The U.S. Small Business Administration is giving an early Christmas present to Paycheck Protection Plan customers who borrowed $50,000 or less.

For the past five years, Amazon has sought to entice new members to its Amazon Prime loyalty program — and reward current ones — with an exclusive, Christmas-in-July promotion called Prime Day.

The National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade association, said consumer spending and the economic recovery bodes well for the upcoming holiday selling season, but added several caveats to its forecast.

No. 1 home improvement chain and No. 2 appliance retailer The Home Depot has made some major changes at the top.

Like other marketers, Walmart has been paying extra close attention to shopping behaviors since the coronavirus took hold last spring.

Consumers took a breather in August from the shopping frenzy of recent months.

Inspired by Amazon’s one-, two- and same-day delivery capabilities — and an increasingly impatient consumer — fast fulfillment have become the new holy grail for online and traditional retailers.

Like the mighty river it’s named after, Amazon already winds its way throughout the land. But if a recent Wall Street Journal report is correct, the e-commerce king may be getting closer still.