Mitchell Parton
@mitchellparton.bsky.social
Reporter at Modern Retail covering big-box 📦
👕 EXCLUSIVE: Big Lots is swapping the furniture for apparel and going back to its “treasure hunt” roots.
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New owner reveals plan to revive Big Lots with less furniture, more apparel
Big Lots' new owners plan to scale back the furniture selection and lean into low-priced, name-brand apparel.
www.modernretail.co
April 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
👕 EXCLUSIVE: Big Lots is swapping the furniture for apparel and going back to its “treasure hunt” roots.
www.modernretail.co/operations/n...
www.modernretail.co/operations/n...
Nintendo already seemingly put a “Trump tax” on the Switch 2. Will they have to raise the price even more?
With Nintendo Switch 2 preorders delayed, tariffs are complicating gaming's biggest launch in years
The Nintendo Switch 2 is the first example of a major game console launch in the face of the latest round of significant tariffs.
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April 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nintendo already seemingly put a “Trump tax” on the Switch 2. Will they have to raise the price even more?
Exclusive: In 2023, PetSmart began shipping some of its online orders from the stores themselves instead of its seven distribution centers. Just two years later, 90% of PetSmart’s shipped orders are now fulfilled from its 1,600-plus stores. www.modernretail.co/operations/p...
PetSmart is now shipping 90% of its online orders from stores instead of distribution centers
In 2023, PetSmart began shipping some of its orders from the stores themselves instead of its seven distribution centers.
www.modernretail.co
April 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Exclusive: In 2023, PetSmart began shipping some of its online orders from the stores themselves instead of its seven distribution centers. Just two years later, 90% of PetSmart’s shipped orders are now fulfilled from its 1,600-plus stores. www.modernretail.co/operations/p...
Reposted by Mitchell Parton
Reposted by Mitchell Parton
This is a really great dive into how retailers' messaging around diversity initiatives has changed in light of right wing pressure and the Trump administration: www.modernretail.co/operations/h...
How the Trump presidency upended retailers' DEI policy playbooks
Retailers that once championed DEI policies are quickly recalibrating those efforts as they aim to safeguard their business interests.
www.modernretail.co
January 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is a really great dive into how retailers' messaging around diversity initiatives has changed in light of right wing pressure and the Trump administration: www.modernretail.co/operations/h...
Reposted by Mitchell Parton
Macy's has abruptly ended its tuition-free college program for employees less than three years after it launched.
Shows how much the landscape has changed for retail workers over the last few years—companies no longer feel the need to offer these perks.
www.modernretail.co/operations/m...
Shows how much the landscape has changed for retail workers over the last few years—companies no longer feel the need to offer these perks.
www.modernretail.co/operations/m...
Macy's ends program that offered tuition-free college degrees to employees
Macy's is ending a program that provided college degree programs and other educational courses to its employees at no cost.
www.modernretail.co
January 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Macy's has abruptly ended its tuition-free college program for employees less than three years after it launched.
Shows how much the landscape has changed for retail workers over the last few years—companies no longer feel the need to offer these perks.
www.modernretail.co/operations/m...
Shows how much the landscape has changed for retail workers over the last few years—companies no longer feel the need to offer these perks.
www.modernretail.co/operations/m...