Grocery shrink in fresh departments and how to bring it down
Fresh departments carry most of a grocer’s shrink. This is how to measure it by category and fix ordering before markdowns pile up.
Retail Industry
Coverage of brick-and-mortar retail, department stores, supermarkets, and physical commerce trends.
Opening a second store: the checklist before you sign a lease
A pre-lease checklist for retailers about to open location number two, covering the cash, people and systems that usually break first.
Store KPIs worth tracking weekly: conversion, UPT and sales per hour
The short list of store metrics that actually explain performance, how to calculate each one and what a good number looks like.
How to build a store labor schedule that survives peak season
How to schedule store staff from real traffic data so peak weeks are covered without burning payroll in the quiet hours.
The retail store operations playbook: staffing, stock and standards
A practical operations hub for store teams: how labor, inventory accuracy and daily routines decide whether a shop makes money.
Why the next wave of retailer marketplaces will be curated, not open: 3 signals
Signals from Target Plus, Best Buy and marketplace-platform vendors point to a cluster of curated, invitation-only retailer marketplaces launching before the 2026 holiday season. Here is why curation, not breadth, is likely to define the next wave.
Kroger and Brookshire eggs recalled: salmonella pulls 1.6 million dozen
Midwest Poultry Services recalled nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs sold at Kroger and Brookshire Grocery over a possible salmonella contamination across six states. No illnesses were reported, and the recall was triggered by proactive company testing at two Texas farms.
Why a retail restructuring wave is likely by early 2027: the turnaround-CFO hiring signal
A cluster of outsider turnaround-CFO hires at Nike, American Eagle, and Primark points to a wave of retail restructuring and reset guidance from autumn 2026 into early 2027. These are the three signals and what could break the call.
World Cup fuels US retail’s best spending month in four years: hosts win
The 2026 FIFA World Cup helped push US consumer spending to its strongest June in more than four years. Host cities and their retailers captured the bulk of the gains, led by international visitors.
Aldi and Lidl Face a Property Rules Reckoning as the CMA Ruling Nears
Britain’s two biggest discounters are one regulatory decision away from a very different growth plan. The Competition and Markets Authority is expected to publish a …