Retail e-commerce sales

FILE - In this July 10, 2019, file photo shoppers visit the downtown Target store in Minneapolis. Target has reported surging sales and profits for its fiscal first quarter thanks to shoppers who bought more apparel as they emerge from the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Target's profit surges as Americans cast restrictions aside

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 19, 2021 06:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a woman, wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store, in Derry, N.H. Walmart Inc. blew past Wall Street projections, reporting strong sales results for the fiscal first quarter as shoppers continued to keep shopping at the discounter even as the pandemic eases. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Walmart sales still strong as pandemic eases, stimulus helps

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 18, 2021 07:37 AM EDT

Missouri set to require online stores to collect taxes

By Summer Ballentine May. 14, 2021 02:26 PM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is set to become the last state to require out-of-state online stores to collect sales taxes on residents' purchases after...

Florida House OK's bill to tax out-of-state online sales

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 08, 2021 01:55 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida moved closer Thursday in requiring online retailers and other out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax, a step that could...

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021 file photo, a pedestrian passes a GameStop storefront in Dallas. A hefty tax benefit helped drive GameStop’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit sharply higher, but the video-game retailer’s sales declined despite a surge in its online business. The company's latest results fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

GameStop lost $215 million in fiscal year; online sales gain

By Alex Veiga Mar. 23, 2021 06:21 PM EDT

A "Now Hiring" sign is displayed, Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Salem, N.H. After a year of ghostly airports, empty sports stadiums and constant Zoom meetings, growing evidence suggests that the economy is strengthening. Hiring picked up in February 2021. Business restrictions have eased as the pace of viral infections has ebbed. Yet the economy remains far from normal. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

From job cuts to online commerce, virus reshaped US economy

By Christopher Rugaber Mar. 11, 2021 04:36 PM EST

FILE - In this April 6, 2020 file photo, a customer wearing a mask carries his purchases as he leaves a Target store during the coronavirus pandemic, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Target extended its strong sales streak through the holiday quarter and grabbed business from rivals. The Minneapolis-based discounter reported Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it profit soared 66%, while sales jumped 21% for its fiscal fourth quarter. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Target powers through a pandemic; 2020 sales growth explodes

By Anne D'innocenzio Mar. 02, 2021 09:07 AM EST

Shoppers walk into a Macy's department store Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Miami International Mall in Doral, Fla. Macy’s is reporting a 52% drop in fiscal-fourth quarter earnings while sales dropped nearly 19% as shoppers continue to stay away from many physical stores during the pandemic. The department store chain said Tuesday, Feb. 23 it anticipates 2021 as “a recovery and rebuilding year as the company sets a foundation for growth.“ (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Macy's closes out a tough year with hope for 2021

By Anne D'innocenzio Feb. 23, 2021 07:47 AM EST

Online sales soar in 4th quarter for retailer Ahold Delhaize

Feb. 17, 2021 04:04 AM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Online sales at retailer Ahold Delhaize soared nearly 72% in the final quarter of 2020, the company said Wednesday, as the global...

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, a car drives by the entrance of a Kohl's department store in Orlando, Fla. Kohl’s Corp. delivered a better assessment of fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, but a key sales measure was down more than analysts expected. Online sales growth rose more than 20%, and accounted for more than 40% of net sales during the period, Kohl said. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Kohl's, Nordstrom offers mixed picture for holiday quarter

By Anne D'innocenzio Feb. 04, 2021 02:55 PM EST

FILE - In this July 7, 2018 file photo whiskeys distilled and bottled in the U.S. are displayed for sale in a grocery store in Beijing. American whiskey absorbed some setbacks but showed resilience in the face of COVID-related clampdowns on bars and restaurants as liquor sales benefited from enduring demand for a good stiff drink. Despite plunging sales from bars and restaurants, the American whiskey sector still rang up increased revenues in 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

U.S. whiskey bolstered by liquor store sales in 2020

By Bruce Schreiner Jan. 28, 2021 10:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2020 file photo, shoppers take purchases to their vehicle in the parking lot of a Target store in Marlborough, Mass. Target’s strong sales streak extended through the holiday season, as shoppers snapped up everything from clothing to home goods during the pandemic. The Minneapolis company reported Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, that its online sales surged 102% for the November and December period. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Target continues to thrive in whirlwind retail environment

By Anne D'innocenzio Jan. 13, 2021 06:33 AM EST

Retail's online future grows brighter after pandemic bump

By Damian J. Troise Jan. 07, 2021 10:10 AM EST

Holiday sales tick up as shoppers invest in their homes

By Alexandra Olson Dec. 26, 2020 04:56 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales increased a modest 3% during a longer holiday season this year, as homebound shoppers spent more on furnishing and food but less...

A sign advises holiday shoppers of social distancing to battle the spread of the coronavirus Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colo. After a weak start to the holiday season for many mall-based retailers, the strugglers are making their final push in the final days before and the week after Christmas. Many are stepping up discounts while heavily promoting curbside pickup as a way to get shoppers, worried about being infected with the virus, to visit their stores. But experts believe that any burst of sales will be too little and too late to save some stores. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The holidays could make or break struggling stores

By Anne D'innocenzio Dec. 21, 2020 02:56 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, asked a judge to order Amazon to comply with subpoenas his office issued nearly four months ago as part of an investigation into how the company is protecting workers from the coronavirus at its facilities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California subpoenas Amazon over worker safety in pandemic

Dec. 14, 2020 04:11 PM EST

FILE- In this June 15, 2017, file photo bagged purchases from a Kroger grocery store sit in a shopping cart in Flowood, Miss. Kroger’s sales surged in the third quarter, continuing to benefit from people stocking up on groceries as they stay home amid the pandemic. The grocery chain boosted its full-year outlook, partly on the expectation that trends in at home food consumption will continue for the rest of its fiscal year. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Kroger 3Q sales jump as virus surges and Americans stock up

By Michelle Chapman Dec. 03, 2020 09:40 AM EST

Walmart drops $35 minimum for its members' online orders

By Anne D'innocenzio Dec. 02, 2020 12:01 AM EST

Remote sales tax in Alaska projected to raise up to $10M

Dec. 01, 2020 09:47 AM EST
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A group of Alaska communities collecting remote sales tax is projected to take in between $8 million and $10 million in new revenue...

A shopper looks at Macy's window displays, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

This holiday season, everyone is shopping from home

By Joseph Pisani Nov. 30, 2020 05:41 PM EST