U.S. Retail Industry Companies Sales, Trends, Stock News and Analysis

Merging the Walgreens and Rite Aid brands could be the most costly part of a rumored Walgreens and Rite Aid merger, given the huge difference in the consumer's perception of each brand. Get expert news analysis of a rumored Walgreens-Rite Aid merger in this article.

Find a complete list of grass root protests launched against major U.S. retail chains by the grass roots activist website OneMillionMoms.com. OneMillionMoms raises issues of morality in retail advertising, sponsorships, and media activities and then focuses letter-writing and telephone campaigns in an effort to influence retail leaders to make...

Behind the numbers of unemployment are the people who are unemployed, the people who are underemployed, and the people who are still living in fear of unemployment. Get expert analysis of the reality of high unemployment numbers in the retail workplace, and the deterioration of management skills and retail workplace conditions that are the results of long-term unemployment.

Get General Motors (GM) 2010 sales, recall, debt, bailout, jobs, layoffs, and foreign spending numbers here. This is a GM report card issued on the one-year anniversary of the automaker's record-breaking chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on June 1, 2009.

Get expert analysis of the revenue losses that Best Buy and Target face after alienating the LGBT community with political campaign support of an openly anti-gay candidate. Get details about this Target and Best Buy controversy which is an issue both about the LGBT community and the corporate "purchase' of political campaigns. Find out why the LGBT community feels betrayed by Best Buy and Target even though both retail employers were once rewarded for gay-friendly policies.