Topic: Retail Sales

Tiffany & Co. lowered its fiscal-year sales and profit forecasts on Thursday, citing slowing economic growth in many countries and weakness in its home U.S. market, while rival Signet Jewelers also issued a disappointing forecast.

Costco Wholesale posted a higher quarterly profit on an 8 percent increase in net sales.

New Zealand unveiled its toughest budget in 20 years on Thursday, with no spending increase and moves to increase the tax take in the struggling economy, as it laid out a return to a budget surplus by 2015.

Uniqlo, the Japanese basics brand, is starting aggressive growth plans at shopping malls that are expected to include 20 to 30 new stores a year over the next eight years.

British retail sales fell at their fastest monthly pace in more than two years in April, after a record drop in fuel sales and a weather-related drop in clothing sales, official data showed on Wednesday.

Myer, Australia's largest department store chain, cut its profit guidance for the year after posting a 2.1 percent decline in same-store sales in its fiscal third quarter as consumers stuck to their frugal shopping habits.

These days there are no dress-for-success rules, other than being put-together from head to toe, no detail spared.

How J. Crew’s CEO Mickey Drexler contributed to Apple's retail store concept.

Online spending may be increasing but the venerable catalog is doing anything but fading away. In fact, it is still an important part of business for retailers.

Best Buy reported better-than-expected quarterly results, boosted by a lower tax rate and an extra week compared with a year earlier, as the world's largest consumer electronics chain closes stores and searches for a new chief executive.

Names like J.Crew and Target are finding success in forging partnerships with other retailers and designers.

U.S. retailers believe there is life left in their brick-and-mortar stores and they're trying new ways of making them more inviting by pampering customers — both the two- and four-legged kinds.

The world's biggest retailer reported improved quarterly earnings and revenue on Thursday, topping Wall Street analysts' targets, as its Wal-Mart U.S. division showed a 2.6 percent rise in sales at stores open at least a year.

Sears Holdings returned to a first-quarter profit, benefiting from a gain on the sale of some stores.

In a surprise earnings loss of 25 cents a share, when analysts expected an 11 cent loss, the retailer decided to suspend dividend payments.