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Retail Sales Jump 5.3% Due to $600 Stimulus Checks
Pedestrians carry shopping bags in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
After three months of declines, retail sales soared a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in January from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Feb. 17.
February 17, 2021Walmart to Build More Robot-Filled Warehouses at Stores
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NEW YORK — Walmart is enlisting the help of robots to keep up with a surge in online orders.
January 27, 2021Retail Sales Fall 1.1% in November for Biggest Drop in Seven Months
A nearly empty parking lot at the Mall of New Hampshire on Dec. 10, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press)
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, the biggest drop in seven months, as Americans held back on spending at the start of the holiday shopping season.
December 16, 2020Amazon Opens Online Pharmacy, Shaking Up Another Industry
An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van on Oct. 1. (Steven Senne/Associated Press)
The online colossus opened an online pharmacy Nov. 17 that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door in a couple of days.
November 17, 2020Retail Sales Rose 1.9% in September, the Fifth Consecutive Month of Growth
Sales associates greet a customer at a store in San Francisco. (Michael Short /Bloomberg)
NEW YORK — Retail sales in the U.S. rose 1.9% in September, the 5th consecutive month of growth.
October 16, 2020Retail Sales Rise for 4th Straight Month as Growth Slows
Signage is displayed outside a Century 21 department store in New York on Sept. 14. The company filed for bankruptcy with plans to shut down. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Americans kept spending in August, but the pace of that growth is slowing as millions of people who lost jobs have now lost a $600-a-week boost in their unemployment checks.
September 16, 2020Amazon’s Carbon Footprint Grows 15% Despite Green Pledges
A newly constructed Amazon fulfillment facility is seen in Dallas on May 20. (Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press)
Amazon said June 23 that its carbon footprint rose 15% last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment.
June 23, 2020Amazon Profit Falls as Pandemic-Related Costs Rise
A person wearing a mask jogs past an Amazon Go store April 30 in downtown Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
NEW YORK — Amazon’s sales soared in the first three months of the year, as more homebound people shopped online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
May 1, 2020Amazon Opens Cashier-Less Grocery Store in Seattle
A sign tells shoppers how to check in when they enter an Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
Amazon is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that the online retailing giant is serious about shaking up the $800 billion grocery industry.
February 25, 2020Where’s My Amazon Package? It May Be Late
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NEW YORK — It’s just a week into the holiday shopping season, and Amazon already is having trouble getting packages to shoppers’ doorsteps on time.
December 6, 2019