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Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods or services sold in a given time period.
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CoronavirusRestaurant Order Volume Falls 36 Pct Amid Coronavirus Closures
In much of the United States, restaurants have been ordered closed, except perhaps for...
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B2B PaymentsAllSurplus Launches Program For SMBs To Sell Excess Equipment
AllSurplus, the marketplace for selling off various extra assets and items, wants to help...
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RetailSmartphone Sales See Biggest Drop Ever In Feb.
Research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics has released a report stating that global smartphone...
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RetailUS Retail Spending Dropped 0.5 Pct. In Feb.
As consumer spending started to decelerate prior to COVID-19 containment measures, U.S. retail sales...
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RetailDollar Tree Plans Renovations Amid Strong Q4 Results
Dollar Tree’s fourth-quarter earnings were better than expected, as the company continues its upgrades...
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RetailSales Of Plant-Based Foods Hit $5B In 2019
Consumers’ appetites for plant-based food is apparently surging, as the market for those products...
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EarningsSame-Day Services Soar In Mixed Q4 For Target
Target’s Q4 earnings report was something of a mixed bag in terms of outcomes. Earnings...
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RetailSmileDirectClub Aims To Boost Growth Via Healthcare Partnerships
After SmileDirectClub Inc registered a larger-than-expected loss with greater spending to market its teeth...
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RetailLowe’s Posts Mixed Results Amid Online Revamp
As Lowe’s homes in on growing online shopping and bringing in more professional contractors...
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EarningsThe RealReal Tops $1B In GMV In 2019
As its gross merchandise volume (GMV) topped $1 billion for 2019, The RealReal Inc. reported...
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RetailStreaming Makes Up 80 Pct Of Music Industry Sales
Streaming services from companies like Spotify, Apple and Amazon have helped to fuel an...
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EarningsMacy’s Touts A Turnaround After Q4 Earnings Beat
After four consecutive quarters of progressively declining results, Macy’s managed to surprise the markets...
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RetailDomino’s Established US Restaurant Sales Rise 3.4 Pct
With a focus on new marketing efforts and quicker delivery, Domino’s Pizza Inc. has...
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RetailGroupon To Stop Merchandise Sales And Concentrate On Experiences
As it faces a competitive retail market, Groupon Inc. intends to discontinue its sale...
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RetailCereal Makers Aim To Move From Sweet Tooth To Healthy...
You better eat your Wheaties. At an average of $3.74 a box, even with...
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EarningsWalmart Sees 37 Pct Growth In eCommerce, In-Store Sales Remain...
After eight consecutive earnings beats, Walmart finds itself at the start of 2020 in...
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SubscriptionsHubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
One might assume they could easily guess the biggest competitor for a startup focused...
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EarningsDunkin’ Ends 2019 With 146 New Stores, 13M+ Loyalty Members
As it reaped the benefits of its digital investments, Dunkin’ Brands added 146 net new Dunkin’...
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EarningsAmazon Hits 150M Prime Users And Commits Billions To One-Day...
Back to the trillion-dollar club they go. Amazon’s stock price shot up in after-hours...
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RidesharingLyft To Lay Off ~90 Sales And Marketing Employees
Lyft announced upcoming job cuts on Wednesday (Jan. 29) as part of what it...
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EarningseBay Teases Sale Of Classifieds As Q4 Earnings Slide
As eBay seeks to right its ship with its search for new leaders, as...
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InnovationSubaru CEO Says Electric Vehicle Demand Is Lagging
Americans don’t seem to be showing much interest in electric vehicles, according to Subaru...
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RetailFiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020...
’Tis the season for … looking back at 2019 holiday sales trends, and figuring...
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EarningsTarget Posts Surprisingly Sluggish Same-Store Sales Growth
Retailers having a less than festive holiday season saleswise has become an increasingly repetitive...
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CommerceLenovo Leads PC Sales Spike With 24 Pct Market Share
The annual global sale of PCs saw its first gain since 2011, when sales went...
