Phil Wahba
Fortune
New York, NY, United States
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Recent articles by Phil:
Walmart Is Almost Ready to Deliver Groceries When You're Not Home
Walmart said on Friday it is launching grocery delivery into customers' homes in three cities starting in the fall. → Read More
Michaels Offers Fresh Lessons in Perils of Being a Retail Tech Laggard
The arts and crafts retailer has learned: Customers don't always want to touch things before they buy. → Read More
Michaels Offers Fresh Lessons in Perils of Being a Retail Tech Laggard
Michaels Stores on Thursday reported dismal first-quarter results and continues to pay a high price for being late to e-commerce. → Read More
Why Can’t Drugstores Quit Cigarettes?
Rite Aid and Walgreens have raised the age to buy tobacco to 21, but why are they still selling it at all? → Read More
Target reports strong quarterly sales as it breaks from retail's pack
The discount chain's e-commerce and stores are in sync, while new house brands are wildly popular. → Read More
Making Billions at the Dollar Store
Dollar General has relied on a crafty mix of 7-Eleven-like convenience and Walmart-like low prices to become a retail giant. How much bigger can it get? → Read More
What Kohl's Awful Numbers Tell Us About J.C. Penney's Prospects
J.C. Penney on Tuesday reported another dismal quarter and its turnaround will be hard to pull off with fewer resources than Kohl's. → Read More
Sears Could've Been Amazon. Here's How It Blew Its Chances
Sears was America's dominant retailer for decades. Here are four ways they squandered that lead. → Read More
Sears' Seven Decades of Self-Destruction
Leaders can learn from Sears' slow-motion collapse into bankruptcy last year. → Read More
Walmart International CEO Says It's Moving On After a Major U.K. Setback
Walmart International CEO Judith McKenna said on Tuesday that her focus is to help Asda compete after the acquisition by Sainsbury's failed. → Read More
Neiman Marcus Takes Stake In Online Pre-Owned Luxury Goods Marketplace
The high-end chain will have counters at five-seven stores to drop off luxury castoffs for resale online. → Read More
Best Buy Names Finance Chief Corie Barry to Replace Hubert Joly as CEO
CFO Corie Barry has been with the retailer for 20 years. → Read More
Madewell IPO? J.Crew Mulls Solutions for Crushing Debt
The fashion retailer is choking. Selling its popular denim brand is one option for relief. → Read More
Macy's New Boutique Will Showcase Different, Quirky Products Every Two Months
Macy's is betting on its Story at Macy's concept to enliven its stores. → Read More
Wayfair Is Latest E-Commerce Retailer to Open a Physical Store
Wayfair said on Tuesday it would open its first ever store, becoming the latest e-commerce star to embrace physical retail. → Read More
How CEO Chip Bergh Plans to Maintain Levi's Winning Streak After Its Red-Hot IPO
The 166-year-old denim brand saw shares soar 32% on its first day back on a stock exchange. → Read More
Levi Strauss IPO Prices Well Above Range for a $6.6 Billion Valuation
Levi's is the new, yet very old, kid on the trading block. → Read More
Victoria's Secret Formally Returns to Swimwear Market
Victoria's Secret on Monday unveiled its new swimwear assortment, reversing a decision three years to exit a once big part of its business. → Read More
Neiman Marcus Plants Its Flag in New York's Luxury Battlefield
Neiman Marcus, the Dallas-based high-end department store chain, is planting its flag in the competitive world of New York retail. → Read More
Dollar Tree to Close or Rebrand Up to 600 Family Dollar Stores
Repositioning to better compete with Dollar General. → Read More