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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Amazon Uses Prime Day Deals to Drive Traffic to Physical Stores
Amazon Uses Prime Day Deals to Drive Traffic to Physical Stores
July 10, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon is offering Prime Day deals to draw shoppers to brick-and-mortar stores as well as its website. Both leading up to and during Prime Day, which begins Tuesday...

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Levi’s Cuts Prices as Consumers Cut Spending  
Levi’s Cuts Prices as Consumers Cut Spending  
July 10, 2023  |  Retail

The story of consumer cutbacks on discretionary items, like apparel and beauty products, continues. But a new narrative is starting to emerge, as brands and...

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Walmart Goes Back in Time With Back-to-School Prices
Walmart Goes Back in Time With Back-to-School Prices
July 10, 2023  |  Retail

Walmart is letting parents shop for the 2023 school year at 2022 prices. “With 80% of customers expecting to spend more on supplies this year, …we’re...

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Amazon Says Prime Day 2023 Will Highlight Small Business 
Amazon Says Prime Day 2023 Will Highlight Small Business 
July 10, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon has cemented the loyalty of consumers with a vast marketplace and an extensive range of products and services provided by many individual sellers. The...

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Amazon Steps Up Competition in Healthcare With One Medical Discount
Amazon Steps Up Competition in Healthcare With One Medical Discount
July 07, 2023  |  Healthcare

Amazon’s Prime Day deals include a savings of $55 — 28% off the usual price of $199 — on an annual One Medical membership. The...

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Report: Apple Vision Pro Sales Process to Include Face Scans
Report: Apple Vision Pro Sales Process to Include Face Scans
July 07, 2023  |  Apple

Buyers of Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset will reportedly have the device tailored to them before purchase. The company will gather information about the buyer’s...

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Amazon, Walmart Dangle Free Subscriptions to Boost July Savings Days Sales
Amazon, Walmart Dangle Free Subscriptions to Boost July Savings Days Sales
July 07, 2023  |  Retail

Hooking consumers with the privileges of subscription membership is worth offering trial giveaways for Amazon and Walmart. Ahead of July’s savings extravaganza, Amazon and Walmart...

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EC Opens Investigation of Amazon’s Planned Acquisition of iRobot
EC Opens Investigation of Amazon’s Planned Acquisition of iRobot
July 06, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot. The commission has identified initial competition concerns and will now investigate them in greater depth, the...

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Affirm Sunsets Returnly and Directs Merchants Use Loop
Affirm Sunsets Returnly and Directs Merchants Use Loop
July 06, 2023  |  eCommerce

Affirm is sunsetting Returnly and transitioning the merchants using that platform to Loop. Returnly, which was acquired by buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm in 2021 and offers...

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