEA

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 01:34 AM PST


In northern Denmark, six stranded customers and about two dozen employees spent the night in a IKEA furniture store, sleeping in the beds that are usually on show.

Lululemon sues Peloton over patent infringement

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 05:09 PM PST


Lululemon, the athletic apparel retailer, filed a lawsuit against Peloton on Monday, accusing the fitness company of patent infringement over the designs of a new line of leggings and sports bras.

U.S. consumer confidence falls to a nine-month low in November

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 02:46 PM PST


U.S. consumer confidence decreased to a nine-month low in November as accelerating inflation and a pickup in COVID-19 cases weighed on Americans' views on the economy.

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