Massachusetts treasurer Steven Grossman challenged House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to a debate Thursday, after Boehner said publicly that he probably won't vote in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act. "Local retailers and other merchants should not have to compete…
A recent study, by Seattle-based group Placed, found 40% of the shoppers participated in showrooming and concluded the threat to retailers may be more serious than they realize. The study was based on survey results from nearly 15,000 people. Retailers…
Rite Aid and the Skin Cancer Foundation are preparing to start the sixth annual Road to Healthy Skin Tour, with a custom van traveling nationwide and stores providing a free, full-body skin cancer screening. The tour of stores will start…
Some 65% of consumers abandon e-commerce sites that don't let them quickly find what they're looking for, according to a survey. The survey detailed consumers' pet peeves with online and brick-and-mortar stores, including out of stock inventory and having to…
About 29,000 of the 165,000 new jobs created in April were at retail companies, including 14,800 positions added at general-merchandise retailers, according to the report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which also revealed that the unemployment rate…
Data from a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey showed that 56% to 58% of respondents oppose taxes on soda and candy, while 21% to 23% were in favor of such taxes. Researchers found that many respondents doubt that taxing the items would…
Congress is in recess this week, but debate over sales tax fairness hasn't taken a vacation. NRF Vice President and Tax Counsel Rachelle Bernstein took to the airwaves on the PBS "NewsHour" with Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill and eBay's Brian…