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Retail Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

Teamwork Retail

Early marketplaces and bazaars were simply gathering spots where farmers, hunters, and traveling merchants would trade goods. To service this higher level of commerce in burgeoning urban centers, the department store was born. The department store was the first iteration of what we now consider modern retail shopping.

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Retail Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

Teamwork Retail

Early marketplaces and bazaars were simply gathering spots where farmers, hunters, and traveling merchants would trade goods. To service this higher level of commerce in burgeoning urban centers, the department store was born. The department store was the first iteration of what we now consider modern retail shopping.

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Retail Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

Teamwork Retail

Early marketplaces and bazaars were simply gathering spots where farmers, hunters, and traveling merchants would trade goods. To service this higher level of commerce in burgeoning urban centers, the department store was born. The department store was the first iteration of what we now consider modern retail shopping.

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Three Design Tips for Fighting Shrink

Retail TouchPoints

Open, light-filled, high-visibility store environments are harder to steal from without being seen, and they also happen to be more pleasing to shop. In other cases, crime is more intense (see the viral videos of thefts at downtown drug and luxury department stores).

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How MDM Helps Retailers Protect the Bottom Line

Retail TouchPoints

Next stop — your favorite department store to pick out an outfit for a work trip later in the week. The store is quite busy, so you flag down a salesperson and they help you check out from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) system.

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [August 2021]

ROI Revolution

Total retail sales were up 11% year-over-year this June, a 10.4% Jewelry, lodging, and department stores saw the biggest yearly sales growth compared to the other sectors measured in Mastercard’s SpendingPulse Report. When it comes to large retailers and department stores, 58.2% Ecommerce sales rose 11.1%

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [December 2021]

ROI Revolution

Retail sales as a whole still saw significant yearly growth on Black Friday according to data from Mastercard SpendingPulse. In-store sales were up nearly 43% over Black Friday 2020, with department stores up 86.4%. Total retail sales were up 11% year-over-year this June, a 10.4% Ecommerce sales rose 11.1%

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