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)

How Staples Is Getting Its Groove Back
How Staples Is Getting Its Groove Back
July 19, 2016  |  Retail

Staples is looking to make a comeback after surviving a failed merger attempt and is hoping to boost sales and keep pace with Amazon through...

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Target Keeps Kids Front And Center In Back-To-School Promotions
Target Keeps Kids Front And Center In Back-To-School Promotions
July 19, 2016  |  Retail

Target is letting kids call the shots for its national back-to-school sales season, according to several media reports on Monday (July 18). Target is hoping...

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Microsoft Misses Billion-Device Target
Microsoft Misses Billion-Device Target
July 19, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Considering the recent history of Microsoft‘s lackluster OS launches, it came as a surprise to many that Microsoft chose to hang its hat on a...

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Walmart Stumbles Into A New Age Of Labor Relations
Walmart Stumbles Into A New Age Of Labor Relations
July 19, 2016  |  Cross Border Commerce

It seems like the biggest retailers’ legal departments never have much of a shortage of things to stress over, and just in case any merchants’...

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Pokémon GO Shows Retail How To Do AR/VR Right
Pokémon GO Shows Retail How To Do AR/VR Right
July 19, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Retailers can’t be held entirely liable for the ham-fisted ways they’ve tried to push virtual and augmented reality onto consumers, who — like retailers themselves...

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Citigroup Says Solving Costco Issue A ‘Top Priority’
Citigroup Says Solving Costco Issue A ‘Top Priority’
July 19, 2016  |  Payment Methods

When Costco announced that it would be moving on from American Express for its store card program, it was assumed that the resultant contract with...

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UPS Looks To Saturday Deliveries
UPS Looks To Saturday Deliveries
July 18, 2016  |  Retail

According to reports, it looks like UPS is looking to expand into Saturday home delivery in a handful of markets in the U.S. The goal...

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Can Sam’s Club Use Mobile Payments To Get Rid Of The Checkout Line?
Can Sam’s Club Use Mobile Payments To Get Rid Of The Checkout Line?
July 18, 2016  |  Retail

Sam’s Club is rethinking in-store payments in a big way. The wholesale retailer’s new Scan & Go Feature may be aiming to make standing in line...

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