Mitchell Parton

Walmart's global advertising business saw year-over-year growth of 28% -- the most this fiscal year. Advertising has grown to become almost a third of Walmart's overall operating income of $6.7 billion, per its CFO.

With Black Friday kicking off later this week, recent earnings paint a picture of the retailers leading the pack and those falling behind.

The Biden-era FTC has been known as particularly aggressive against large deals involving consumer companies.

As retailers reportedly lose tens of billions of dollars each year due to fraudulent returns, some major retailers have either announced policy changes or stricter messaging toward people abusing their returns systems.

Walmart's $2.3 billion purchase of Vizio gives the retail giant another large channel through which to deliver ads to customers. Vizio is primarily known as a TV hardware maker but says its software, streaming and advertising services now make up all of its gross profit.

This past Thanksgiving week, furniture and home decor brand CB2 used artificial intelligence as part of its text messaging marketing campaigns.

Dollar General is taking a page out of Amazon and Walmart's playbook to grow its digital platform with same-day delivery.

Since 2022, Tom Ward has led Walmart’s digital business, from pickup and delivery services to its third-party marketplace.

Richard Cox has been a key dealmaker behind many of Pacsun's biggest partnerships across fashion, music, art and sport.

After more than two years since it was first proposed, Kroger's $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons is not happening after judges in Oregon and Washington blocked the deal Tuesday.