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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Blue Apron Notches An Earnings Beat

Blue Apron Notches An Earnings Beat
Blue Apron Notches An Earnings Beat
February 13, 2018  |  Earnings

Meal kit delivery service Blue Apron managed to cook up a Q4 earnings beat this time around, and investors liked what they saw well enough...

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Target Expands Same-Day Delivery, Wedding Registry
Target Expands Same-Day Delivery, Wedding Registry
February 13, 2018  |  Retail

One month after Target launched home delivery through grocery delivery firm Shipt in Florida, the retailer is rolling out the service in the Twin Cities....

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Shipt, Deliv Couriers (Sort Of) Bring Back Days Of The American Milkman
Shipt, Deliv Couriers (Sort Of) Bring Back Days Of The American Milkman
February 13, 2018  |  Retail

In the 1700s, many families had their own cows. But as people traded their farm houses for city living — well, there wasn’t anywhere to...

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Instacart Raises $200M At $4.2B Valuation
Instacart Raises $200M At $4.2B Valuation
February 13, 2018  |  Retail

Grocery food delivery service Instacart, which is facing intense competition from Amazon now that the eCommerce giant owns Whole Foods Market, has raised $200 million...

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Amazon Cuts Consumer Biz Heads At Seattle HQ  
Amazon Cuts Consumer Biz Heads At Seattle HQ  
February 12, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon is reducing its headcount at its corporate office in Seattle, with the eCommerce giant reportedly laying off several hundred employees in what is seen...

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Amazon Steps Up In Brazil With Potential New Warehouse
Amazon Steps Up In Brazil With Potential New Warehouse
February 12, 2018  |  Amazon

As Amazon gears up to compete with rivals in Brazil, the eCommerce retailer is reportedly seeking to lease a 50,000-square-meter warehouse near São Paulo. The...

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Valentine’s Day eCommerce Transactions Rise In Kenya
Valentine’s Day eCommerce Transactions Rise In Kenya
February 12, 2018  |  Mastercard

Consumers in Kenya are increasingly turning to eCommerce retailers to purchase their Valentine’s Day gifts. In its Love Index, Mastercard found a 183 percent increase in the...

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Staying Original In A World Full Of Imitators
Staying Original In A World Full Of Imitators
February 12, 2018  |  Retail

When Harvard Business School grads Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna first came up with the Birchbox concept, it was so … well, out of the box...

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The Passion Payoff: Evolution Of Mastercard’s ‘Priceless’ Campaign
The Passion Payoff: Evolution Of Mastercard’s ‘Priceless’ Campaign
February 12, 2018  |  Mastercard

Ending poverty, fighting cancer, and bringing women into tech fields: all in a day’s work, along with simpler pleasures like reading a book with one’s...

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