As Rest of Retail Stagnates, Ecommerce is Hot. And what Walmart Said about this Phenomenon by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2024 • 105 Comments Walmart US online sales +22%. It credits “convenience” of ecommerce for its success in attracting higher income customers.
Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown Fells Express. Simon Property & Brookfield, to Avert Vacant Stores and Bad Leases at their Malls, to Buy the Brands and 435 Stores out of Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2024 • 99 Comments This Has Been Years in the Making.
Walmart and Total Ecommerce Sales in the US by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2024 • 80 Comments The share of US ecommerce sales in Q4 hit a record, surpassing the crazy days of 2020 for the first time.
Walmart: Consumers No Longer Willing to Pay Whatever. Prices of Goods Fall Broadly, as Inflation Shifted to Services by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2023 • 162 Comments Food is the exception and pricing levels “continue to be a concern”: Walmart CEO. Sky-high food prices rose further.
Walmart Raises Sales Outlook, Lowers Earnings Outlook, as Inflation Bites: Shares -10% Afterhours. Target, Amazon Sag by Wolf Richter • Jul 25, 2022 • 118 Comments Food sales are hot, but some other merchandise, “particularly apparel,” requires markdowns to get moving.
Why Delivery Giants Walmart, Amazon, FedEx & UPS even Deal with Collapsing EV Startups: EV SPAC Canoo is the Latest by Wolf Richter • Jul 12, 2022 • 194 Comments Scaring legacy automakers into finally producing electric cargo vans is like pulling teeth.
Bad Breath of Inflation Sinks Target, Walmart, Other Retailers on Surging Costs of Products, Labor, and Transportation by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2022 • 124 Comments Not a revenue-shocker (they were up even from stimulus-miracle a year ago), but a cost-shocker. Unable to pass on all the cost increases, their margins got squeezed.
During the Last Financial Crisis, Even Ecommerce Sales Plunged. Not This Time by Wolf Richter • May 19, 2020 • 64 Comments Ecommerce Spikes to Record. Mall Stores Got Hung Out to Dry. Walmart’s Online Sales, Still Woefully Behind, Shot Up 74%
Ecommerce Spikes by Most Ever. Brick & Mortar Melts Down. Department Stores are Toast by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2020 • 183 Comments What’s astounding many people: ecommerce growth is not leveling off, but keeps surging at blistering rates.
Brick & Mortar Melts Down as Ecommerce Jumps by Most Ever by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2019 • 235 Comments Department stores get crushed one by one.
