Since retailer cooperatives are wholesale-sponsored, there tends to be much greater consistency across stores in terms of merchandising and promotions.
When arranging merchandise for sale, the optimal location for a retailer's most profitable products are at the end of an aisle, at eye-level on a shelf, or at the check-out counter.
According to Forrester Research, almost half of the goods and services that consumers ultimately purchased in a store were actually influenced by online activity.
The term retail apocalypse refers to the massive increase in the use of technology-artificial intelligence, augmented reality, etc.-that has flooded retail applications.