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)

The Unlikely Retail Applications Of Pokémon GO
The Unlikely Retail Applications Of Pokémon GO
July 12, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

For years, retailers have lamented the fact that mobile traffic so rarely translates in equal numbers to in-store traffic. An entire industry has even sprung...

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Retail’s Hottest Job? Working For Kanye
Retail’s Hottest Job? Working For Kanye
July 12, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Retail employees rarely choose their workplaces based on the distant CEOs that might drop by the office once or twice out of the year, but...

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Pet Valu, Pet Supermarket’s Powerful Merger
Pet Valu, Pet Supermarket’s Powerful Merger
July 12, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

On the whole, it hasn’t been a good few months for retail mergers. Staples and Office Depot had a handshake merger deal called off at...

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Retailers Clog Prime Day With Their Own Deals
Retailers Clog Prime Day With Their Own Deals
July 12, 2016  |  Amazon

In 2015, Amazon had the entire retail landscape to itself when it held its Prime Day retail holiday in the middle of July. This time...

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Fast Fashion Is Even Faster On Four Wheels
Fast Fashion Is Even Faster On Four Wheels
July 12, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Despite the rise of online shopping in just about every retail market imaginable, fashion brands are still somewhat confident that their business model primarily relies...

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Alibaba’s Global VR Tech Ambitions
Alibaba’s Global VR Tech Ambitions
July 12, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Some of the biggest eCommerce companies in the world — Amazon, Alibaba, JD.com — got that way by perfecting buying and selling in an online...

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Survey Says Amazon Added 19 Million Prime Customers In A Year
Survey Says Amazon Added 19 Million Prime Customers In A Year
July 12, 2016  |  Retail

Amazon will hold its second annual Prime Day on Tuesday (July 12), when the massive online retailer promises to offer big discounts on everything from...

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Amazon Offering Ultimate Selfie iPhone As Part Of Prime Day Deals
Amazon Offering Ultimate Selfie iPhone As Part Of Prime Day Deals
July 11, 2016  |  Retail

Want to “take selfies just like Kim Kardashian?” That’s what a new iPhone case that Amazon is currently offering at discounts of as much as...

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eCommerce Business Blue Acorn Slashes Jobs
eCommerce Business Blue Acorn Slashes Jobs
July 11, 2016  |  eCommerce

Blue Acorn, the company that says it uses “data to turn eCommerce into science,” is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs but says its business...

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