All Those Empty Stores Set Up Retail’s Comeback

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Once again, we’re hearing the familiar predictions of the demise of retail as the pandemic brings on a deluge of  store closings, especially for those businesses with…

Microsoft to close physical stores, take $450 million hit

Rite Aid deployed facial recognition in hundreds of stores, report finds

Enlarge / A woman wearing a mask walks past a Rite-Aid store in Portland, Oregon, in May 2020. Pharmacy chain Rite Aid deployed facial recognition technology in hundreds of store…

Stores Take Cautious Course in Perplexing B-t-s Season

Click here to read the full article. What if there is no going back-to-schools this fall? Retailers fret the potential impact on business, apparel sales in particular, and are being…