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)

Verizon Closes In On Yahoo Purchase
Verizon Closes In On Yahoo Purchase
July 25, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Even the most transient millennial remembers the day when the internet was dominated by either AOL or the just-as-good Yahoo. The former ceased to be...

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Is Snapchat The Future Of Commerce For Brands?
Is Snapchat The Future Of Commerce For Brands?
July 22, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

So, how can you get your hands on the newest and hottest pair of Warby Parker shades — a “head-turning Haskell in Crystal, now with...

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Retail Spending In Britain Down Sharply In June (But Not Thanks To Brexit)
Retail Spending In Britain Down Sharply In June (But Not Thanks To Brexit)
July 22, 2016  |  Retail

Retail sales in Britain were down sharply in June, but The Guardian blames the measly sales data on uncharacteristically “soggy” weather, rather than the country’s...

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Jet.com Turns One
Jet.com Turns One
July 22, 2016  |  eCommerce

There are certainly no shortage of online marketplaces out there, but only one of them has attached itself to the epithet of “Amazon killer.” For...

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Retail Bedfellows Tracker: Barnes & Noble Seeks Screenplays, Xiaomi Seeks Stores
Retail Bedfellows Tracker: Barnes & Noble Seeks Screenplays, Xiaomi Seeks Stores
July 22, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Just because the pundits say that certain forms of retail are on their way to the grave doesn’t mean that merchants in those markets are going to...

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Birkenstock Takes Amazon Counterfeiting Into Its Own Hands (And Feet)
Birkenstock Takes Amazon Counterfeiting Into Its Own Hands (And Feet)
July 22, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Few dads and tropical tourists look as fetching in any piece of footwear as they do in Birkenstocks, and the company is well aware of...

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Grover Brings The Sharing Economy To Electronics
Grover Brings The Sharing Economy To Electronics
July 22, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

At the rate smartphones come out today, the price of a new device (plus two-year contract and data plan) can be difficult to pay off...

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