Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound gorilla of retail, is running hard to catch up in an increasingly crucial segment where it is neither the biggest nor the best: e-commerce. The company, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, has been gobbling up smaller and niche players in e-commerce in an effort to reach online shopping market leader Read More →

Over the year ending April 2017, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) apparel index rose 0.5 per cent in the US market, according to ‘The Economics Daily’ released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, US department of labour. The increase in apparel index was a smaller percentage compared to 2.2 per cent Read More →