Eye-on-Retail Daily Tipsheet Archives





Tipsheet: Ellison’s “First Lady” | Retailer Investigates Hugging? | Big Problem with Cashier-Less

  Amazon is reportedly testing its cashier-less technology in larger stores at The Wall Street Journal / The Verge. "The WSJ says that Amazon has improved the software in those (smaller) stores since they’ve opened, but apparently the technology still has trouble in those “bigger spaces with higher ceilings and more products,” according to the WSJ’s sources." Read more | WSJ article...


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Tipsheet: Sam’s New Layout Center | Toy Shortage? | WM NYC Deliv Chief Out

  Early Amazon investor John Doerr is convinced Jeff Bezos will roll out Prime Health at CNBC. Read more   Sam’s Club planning to build corporate childcare facility by Paul Gatling at Talk Business. "Sam’s Club wants to build its development on land it owns at 2300 S.E. S St...expected to be about 17,500 square feet and will hold about 170 children including infants, toddlers,...


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Tipsheet: D.Tree +1% | Amazon Sneaks Baby Ads | Inside Sam’s Club Now | WM Prints Teen’s #

  Dollar Tree Enterprise comp sales +1.0%:  Family Dollar -0.4% / Dollar Tree +2.3% Press release   Express Q3 comp sales flat Press release   Kirkland's Q3 comp sales +1.4% Press release   SNEAKY - Amazon is sneaking ads into baby registries at Fast Company. "And the ads look so similar to actual products requested by parents that many of them have ended up buying...


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Tipsheet: Burlington Beats | Tiffany Misses | Chico’s Craters

  Burlington Q3 comp sales +4.4% Press release   ...Burlington Earnings Growth Crush Estimates; Stock Soars at Investor's Business Daily. Read more   Tiffany Q3 worldwide net sales +4.0% Press release   ...Tiffany misses sales estimates on weak spending by Chinese tourists at Reuters. "Tiffany’s comparable-store sales, excluding the impact of currency changes,...


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Tipsheet: Cyber Mon +19.3% | SCOTUS Skeptical of Apple | CVS/Aetna Approved

  Cyber Monday sales break a record, with $7.9 billion spent online: Adobe at CNBC. "...an increase of 19.3 percent from a year ago...Mobile transactions by themselves grew 55.6 percent Cyber Monday compared with last year to reach $2.2 billion in sales." Read more   ...Cyber Monday was Amazon’s single biggest shopping day in the company’s history at Fast Company. Read more   CVS,...


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Tipsheet: B.Fri Online +23.6% | C.Mon +18%? | Lowe’s Maintenance

  Cyber Monday to test limits of retailers' websites as shoppers scour deals at Reuters. "...expected to be the largest U.S. online shopping day in history, yielding $7.8 billion in sales or 17.6 percent growth over last year, according to Adobe Analytics." Read more   Lowe's, J.Crew, Lululemon, Walmart, and Ulta experienced problems with their websites crashing on Black Friday...


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Tipsheet: WM Asks Fire Survivors to Leave | Target & Lowe’s Call Hi-Lites

  Walmart asks California 'Wallywood' fire survivors to move on by Molly Sullivan & Ryan Lillis at Sacramento Bee. "Multiple evacuees interviewed by The Sacramento Bee Tuesday before the Walmart notice was posted said they wanted to stay close to Paradise in the hopes that evacuation orders would soon be lifted...“We’re not leaving because this is the area that we know everything,”...


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Tipsheet: Messing Outs WM | Lowe’s Exits Mexico | Bezos New Shadow | TJX +7%

  Target Q3 Comp Sales +5.1% / Traffic Growth +5.3% / Online +49% Press release   ...Target shares slide after disappointing 3Q earnings results by Anne D'innocenzio at AP. "Target exclusively told The AP that it’s redesigned the pack stations, while workers’ tasks are now divided into clear roles: pickers, those who prep orders, packers and sorters...They’re also armed with...


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Tipsheet: Waterfront Publix | Carell as Bezos | 55% Shop Before B.Friday

  Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales at CNBC. "CVS spokesman Mike DeAngelis called the lawsuit "without merit" in a statement Saturday...Walgreens said Saturday it doesn't comment on pending lawsuits." Read more   J Crew's CEO is stepping down less than two years into the job at CNN. "...the company said that Jim Brett was leaving because of a disagreement with the board...


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Tipsheet: School Bans Canada Goose | Foran Q&A | Sanders/Rush Attack

  Bernie Sanders targets Walmart with bill that would prevent stock buybacks unless companies pay workers $15 minimum wage at CNBC. "The Walton family, the owners of Walmart, are the wealthiest family in America with a net worth of about $180 billion. Meanwhile, most Walmart retail workers are working for horrendously low wages with minimal benefits," Sanders said in a statement to CNBC." Read...


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