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 Takes On AmazonFresh With Grocery Pickup Kiosk
Walmart Takes On AmazonFresh With Grocery Pickup Kiosk
June 07, 2017  |  Retail

Hopefully AmazonFresh enjoyed its two weeks as the only drive-up grocery pickup kiosk in town, because Walmart has been testing one of its own since...

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Grocery Delivery Alabama Startup Shipt Takes On Instacart, AmazonFresh And Google
Grocery Delivery Alabama Startup Shipt Takes On Instacart, AmazonFresh And Google
June 07, 2017  |  Startups

David is taking on Goliath as Shipt, an online grocery delivery startup based in Birmingham, Ala., goes up against San Francisco’s grocery delivery champion Instacart, as...

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Carvana Used Car Sales Up 120 Percent In First Quarter
Carvana Used Car Sales Up 120 Percent In First Quarter
June 07, 2017  |  Retail

Carvana, the eCommerce platform for buying used cars, announced Tuesday (June 6) its first quarter results, which showed it sold 8,334 cars, an increase of...

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Shopify Now Lets Merchants Hire Virtual Employee ‘Kit’ For Free
Shopify Now Lets Merchants Hire Virtual Employee ‘Kit’ For Free
June 07, 2017  |  Innovation

Today in retail news, employee of the week award goes to Kit, Shopify’s virtual assistant for Shopify merchants, who handles digital marketing and advertising for...

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Upscale Resale Co. The RealReal Announces $50M VC Funding Round
Upscale Resale Co. The RealReal Announces $50M VC Funding Round
June 07, 2017  |  Retail

Female-founded upscale resale company the RealReal, which specializes in luxury consignment clothing items, announced a $50 million round of funding from private equity firm Great...

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Macy’s Stock Slips After Warning On Earnings
Macy’s Stock Slips After Warning On Earnings
June 07, 2017  |  Retail

Macy’s stock slumped Tuesday (June 6) in the wake of a warning at the company’s annual investor day that profit margins are being squeezed. Get the Full...

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Amazon Competes With Walmart For Lower-Income Shoppers
Amazon Competes With Walmart For Lower-Income Shoppers
June 07, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon already has a hold on high-income shoppers in the U.S., but the online retailer now wants to attract lower-income customers to the site with...

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Furniture Retailer Gets Global Delivery Boost From NICE
Furniture Retailer Gets Global Delivery Boost From NICE
June 06, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

With eCommerce enabling global reach for most retailers, keeping track of all the moving parts can be a difficult feat. As such, many companies are...

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Study Unveils US Manufacturer Digitization Progress Report
Study Unveils US Manufacturer Digitization Progress Report
June 06, 2017  |  Retail

Adjusting technologies to today’s standards is a common issue for many industries. As one of the largest and perhaps most impacted areas, manufacturing has wrestled...

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