Retail

Retail is the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit. Retailers satisfy demand identified through a supply chain.

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Birkenstock Discusses Potential Sale With CVC Capital Partners

Birkenstock Discusses Potential Sale With CVC Capital Partners
Birkenstock Discusses Potential Sale With CVC Capital Partners
January 20, 2021  |  Retail

European footwear company Birkenstock is in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, which is far along in talks with the owners of the...

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Pandemic’s New PPP Extends $5 Billion During First Week 
Pandemic’s New PPP Extends $5 Billion During First Week 
January 20, 2021  |  Loans

During the first week of the newly-reopened Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), some 60,000 loans were extended totaling $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported...

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Coke Says Things Go Better With … Subscriptions
Coke Says Things Go Better With … Subscriptions
January 20, 2021  |  Subscription Commerce

Even Coca-Cola has had a rough year at the hands of COVID-19. Its most recent quarterly earnings showed an unheard-of 9 percent decline as consumers...

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Washington DC Restaurants Get Creative With Inauguration Security
Washington DC Restaurants Get Creative With Inauguration Security
January 19, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

It might be an understatement to say that this year’s presidential inauguration will be unprecedented. Between the surging COVID-19 pandemic, the Jan. 6 attack on...

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Starbucks To Assist Washington State With COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Starbucks To Assist Washington State With COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
January 19, 2021  |  Retail

Starbucks will assist the state of Washington with distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. The coffee chain has tasked 11 staffers who have knowledge in R&D, operations,...

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Innovating In Retail With Omnichannel Commerce And Vaccines      
Innovating In Retail With Omnichannel Commerce And Vaccines      
January 19, 2021  |  Today In Data

Virginia-based CarLotz is seeking to disrupt the used-car business and go public this week. The firm provides an omnichannel platform that sells vehicles online and also via a network...

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7-Eleven And Other Convenience Stores Go High-Tech Even As The Industry Contracts
7-Eleven And Other Convenience Stores Go High-Tech Even As The Industry Contracts
January 19, 2021  |  Retail

The number of U.S. convenience stores fell 1.6 percent during 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic depressed crucial gasoline sales and brick-and-mortar retail contracted in general,...

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Office Depot Rejects Staples’ $2.1 Billion Bid, Offering Smaller Deal Or JV Instead
Office Depot Rejects Staples’ $2.1 Billion Bid, Offering Smaller Deal Or JV Instead
January 19, 2021  |  Retail

Office Depot is rejecting a $2.1 billion offer from Staples to buy the company outright, but is offering to either sell just Office Depot’s retail...

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Goldman Sachs Thinks Beauty-Tech Firm Perfect Corp. Looks Lovely
Goldman Sachs Thinks Beauty-Tech Firm Perfect Corp. Looks Lovely
January 19, 2021  |  Retail

Alice Chang has worked as an investment banker, and helped take a company called CyberLink to a successful initial public offering (IPO) and eventual $8.5...

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