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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Two-Thirds of Shoppers Let Payment Preferences Guide Store Choice

Two-Thirds of Shoppers Let Payment Preferences Guide Store Choice
Two-Thirds of Shoppers Let Payment Preferences Guide Store Choice
October 13, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

American shoppers are giving retailers a reason to rethink how they attract customers: The payment methods a store accepts increasingly help determine whether they’ll shop...

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Louis Vuitton Trademark Dispute Leads to Sales Slump in China
Louis Vuitton Trademark Dispute Leads to Sales Slump in China
October 12, 2026  |  Retail

Luxury retail company LVMH saw quarterly sales slump following a trademark dispute in China. Organic revenue for the company’s fashion and leather goods unit fell...

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Convenience Stores Put Vertical SaaS to a Multi-Business Test
Convenience Stores Put Vertical SaaS to a Multi-Business Test
October 12, 2026  |  Retail

Vertical software as a service has generally benefited from specialization. A restaurant platform can be designed around menus, kitchens, ordering and tips. Retail software tracks...

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Online Auctions Put a Price on Strange
Online Auctions Put a Price on Strange
October 10, 2026  |  The Weekender

Somewhere, someone has decided that a drawer containing 171 eyeballs is worth $2,640. Presumably, they’ve also decided where to put it. The early 20th-century German...

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Walmart Accelerates Connected Shopping Race With 1-Hour Express Pickup
Walmart Accelerates Connected Shopping Race With 1-Hour Express Pickup
October 08, 2026  |  Retail

Walmart has begun rolling out a new option that offers Walmart+ members curbside pickup in as soon as one hour, the company said in a...

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Mastercard Bets Shoppers Will Trust AI Agents One Purchase at a Time
Mastercard Bets Shoppers Will Trust AI Agents One Purchase at a Time
October 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Mastercard’s Pablo Fourez Consumers won’t hand artificial intelligence agents unrestricted purchasing authority on day one, but repeated successful transactions...

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Used Car Prices Poised to Dip Amid High Gas Prices
Used Car Prices Poised to Dip Amid High Gas Prices
October 07, 2026  |  Economy

New Cox Automotive projections show used car prices dipping more than previously expected. The forecast from the automotive industry data solutions company Wednesday (Oct. 7) comes as consumers continue...

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Just 11% of Retailers Measure Embedded Finance Success by ROI
Just 11% of Retailers Measure Embedded Finance Success by ROI
October 07, 2026  |  Retail

Embedded finance is delivering measurable benefits for retailers, but the way they judge whether it works reaches beyond the revenue line. The PYMNTS Intelligence report...

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