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Retail News: Information, News, and Companies and Events

Retail News
Information, News, and Companies and Events

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Retail is the sale of goods and services from individuals or businesses to the end-user. Retailers are part of an integrated system called the supply chain. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers or directly through a wholesaler, and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer for a profit. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations or online. Retailing includes subordinated services, such as delivery. The term "retailer" is also applied where a service provider services the needs of a large number of individuals, such as a public utility, like electric power.

Shops may be on residential streets, streets with few or no houses or in a shopping mall. Shopping streets may be for pedestrians only. Sometimes a shopping street has a partial or full roof to protect customers from precipitation. Online retailing, a type of electronic commerce used for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions and mail order, are forms of non-shop retailing.

Shopping generally refers to the act of buying products. Sometimes this is done to obtain necessities such as food and clothing; sometimes it is done as a recreational activity. Recreational shopping often involves window shopping (just looking, not buying) and browsing and does not always result in a purchase.

From Wikipedia

Breaking Retail News News
Retailers to invest £5bn in omnichannel in next five years

Non-food retailers are set to invest £5bn in the next five years in developing omnichannel operations. Read More: http://www.retail-week.com/multichannel/online-retail/retailers-to-invest-5bn-in-omnichannel-in-next-five-years/5049362.article?referrer=RSS ...
from: Retail Week News Feed

More Breaking Retail News News

This morning Retail Business Review News Feed notes; "Retail sales in Canada remain flat in March 2013" and Retail Business Review News Feed announced that "UK retail sales rose 0.5% year-on-year in April 2013". Earlier today, "Legal Experts Debate U.S. Retailers’ Risks of Signing Bangladesh Accord" wrote New York Times

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