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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JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers

JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

JD.com Chief Executive Richard Liu is predicting that robots will eventually supplant human workers in the retail industry. While Liu believes the change is inevitable,...

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How Restaurants Can Tap Into Full-Time Delivery Staff
How Restaurants Can Tap Into Full-Time Delivery Staff
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

Restaurants are designed to cook great food — not operate delivery networks. “They are not meant to be logistics companies,” EatStreet CEO and Co-Founder Matt...

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How Secondhand Apparel Marketplaces Evolved From Brick-And-Mortar Consignment
How Secondhand Apparel Marketplaces Evolved From Brick-And-Mortar Consignment
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

The resale clothing trade is becoming fashionable: One in three women are reporting that they shopped secondhand within the past year, according to research by thredUP....

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Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
April 18, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Retail makes for strange bedfellows at times — and in this week’s odd annals is the pair-up of putative rivals Best Buy and Amazon. The...

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Getting A Glimpse Under The Payments And Commerce Hood
Getting A Glimpse Under The Payments And Commerce Hood
April 18, 2018  |  Today In Data

Appearances can be deceiving, which is why avoiding assumptions is often the better part of valor. One might assume major banks are out of subprime home...

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Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

Home Depot, unique among the big-box store retailers, has not only survived in the age of the Amazon-effect, but thrived. Stock prices have grown 135...

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Amazon Prime To Take Over Whole Foods Rewards Program
Amazon Prime To Take Over Whole Foods Rewards Program
April 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Whole Foods Market has informed customers that it is shutting down its rewards program, which will most likely be folded into the Amazon Prime program....

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Amazon’s Patent For Real-Time Crypto Transaction Data Gets Approved
Amazon’s Patent For Real-Time Crypto Transaction Data Gets Approved
April 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has been awarded a patent for a streaming data marketplace offering real-time cryptocurrency transaction data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Reis & Irvy’s Finds An Unattended Way To Sell Soft-Serve Treats
Reis & Irvy’s Finds An Unattended Way To Sell Soft-Serve Treats
April 18, 2018  |  Vending Machines

Selling desserts in grocery stores is a $25 billion business — and it’s one that Nick Yates, chairman of Reis & Irvy’s, describes as broken....

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