Latest Retail Headlines

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How New Business Is Creating a New Wholesaler-Retailer Relationship

Oct 2 2018 // An influx of new business is presenting surplus lines wholesalers and their retail partners with new opportunities to work together even as other forces are changing how they work together.The surplus lines insurance...

Walmart Ready to Mandate Blockchain for Certain Food Suppliers

Sep 27 2018 // After several years of tests, Walmart Inc. is ready to mandate use of blockchain technology by a swath of its U.S. suppliers, marking one of its biggest commercial uses.Starting in September 2019, Walmart and its...

U.S. Lawsuit Accuses Walmart of Bias Against Pregnant Employees

Sep 24 2018 // Walmart is again being accused of violating federal law by failing to accommodate workers’ pregnancy-related medical restrictions.According to a lawsuit brought by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Managing the Retail Agent’s Risk in Surplus Lines

Sep 17 2018 // While it is common for retail agents to turn to E&S wholesalers for help, there are several reasons they should carefully consider which wholesalerto call upon and how they submit business, according to Bobbie Duke,...

How New Business Is Creating a New Wholesaler-Retailer Relationship

Sep 17 2018 // An influx of new business is presenting surplus lines wholesalers and their retail partners with new opportunities to work together even as other forces are changing how they work together.The surplus lines insurance...

New Specialty Offering from HUB Targets Cannabis Producers, Distributors, Retailers

Aug 16 2018 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (HUB) has formed a comprehensive cannabis insurance and risk services offering under its Agribusiness & Farm Specialty Practice.The new offering is designed to...

Canada Delays Sales of Recreational Cannabis in Retail Stores as Legalization Looms

Aug 14 2018 // Canada’s largest province is delaying the launch of private marijuana sales in bricks-and-mortar stores until April 2019, nearly six months after the drug is legalized for recreational use.Ontario’s Progressive...

UK Retailer Dixons Carphone Reveals 2017 Cyber Attack Hit 10 Million Data Records

Jul 31 2018 // British electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone said on Tuesday that about 10 million records containing personal data of customers may have been obtained in a cyber attack in 2017, much higher than its...

UK Retailer Debenhams Denies Cash Crunch From Cut in Suppliers’ Credit Insurance

Jul 16 2018 // British department store retailer Debenhams said it had a healthy cash position after a media report on Sunday saying insurers had cut cover for its suppliers sent its shares lower.Shares in Debenhams fell as much as 8...

California Marijuana Retailers Cut Prices Ahead of New Testing Rules

Jun 28 2018 // Bargain basement bud is on the menu in California, but you need to act fast to cash in on the cheap weed.Regulations being phased in six months after the state broadly legalized marijuana require that pot sold after...

Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence, Relationships

Jun 15 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception.But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...

Massive Cyber Attack of UK Retailer Dixons Carphone Prompts Data Watchdog Probe

Jun 15 2018 // The U.K.’s data-protection watchdog said it’s investigating a cyber attack at Dixons Carphone Plc that affected almost 6 million payment cards.The retailer, already struggling with a slowing mobile-phone market...

UK Electronic Retailer Dixons Carphone Hit by Major Cyber Attack

Jun 13 2018 // British mobile phone and electricals retailer Dixons Carphone has become the victim of a major cyber attack for the second time in three years after discovering unauthorized access to its payment card data.Shares in Dixons...

Wal-Mart Settles Transgender Employee’s Claim Over Firing

Jun 7 2018 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday settled a lawsuit by a transgender former employee in North Carolina who accused the retail giant of unlawfully firing her for complaining about harassment.Arkansas-based Wal-Mart and the...

Some Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence

Jun 4 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception.But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...

Rampant Brazil Cargo Theft Disrupts Retail, Drives Up Insurance Rates

May 31 2018 // In a bunker-like room in a gritty suburb of Sao Paulo, retired police colonel Antonio Marin and a dozen employees track the location of hundreds of cargo trucks on a bank of monitors.During his 34 years in Sao Paulo...

Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-and-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court

May 7 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart.Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after slipping and falling in a puddle...

Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court

Apr 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart.The Idaho Statesman reported Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after...

Marijuana Regulators in California Send Cease Order to Nearly 1K Businesses

Apr 11 2018 // Nearly 1,000 individual cannabis businesses have been sent cease-and-desist letters or emails by California regulators during an ongoing enforcement process, a first step in a long effort to ensure the state’s...

Sompo Int’l to Form Retail Insurance Platform to Integrate International Businesses

Apr 10 2018 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty re/insurance, announced it will establish a retail platform designed to integrate all the operations of Sompo Holdings Inc....