Illustrative Picture - Fred Meyer Vegetable/Fresh Section (20901 State Route 410 E, Bonney Lake, WA) On a recent morning in Florida, a Kroger delivery van winds through a neighborhood where the supermarket giant has no physical stores. It’s a scene that encapsulates Kroger’s audacious experiment in the digital age: reaching customers well beyond the footprint of its brick-and-mortar supermarkets. Over the past decade, The Kroger Co. – America’s largest traditional grocer – ha

Introduction: Macy’s, Inc. and Nordstrom, Inc. are two iconic American department store companies that have defined brick-and-mortar retail for decades. While Macy’s operates as a broad mid-market retailer (alongside its upscale Bloomingdale’s banner and beauty chain Bluemercury) with a focus on value and high-volume sales, Nordstrom positions itself as a premium fashion retailer known for quality merchandise and top-tier customer service. Both firms have navigated dramatic s