Haley Cawthon has joined the reporting staff at Louisville Business First. Editor Lisa Benson writes, “Cawthon comes to Louisville from Kokomo, Ind., where she served as features editor at the Kokomo Tribune, a daily metro newspaper, for...
The Dallas Morning News business editor Paul O’Donnell sent out the following announcement to the staff: All, As Mike Wilson so aptly said recently, welcome pastries are far more tasty than going away cakes....
Business Insider has hired Bethany Biron to cover the retail beat. Biron has been a freelance reporter and editor for the past year, with her work appearing in the Washington Post, Vox, Deadspin and...
Walmart Inc., one of the biggest U.S. cigarette sellers, is raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 in all its stores and will stop selling fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, amid pressure from regulators to...
Hudson’s Bay Co. said it is pursuing strategic alternatives for Lord & Taylor, including a possible sale or merger of the department-store chain. Suzanne Kapner of The Wall Street Journal had the news: The discussions center on...
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is seeking an experienced reporter to cover retail and occasionally other business topics in Southern Nevada. We are looking for a strong storyteller who can write with context and clarity,...
U.S. retail sales surged in March at the fastest pace since late 2017, as spending on autos, gasoline, furniture and clothing jumped. Josh Boak of the Associated Press had the news: The Commerce Department said...
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly is handing leadership of the reinvigorated electronics retailer to longtime executive Corie Barry as part of the company’s succession plan. Damian Troise and Anne D’Innocenzio of the Associated Press had the news:...
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter in its Chicago bureau to cover the food retail industry. At the crux of the beat is the fast-changing and intensely competitive world of groceries,...
Shirley Qiu of Metrics for News writes about how The Virginian-Pilot newspaper used data to develop a new beat on helping readers spend money. Qiu writes, “Jeff Reece, senior editor at The Pilot, put together...
