Author: Charisse Jones, USA TODAY

Taking a page from Walmart and Amazon, Target will offer a wider array of items online from third party sellers but they’ll be invite only

Macy’s will be cutting roughly 100 top jobs, and doubling down on its most popular merchandise, to boost profits after a disappointing holiday season.

Cannabis is going upscale. The plant, whichincludes hemp as well as marijuana, is showing up in products sold at the mall, and a Wall Street fund

Shoppers increasingly buying bread, milk and other groceries online, helped boost Walmart’s e-commerce sales 43 percent in the last quarter

Charlotte Russe, the bankrupt clothing chain, says it will start shutting down operations around March 7 if a buyer doesn’t emerge with a winning bid.

Philadelphia’s city council voted to require most local businesses to accept cash as payment, pushing back on a growing trend that asks for cards only

Eddie Lampert, who succeeded in buying Sears says that the new company will continue to shrink in the number of stores it operates and their size.

The CEO of outdoor gear retailer REI is stepping down in the wake of an inquiry into a relationship that appeared to be a conflict of interest.

Sears’ controversial ex-CEO has closed the deal to buy the beleaguered company for $5.2 billion. 425 Sears and Kmart stores will remain open.

A bid for Sears, that has pittedthe company’s controversial former CEO against its creditors and employees, headed back to court Wednesday.