Retail

Sony Expects To Hit Profit Target, Thanks To PlayStation 4 Sales
June 30, 2016

Sony told investors on Wednesday that it expects to hit its profit target for the year thanks to the greater than expected growth of the PlayStation 4, but also warned of further decline in the smartphone market that is affecting its image-sensor business, according to...

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Amazon Gets Back Into The Phone Biz – With A Twist
June 30, 2016

Well, as they say, if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Sam’s Club Offers To Make It Up To Costco Customers Caught In Card Kerfuffle
June 29, 2016

Sam’s Club has spent many years trying to make inroads with Costco’s large and largely satisfied customer base, mostly to little avail. But these days, Costco’s customers aren’t so satisfied, and Sam’s is making a move. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Whole Foods Taps Nielsen To Get To Know Their Whole Customer
June 29, 2016

Whole Foods market wants to get to know it customers a little bit better and thus are doing the only rational thing: joining forces with some of the nation’s best-known analytics experts over at Nielsen to gain that deeper data-driven insight. Get the Full Story...

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Number Of Millennial Households Expected To Soar Over Next 10 Years
June 29, 2016

A lot of millennials are still living at home with their parents, but as more and more of them begin moving out in the coming years, they could have a significant impact on both the housing and rental markets. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Retailers Stocking Less Inventory In Hopes Of Increasing Profits
June 29, 2016

As more and more retailers try to figure out how to serve their growing online customer base while also keeping costs under control at their brick-and-mortar locations, The Wall Street Journal reports that many are slimming down their in-store inventory as a way to try and...

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Airbnb Wants Funding Valuing It At $30 Billion
June 29, 2016

Online vacation rental home service Airbnb is seeking a new round of investments that would value the company at $30 billion, making it the second-highest valued U.S. startup, according to The New York Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Pinterest Gets a Brand New Shopping Bag
June 29, 2016

About a year ago “buy buttons” were all the rage as the next big thing in social commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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The Changing Demographics Of The Grocery Game
June 28, 2016

Until very recently, grocery was easily viewable as a static category in the United States. An extremely important one — since it is one of the few absolutely necessary categories that one can count on pretty much all consumers to spend in — but a...