Consumers who need a last-minute outfit or swimwear for their Fourth of July celebration are in luck this year. While banks and post offices in the United States will be closed on Thursday, most retail stores will be open on the holiday. Grocery stores and restaurants will also largely remain open. Companies like Target, Walmart, […]
click to enlarge Mexico-based retail and beverage company FEMSA will bring its chain of OXXO convenience stores across the border after striking a $385 million deal with Tennessee-based gas station chain Delek. FEMSA announced the acquisition of 249 DK supermarkets in a press release on August 1. The cash-free and debt-free purchase includes a small […]
Retail stores used to lock up only expensive or regulated items, like phones or cigarettes. But now everything from toothpaste to deodorant is locked away behind plexiglass cases, writes Amanda Mull at Bloomberg. In theory, a customer presses a call button to quickly summon an employee with a key. In reality, it takes forever—often so […]