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RetailDespite Amazon Relationship, Kohl’s Has Sour Holiday Season
The year is off to a less-than-stellar start for Kohl’s. The retail chain has...
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AppleChina Sees 18 Pct. Jump In iPhone Sales
There was an 18 percent spike in iPhone sales in China in the month...
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RetailHoliday Shoppers May Have Favored Non-Mall Retailers
Department store chains in the United States might have experienced another disappointing holiday season,...
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EarningsPier 1 To Close Nearly Half Its Stores On Big...
Pier 1 said on Monday (Jan. 6) that it intends to close nearly half...
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AppleApple Shares Spike To Record High
The new year started off well for Apple, which saw its share price crossing...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxDeep Dive: How Not To Lose A Bundle On Bundled...
Merchants frequently package products together into eye-catching bundles, selling everything from laptops with preloaded...
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Restaurant innovationNew Chipotle Stores To Feature Drive-Throughs, Walk-Up Windows
Chipotle announced on Thursday (Dec. 19) that it is testing out a different restaurant...
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EarningsFedEx Sees Shares Slide After Slashing Profit Forecasts
FedEx saw a drop in its shares during after-hours trading in New York on...
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RetailCostco Sees Sales Boost Amid Brick-and-Mortar Focus
Costco, the big-box membership retail store, has seen its sales continuously rise throughout the...
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RetailDiscounts, Lower Same-Store Sales Hit Hudson’s Bay Results
The latest results of the department store operator Hudson’s Bay Company showed the impact...
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RetailOct. Retail Sales Drop 0.6 Pct. In Euro Zone
With the negative impact from trade, the economy of the eurozone expanded at a...
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InternationalStarbucks Expects To See Slowing Growth In China
Starbucks has, once again, warned that its China comparable sales could rise 1 percent...
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RetailCyber Monday Sales Expected To Reach $9.4B
Seeking to maintain the momentum of a record $11.6 billion in online sales on...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxThe Economic Case For Remote Sales Tax Uniformity
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) struggle to meet new remote sales tax laws that...
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EarningsSluggish Sales Sink Macy’s Earnings
The mall has not been kind to Macy’s, or at least that was the...
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RetailTarget’s Online Sales Jump 31 Pct. In The Quarter
Offering a “safe haven” of sorts after multiple retailers unsettled investors, Target Corp. increased its full-year...
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RetailQ3 Retail Earnings Show Mixed Bag Of Consumer Spending
Consumer spending shows mixed demand as the holiday shopping season gets underway, The Wall...
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RetailLoyalty Firm Punchh Raises $40M For Brick-and-Mortar Analytics
As eCommerce rises in popularity – currently accounting for about 11 percent of retail...
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AmazonNike To Pull Product Listings From Amazon
Nike announced that it is parting ways with Amazon and will no longer sell...
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eCommerceAlibaba: First Hour Of Singles’ Day Rakes In $12B
China’s Alibaba rang up over $12 billion in sales in less than 90 minutes...
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RetailWith Fewer Shopping Days, Retailers Ramp Up Sales, Delivery
Thanksgiving lands on Nov. 28, which is six days later than last year. That...
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eCommerceEastern Europe Online Retail Sales Continue Double-Digit Growth
According to the Eastern Europe B2C E-Commerce and Online Payment Market 2019 report, online...
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EarningsDunkin’ Doubles Down On Digital With Rewards, Ordering
With digital initiatives in multi-tender rewards and mobile guest checkout, Dunkin’ ended the third quarter...
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EarningsMondelēz Touts Q3 eCommerce Growth, Strives For Smaller-Portion Options
With strong eCommerce growth and improvements on its return on digital investment, Mondelēz International, Inc. posted...
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VISAVisa’s Kereere: eComm Firms Say X-Border Growth Critical — But...
A new study from Visa finds 87 percent of eCommerce execs see cross-border growth...
