Consumer Trends: Page 139
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Study: Major retailers pay better than smaller businesses
New research finds that educated employees can land good jobs in retail management.
By Daphne Howland • July 30, 2014 -
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Facebook says hello to the buy
Where is e-commerce on Facebook headed?
By Daphne Howland • July 30, 2014 -
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TrendlineHow artificial intelligence is shaping retail
More retailers are leaning on AI as a tool, tapping into the tech to improve customer service and support supply chain functions.
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Top News Tuesday: Maternity mergers and back-to-school preparations
Every Tuesday, Retail Dive gives you our picks for the week's top industry news. This week, we look at back-to-school sales tax holidays and an acquisition approval from the EU.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 29, 2014 -
Zappos testing personal shopping service
Ask Zappos is said to track down any fashion item for users, even if the company doesn't carry it.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 29, 2014 -
Amazon introduces 3D printing store
The online marketplace will sell customizable jewelry, electronics, and home goods.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 29, 2014 -
Indian e-commerce company raises $1 billion in fundraising
Flipkart's new funding is the largest venture investment received by an Indian Internet company.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 29, 2014 -
Rue La La reportedly exploring sale
The flash-sale retailer is considering a sale, and sources say Gilt may be interested.
By Daphne Howland • July 29, 2014 -
San Francisco supervisor to introduce retail worker rights bill
If enacted, the bill would affect part-time workers in some 1,250 retail chain stores in the city.
By Daphne Howland • July 29, 2014 -
One-third of consumers with credit have debts in collection
The news may be a piece of the puzzle now known as “the retail funk.”
By Daphne Howland • July 29, 2014 -
FTC attempts to head off mobile cramming as payments surge
The agency sent out guidelines for companies to follow in order to prevent unauthorized mobile charges.
By Daphne Howland • July 29, 2014 -
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Few retailers prepared for Amazon Fire phone
Only one of five retailers have their mobile site optimized for the new smartphone, which began shipping last Friday.
By Daphne Howland • July 29, 2014 -
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Inquire Within: 9 retailers in search of a CEO
A trove of retailers are looking for new executive leadership at a time of great flux.
By Daphne Howland • July 28, 2014 -
Patent trolls' favorite prey? Retailers
A study says that retailers could get entangled in more than 525 patent lawsuits this year.
By Daphne Howland • July 28, 2014 -
Study finds 90% of retail sales occur in physical stores
And physical stores also foster web and mobile sales, according to the report.
By Daphne Howland • July 28, 2014 -
Lululemon in the habit of filing, defending patents
The retailer is unusually assertive in its defense of designs for its clothing.
By Daphne Howland • July 25, 2014 -
Obama and Dems aim to check tax inversions
President Obama called for Congress to pass legislation saying that companies with half of their business in the U.S. are to be domiciled here.
By Daphne Howland • July 25, 2014 -
Mobile driving physical store sales, study says
Shoppers are increasingly using their phones to research products and check prices, and that is spurring growth in brick-and-mortar stores.
By Daphne Howland • July 25, 2014 -
Report shows consumer confidence growing
As the holiday shopping season looms, expectations are rising for healthier retail sales in the second half of the year.
By Daphne Howland • July 25, 2014 -
For teenagers, malls trump e-commerce
While young teens especially love the mall, they’re also using phones to help them shop.
By Daphne Howland • July 25, 2014 -
Amazon's new earnings miss estimates
The company also warned that losses in the upcoming quarter would be worse than expected.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 24, 2014 -
Sixteen states to offer back-to-school sales tax holidays
While the earliest sales tax holiday begins today, many states are waiting until August to start their holidays.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 24, 2014 -
Nearly a third of shoppers distrust retailers with data
With publicity around data breaches leading to distrust, brick-and-mortar retailers still have far to go to improve security.
By Daphne Howland • July 24, 2014 -
Birchbox's brick-and-mortar store is a retail 'lab'
The online beauty retailer is leveraging activity in its first physical store to help it understand customer behavior.
By Daphne Howland • July 24, 2014 -
Wal-Mart US CEO Bill Simon to retire
Greg Foran, currently the president and CEO of Wal-Mart China, will take the reins.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 24, 2014 -
TargetExpress debuts first store in Minnesota
The 20,000 square-foot store is designed to reach on-the-go urbanites.
By Kelsey Lindsey • July 23, 2014
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