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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Walmart Acquires VR Startup Spatialand

Walmart Acquires VR Startup Spatialand
Walmart Acquires VR Startup Spatialand
February 06, 2018  |  Retail

As Walmart seeks to invest in tech to compete with Amazon, the retailer has acquired a small virtual reality (VR) startup. Spatialand will become the...

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Hudson’s Bay Hires CVS Exec As New CEO
Hudson’s Bay Hires CVS Exec As New CEO
February 06, 2018  |  Personnel

Hudson’s Bay has hired the president of CVS as its new CEO. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Boxed And Costco Have Their Roots In A 1970s New Jersey A&P Store
Boxed And Costco Have Their Roots In A 1970s New Jersey A&P Store
February 06, 2018  |  Retail

In the 1970s, the venerable The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) was losing market share. While Safeway expanded in the West and enjoyed...

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Weak Sales Depress Dunkin’ Earnings
Weak Sales Depress Dunkin’ Earnings
February 06, 2018  |  Earnings

Dunkin’ Donuts’ stock was down more than 3 percent after earnings were announced, despite better-than-expected Q4 results, according to news on Tuesday (Feb. 6) from...

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Sun Basket And Soothing Investors’ Meal Kit Indigestion
Sun Basket And Soothing Investors’ Meal Kit Indigestion
February 06, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Meal kits came to the market strong and, for a while there, it seemed like everyone was offering a variation of a direct-to-one’s-door delivery of...

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Lululemon CEO Abruptly Resigns
Lululemon CEO Abruptly Resigns
February 06, 2018  |  Personnel

Lululemon’s Chief Executive, Laurent Potdevin, has abruptly resigned after exhibiting behavior that failed to meet the company’s standards. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Kroger Sells Convenience Stores For $2.15B
Kroger Sells Convenience Stores For $2.15B
February 06, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kroger, the supermarket operator, announced a deal to sell its convenience store business to EG Group, the U.K.-based convenience store retailer. Get the Full Story...

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Bon-Ton Is The Next Retailer To File For Bankruptcy
Bon-Ton Is The Next Retailer To File For Bankruptcy
February 05, 2018  |  Retail

After struggling for years with decreasing sales and mall traffic, Bon-Ton Stores has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer said it voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

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Little Farm Boxes Take A Bite Out Of Big Agra
Little Farm Boxes Take A Bite Out Of Big Agra
February 05, 2018  |  Data

Food production and distribution are no picnic. Consumers increasingly demand transparency around what they eat. Where did it come from? Who touched it? How many...

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