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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DSW Beats Expectations Despite Profit Slip

DSW Beats Expectations Despite Profit Slip
DSW Beats Expectations Despite Profit Slip
March 16, 2016  |  Retail

If there’s a single retailer that is celebrating increases to both yearly and quarterly profits, they better bottle their luck and sell it on their...

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Costco Quits Tobacco, But Not Cold Turkey
Costco Quits Tobacco, But Not Cold Turkey
March 16, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Compared to the mid-20th century when movie stars were paid to smoke on screen, tobacco products have a much different reputation among average American consumers...

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Best Buy’s Board Loses Former CEO
Best Buy’s Board Loses Former CEO
March 16, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Sometimes, even the brightest LED television screens fade away, and sometimes, the most expensive battery packs that an electronics retailer can stock end up losing...

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ModCloth Expands Into Bridal
ModCloth Expands Into Bridal
March 16, 2016  |  Retail

While ModCloth is not quite a household name, for a subset of Internet-enabled fashionistas that love a throwback look, the site is one of the...

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Wayfair’s Hiring Spree Rolls On
Wayfair’s Hiring Spree Rolls On
March 16, 2016  |  Retail

Evidence of a winning run at Wayfair Inc. rolls on, now as the firm scales up its hiring spree. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Children’s Place Beats The Street
Children’s Place Beats The Street
March 16, 2016  |  Retail

For a change of pace in retail lately, the Children’s Place has posted some solid quarterly results. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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What Is The Bieber Effect, And Can It Help Retail?
What Is The Bieber Effect, And Can It Help Retail?
March 16, 2016  |  Retail

While the Bieber effect is not something that sounds positive at a prima facie level and in fact sounds a bit like the name for...

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Unattended Retail’s Payments Snapshot
Unattended Retail’s Payments Snapshot
March 16, 2016  |  Retail

Remember those clunky vending machines of yesteryear that demanded exact change, impossibly smooth dollar bills and perhaps a bit of teeth gritting and machine shaking...

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Are Avatars The Future Of Shopping?
Are Avatars The Future Of Shopping?
March 15, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

As retailers get more and more high-tech gadgets, like virtual reality headsets and location-aware beacons, the natural instinct is to throw them at customers and...

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