Strategies & Solutions

Empire is purchasing 51% of greater Toronto area specialty grocer Longo’s and its Grocery Gateway e-commerce business. 

Retailer has named acclaimed, high-end fashion designer Brandon Maxwell to be the creative director of trendy, new Free Assembly and the revived Scoop brands.

The retailer’s Broyhill and Real Living brands highlight its largest-ever lawn and garden lineup of patio furniture, accessories and more.

Independent research from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus saw total online grocery sales drop by 12% from January’s record totals.

Dave Kimbell, the Bolingbrook, Ill.-based retailer’s current president, will succeed Mary Dillon in the beauty chain’s top spot, effective in June.

Already working to reduce food waste with its business model built on delivering unwanted produce, the e-commerce grocer has set goals to become a net-zero carbon company by 2030.

The arts-and-crafts brand is the retailer's first private brand foray into the crafting category in more than a decade.

The U.K. chain will expand plant-based meat options, reformulate prepared meals to be healthier and sell more healthy foods by 2025.