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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GoDaddy Agrees To Buy Poynt To Boost Digital Payments Technology

GoDaddy Agrees To Buy Poynt To Boost Digital Payments Technology
GoDaddy Agrees To Buy Poynt To Boost Digital Payments Technology
December 15, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Poynt, which lets businesses sell and accept payments anywhere through its suite of products, according to a press release. Get...

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DoorDash And Uber Fee Hikes Will Test Business Model – And Restaurants’ Patience
DoorDash And Uber Fee Hikes Will Test Business Model – And Restaurants’ Patience
December 15, 2020  |  Delivery

Six weeks after securing passage of the Proposition 22 ballot measure that overturned a California law requiring part-time workers to be reclassified as employees, two of its...

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Today In Retail: JD Sports Acquires California-Based Shoe Palace; Meijer Pharmacies Get Ready For COVID-19 Vaccine
Today In Retail: JD Sports Acquires California-Based Shoe Palace; Meijer Pharmacies Get Ready For COVID-19 Vaccine
December 15, 2020  |  News

In today’s top retail news, JD Sports has bought California-based Shoe Palace, while pharmacies inside of Meijer stores are preparing for a in-depth vaccine administration effort. Plus,...

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Verishop App Feature ‘Shop Party’ Enables Video Shopping With Friends
Verishop App Feature ‘Shop Party’ Enables Video Shopping With Friends
December 15, 2020  |  Mobile Commerce

Verishop is integrating with iOS to enable users to hold video chats while also exploring places to shop, the company announced in a press release...

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Vroom To Buy AI-Powered Analytics And Digital Services Firm CarStory
Vroom To Buy AI-Powered Analytics And Digital Services Firm CarStory
December 15, 2020  |  Acquiring

Vroom said on Tuesday (Dec. 15) that it has entered into a definitive deal to buy artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled analytics and digital services company CarStory...

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Klarna Teams With Verifone To Expand In-Store BNPL Availability
Klarna Teams With Verifone To Expand In-Store BNPL Availability
December 15, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Klarna has teamed up with Silicon Valley digital payments firm Verifone to advance availability in physical stores across...

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Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
December 15, 2020  |  Personnel

The pandemic has hammered the hotel industry right from the start. Marriott International, for example, furloughed “tens of thousands” of workers back in March as...

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Rising Interest In Online Grocery Shopping And Subscriptions
Rising Interest In Online Grocery Shopping And Subscriptions
December 15, 2020  |  Today In Data

Online grocery shopping isn’t a completely new phenomenon, but the pandemic period has sped up its progress. Grocery has truly turned into a multichannel shopping journey this year, as...

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Vaccine Optimism Reigns, But Retailers Must Respect Consumers’ Digital Transformation
Vaccine Optimism Reigns, But Retailers Must Respect Consumers’ Digital Transformation
December 15, 2020  |  Retail

Vaccines are here. They’re being distributed. Finally, optimism and COVID-19 can live in the same sentence. But any retailer that thinks consumers are ready to...

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