Alex Vuocolo

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  • A truck driver installs tire chains on a Walmart truck along Interstate 90 after a snow storm near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Snoqualmie Pass had the highest snowfall in 20 years as of Jan. 3, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    How Walmart is using AI to reroute essential supplies ahead of Winter Storm Fern

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • New Hartford, NY – Jul 11, 2025: Night view of Carter’s Babies and Kids, Carter’s, Inc. is a leading marketer of baby and young children’s apparel, with over 1000 stores in the USA, Canada, and MexicoNorth America

    Children’s clothing outlet Carter’s is ‘right-sizing’ by shuttering 150 locations because of high-cost tariffs and product investments

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Young woman using a digital tablet on a sunny autumn dayNorth America

    Holiday shopping will look different this year, Adobe predicts: AI-assisted purchasing will jump a staggering 520%

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Shoppers at a Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Walmart is revamping more than 800 store locations and adding high-end products. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    Walmart is going head-to-head with Amazon and Target on fall sales. They could have the upper hand because no membership is required to shop

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 23: An empty shelf is seen at Toys “R” Us in Times Square at 6:00 A.M., an hour after the store was opened, November 23, 2007 in New York City. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the first big shopping day of the holiday season. (Photo by Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images)Retail

    Toy shortages this holiday shopping season are an ‘absolute inevitability’ thanks to tariffs, manufacturing CEO says

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • school supplies at TargetRetail

    Target is maintaining 2024 prices on back-to-school items in the aftermath of boycotts

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Customers enter a Dick’s Sporting Goods retail location in Paramus, U.S., on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Dick’s Sporting Goods may report 3Q EPS slightly ahead of forecast, ests., according to Janney, Raymond James analysts, when it reports 3Q results 7:30am Nov. 19. Photographer: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Dick’s Sporting Goods exec defends Foot Locker acquisition: ‘Like it or not, we make these decisions and investments for a lifetime’

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • mom giving boy hug after getting flowers from himEconomy

    Tariffs are forcing more than a third of Americans to pull back on spending for Mother’s Day gifts

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Sheree Roebuck straightens clothes in the womens’ section at the new Wal-Mart on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Tomball. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) (Photo by Brett Comer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)Retail

    Walmart is winning fashion because it uses AI to produce clothes 4 times faster than the industry standard

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • women working in manufacturingRetail

    Tariffs can be a boon for ‘Made in America’ products in the long term, but for now they’re ‘nerve-racking,’ manufacturer says

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Snoop Dogg and long-time pal Warren G as they link up for a blunt session — to sell consumers high-quality and innovative products from Solo Stove.Retail

    The company behind the Solo Stove just got delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after its stock was trading at an ‘abnormally low price’

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • Shoppers at a Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Walmart is revamping more than 800 store locations and adding high-end products. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Walmart may have mastered the dupe, but one exec says the company’s recent fashion success is thanks to its food business. It’s ‘a competitive differentiator that only we can deliver on’

    By Retail Brew and Alex Vuocolo
  • Party City closingRetail

    Bucking the ‘retail apocalypse,’ Dollar Tree and Five Below snatched up nearly 150 defunct Party City stores in auctions this month

    By Retail Brew and Alex Vuocolo
  • Andy JassyRetail

    Andy Jassy sums it up for corporate America: ‘Customers are shopping, but remain cautious’

    By Alex Vuocolo, Retail Brew, and others
  • MichaelsRetail

    Michaels defies inflation, cutting prices on over 5,000 items, seeing ‘constant rollbacks’ for next 6 to 12 months

    By Alex Vuocolo, Retail Brew, and others