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

UPS Lockers Will Make It Easier To Pick Up Packages
UPS Lockers Will Make It Easier To Pick Up Packages
July 08, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Ever had a UPS delivery that you’ve missed because you were working, out running errands, or had some other perfectly normal reason why you were...

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Vending Machines Are Retail’s Newest Frontier
Vending Machines Are Retail’s Newest Frontier
July 08, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

It was only a decade or two ago that you’d be laughed out of the room for suggesting someone buy clothes or shoes online without...

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Target’s Childish Plan To Rule Kid-Focused Retail
Target’s Childish Plan To Rule Kid-Focused Retail
July 08, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Kids can say the darndest things, but with more parents than ever before turning to their kids for advice on every purchase from clothes to food,...

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Retailers Push Back Against Prime Day With Their Own Sales
Retailers Push Back Against Prime Day With Their Own Sales
July 08, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Imitation might the sincerest form of flattery, but sometimes, it’s also not a terrible way to run a business. Especially when a company like Amazon...

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Adidas Gets Yeezy, Olympic Sponsors Let Loose
Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Adidas Gets Yeezy, Olympic Sponsors Let Loose
July 08, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

For the most part, retail partnerships operate under the principle of quid pro quo. Ideal altruism is in short supply in the dog-eat-dog world of commerce...

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Hotels Take On Travel Booking Services
Hotels Take On Travel Booking Services
July 08, 2016  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Sometimes buying direct pays — and that is increasingly true when traveling to certain hotels. In an effort to lower the payments hotels pay to...

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A Roadie For Everyone
A Roadie For Everyone
July 07, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

When the average person confronts broken bathroom tiles, they can be expected to go through something like the five stages of grief described by Elizabeth...

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Hummingbad Malware Infects 10M Android Phones
Hummingbad Malware Infects 10M Android Phones
July 07, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Because what the world needed was more bad news about cybersecurity, it seems that 10 million phones have been infected with the preciously named Hummingbad...

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Walgreens Logs Strong Q3
Walgreens Logs Strong Q3
July 07, 2016  |  Earnings

An apple a day will keep the doctor away, but for retailers, there’s nothing like a good quarterly earnings report to cure what ails them —...

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