sales

Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods or services sold in a given time period.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

JD.com, Alibaba Sales Not Enough To Boost China’s Sluggish Singles Day
JD.com, Alibaba Sales Not Enough To Boost China’s Sluggish Singles Day
November 12, 2021  |  Retail

Record online sales posted by JD.com and Alibaba weren’t enough to buoy a sluggish Singles Day in China, the world’s biggest multi-day shopping extravaganza that...

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BNPL Race Keeps Heating Up as Users Grow, Sales Increase and New Partnerships Form
BNPL Race Keeps Heating Up as Users Grow, Sales Increase and New Partnerships Form
November 09, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Variously known as point-of-sale credit, alternative credit, and installment payments, BNPL continues building momentum — and everybody wants a piece of the action. Recent and...

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As Restaurant Prices Rise, Consumers May Give Grocery Stores a Second Look
As Restaurant Prices Rise, Consumers May Give Grocery Stores a Second Look
October 25, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Restaurants and grocery stores are on a bit of a collision course when it comes to consumer spending as customers weigh supermarket markups against the...

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Discounts Harder to Find Amid Supply Chain Bottleneck
Discounts Harder to Find Amid Supply Chain Bottleneck
October 25, 2021  |  Retail

The traditional discounts and specials related to the holiday season will be fewer and further between this year as shoppers are likely to pay close...

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HSBC Loses $2.3 Billion On French Bank Sale
HSBC Loses $2.3 Billion On French Bank Sale
June 18, 2021  |  Banking

The British bank HSBC said Friday it has agreed to sell its French retail bank to the Cerebus-backed My Money Group at a loss of...

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Rising Demand Triggers Boat Inventory Shortage Amid Pandemic
Rising Demand Triggers Boat Inventory Shortage Amid Pandemic
March 19, 2021  |  Retail

Escalating boat sales fueled by the coronavirus pandemic have created nationwide shortages of vessels in the U.S. as people clamored to find socially-distanced activities to...

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Dollar General Earnings Fall Short Of Projections
Dollar General Earnings Fall Short Of Projections
March 18, 2021  |  Earnings

Dollar General posted 2020 fourth-quarter earnings that missed expectations and issued a downbeat earnings forecast for 2021, the discount retailer said in a press release on...

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Dollar General Cautious; Says ‘Significant Sales Benefit’ From COVID Will Likely End
Dollar General Cautious; Says ‘Significant Sales Benefit’ From COVID Will Likely End
March 18, 2021  |  Retail

Dollar General, which operates the nation’s largest chain of 17,000 discount stores, said on Thursday (March 18) that the 20 percent COVID-fueled sales increase last...

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Kohl’s Digital Sales Temper Broader Revenue Decline
Kohl’s Digital Sales Temper Broader Revenue Decline
March 02, 2021  |  Retail

Kohl’s, the embattled operator of 1,100 department stores, said Tuesday (March 2) that its fourth quarter sales fell 10.1 percent, tempered by a 21 percent increase...

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