Anne D'Innocenzio

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  • FILE – Cashiers process purchases at a Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, N.J., on Feb. 9, 2023. Retailers, including Walmart and Target, are stepping up discounting heading into the summer of 2024, as they hope to offer frustrated shoppers some relief from higher prices and entice them to open their wallets.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)Retail

    Walmart, Target and McDonald’s among slew of retailers promsing steep summer price cuts as food inflation bites consumers

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • A customer checks out of a Walmart store in Englewood, Colo.Finance

    Retail sales disappoint in April, unchanged from previous month

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Target Pride MonthRetail

    Target to reduce number of stores carrying Pride-themed merchandise after last year’s backlash

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Dr. MartensRetail

    Dr. Martens shares plunge to record lows after CEO exits amid double-digit revenue warning

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, and others
  • Female shopper at a shelfFinance

    Shoppers defying ‘vibecession’ sent retail sales shooting up in March

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Starbucks mugsRetail

    Over 440,000 Starbucks holiday mugs sold in Target, Walmart recalled after burn, laceration reports

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • JB Smoove and Joseph EinhornRetail

    ‘We can get you anything’: A $1,000-a-month power shopping app that offers rare art and private islands is the latest example of retailers leaning in on memberships

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • An employee dressed as Chuck E. Cheese holds a flyer advertising new memberships at a location Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in San Diego. Paid loyalty programs are all the rage in the restaurant and retail world. Looking for reliable sales in an unpredictable spending environment, more companies have extended their points-based loyalty tiers to making their most dependable customers feel valued for an up-front fee. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Retail

    Businesses from Chuck E-Cheese and Target to luxury app Long Story Short are adding paid loyalty programs to make their big spenders feel special—and spend more

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • FILE – A Macy’s department store is in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Arkhouse Management is nominating nine people for Macy’s board of directors, igniting a proxy battle after the department store operator rejected a $5.8 billion takeover offer from the investment firm and Brigade Capital Management. Macy’s Inc. said Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, that it had been seeking additional financing information from Arkhouse and Brigade to possibly advance talks with its board.(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)Retail

    Macy’s is closing 150 namesake stores as sales slide: ‘It’s hard to think of Macy’s not being part of our city anymore’

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Shopper looking at coat in a storeRetail

    Retail sales fall more than expected in January as higher prices finally catch up to consumers’ spending power

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, The Associated Press, and others
  • Bernie SandersRetail

    Coke slashes 400 different drinks down to 200, recalling Bernie Sanders’ rant: ‘You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers’

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, Irina Ivanova, and others
  • Doug McMillonSuccess

    Walmart’s stock is surging and it’s giving store managers stock grants worth up to $20,000 per year

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Sophia Danner-Okotie poses for a portrait in her shared workspace Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Fayetteville, Ga. Danner-Okotie has ambitious plans for her Nigerian-inspired clothing line but a sense of dread has punctured her optimism as she watches a lawsuit try to take down a small venture capital firm that was instrumental to her boutique brand’s growth. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)Success

    DEI backlash has companies quietly changing their programs to avoid wave of lawsuits alleging discrimination

    By Alexandra Olson, Haleluya Hadero, and others
  • File – Conservative activist Edward Blum speaks at a news conference in Washington, June 29, 2023. Blum is citing Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to go after a venture capital fund called Fearless Fund, which invests in businesses owned by women of color. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Leadership

    DEI opponents are using a Civil Rights Act section to go after a VC fund that invests in businesses owned by women of color: ‘It’s a very clever game plan’

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, Alexandra Olson, and others
  • WalmartRetail

    Walmart experiments with generative AI-powered search tool, expands drone services for customers

    By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others