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

Lyft Ridership Is Reaching New Heights
Lyft Ridership Is Reaching New Heights
August 04, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Objects in a car’s side-view mirror can often be larger than they appear. That’s good advice for Uber, because Lyft’s ridership numbers are starting to...

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Retail Bedfellows Tracker: Tesla Gets Tanned, Lululemon Outfits Olympians
Retail Bedfellows Tracker: Tesla Gets Tanned, Lululemon Outfits Olympians
August 04, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Three Dog Night’s prescient lyrics warned us all that while one is most certainly the loneliest number, “Two can be as bad as one / It’s the...

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Will Walmart Really Buy Jet.com?
Will Walmart Really Buy Jet.com?
August 04, 2016  |  eCommerce

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Though often attributed to Niccoló Machiavelli, the 2,400-year-old expression actually comes via Machiavelli’s Indian counterpart Kautilya, who first used...

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Birchbox Eeks Out $15M Round
Birchbox Eeks Out $15M Round
August 03, 2016  |  eCommerce

Birchbox has managed to raise some new funding in the form of a convertible note – meaning as of now Birchbox has a loan that...

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Office Depot Closes More Stores In Face Of Falling Profits
Office Depot Closes More Stores In Face Of Falling Profits
August 03, 2016  |  Retail

Office Depot came to the plate with its announced profit for Q2, $210 million — a big step up from the $58 million in losses...

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What Will Retail Look Like In 2020?
What Will Retail Look Like In 2020?
August 03, 2016  |  Retail

We all know — and keep hearing almost ad nauseam — all about how the rise of online shopping is changing the very face of...

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Mastercard And BJ’s To Offer A ‘Priceless’ Boston Experience
Mastercard And BJ’s To Offer A ‘Priceless’ Boston Experience
August 03, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Boston doesn’t quite make it into the top tier of U.S. cities, like New York, L.A. and Chicago, but what it does offer in history,...

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Shoppable Secures $3.5M In Series A
Shoppable Secures $3.5M In Series A
August 03, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

It’s not cheap work ensuring that wherever customers want to checkout, their favorite merchants are ready to meet them there. That’s been the mission statement...

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Chapter 11 Watch: Retailers Head Back To School, Jewelry Loses Its Shine
Chapter 11 Watch: Retailers Head Back To School, Jewelry Loses Its Shine
August 03, 2016  |  Risk Management

The dog days of summer are finally upon the retail world, and if department stores didn’t take the spring and early summer to make up for...

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