Chains respond differently to retailing challenges
March 1, 2017
Walmart has spent billions of dollars acquiring e-tailers and improving its distribution system. Target is investing $7 billion to cut prices, remodel stores and open new, smaller urban locations. These two chains as well as J.C. Penney, Kohl’s, Macy’s and Sears are taking different paths in trying to respond to a rapidly changing consumer shopping environment.
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