Walmart

Walmart maintains its No. 1 spot on a new list of the best retail brands, and even with a 6 percent decline in brand value it preserves an enormous margin over the next closest brand. Four brands increased their brand value by more than 25 percent this year, while others fell off the list completely.

eBay, Google and Walmart have endorsed a new GS1 US guide that helps businesses improve e-commerce by resolving incorrect and duplicate product information online.

The fund will provide grants to innovators in the manufacturing sector and seeks to create new processes, ideas, and jobs that support America's growing manufacturing footprint.

Girl Scouts began incorporating more technology into their daily operations, outfitting staff with Verizon smartphones and mobile hotspots to manage their large service areas.

Because we know it's important to stay on top of your retail customer's strengths and weaknesses, we're bringing you new research findings from our sister publication, RIS News, which benchmarks the progress of omnichannel strategies in retail.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announces that David Cheesewright will be promoted to president and CEO of Walmart International, the company's second largest operating segment.

While Black Friday (and now Thanksgiving Day) is the traditional kick off to the brick-and-mortar holiday shopping season, both days continue to grow in importance online. Meanwhile, Cyber Monday reached $1.735 billion in desktop online spending, representing the heaviest online spending day in history.

Nestl signs a partnership with Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever, in a joint collaboration to improve waste management in the country.