Retail

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SmartBrief covers a range of topics within the retail industry. Newsletter topics include digital commerce, brick-and-mortar retail, commercial real estate, global retail, as well as specialty retail, such as consumer electronics, pets and housewares. 

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Retail remains the heart of small business in the U.S.

6/17/2013

  • Retail's BIG Blog

About 70% of U.S. retailers have fewer than 10 employees and 95% of those have just one shop, making retail a key driver of the nation's small business sector, writes NRF President and CEO Matthew Sha… Read More

Survey: 31% of UK consumers want Amazon shops on the high street

Nordstrom to add more than 100 Rack stores by 2016

Sources: Lowe's to bid $205M for Orchard Supply Hardware

UK shopping centre development on the rise

Specialty Retail »

Disney on-demand movies come to Amazon's Lovefilm

6/17/2013

  • Engadget

"Bedknobs and Broomsticks," "Dumbo," "Lady and the Tramp," "Ratatouille" and "Wall-E" are among the Disney titles now available for streaming on demand through Lovefilm, an Amazon service. Read More

EA: "Console death" predictions are greatly exaggerated

Launch edition of the PS4 is sold out on Amazon

TV watching is becoming a more solitary activity, BBC exec says

Survey shows concern with total sugar consumption

Wholesale »

McKesson CIO talks about apps, health care trends

6/14/2013

  • InformationWeek

Changing reimbursement models and the rise of electronic records are among the trends shaping the health care industry, according to Randall Spratt, CIO of McKesson. Dealing with these sorts of chang… Read More

How UPS is solving its 15 trillion trillion problem

Mobile technology is key for efficient operations

HD Supply eyes $1.33B IPO

Why you should almost certainly be using social media marketing

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