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...Last month, Dollar General, which runs discount stores, announced plans to remove self-checkout from 300 outlets with large theft problems and to drive more traffic to human cashiers elsewhere....
...“Ecommerce was new, so at first [brands] were learning and weren’t good at it yet, so they allowed more freedom in that relationship,” says D’Arpizio at Bain....
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...Black Friday is one of the busiest days of the year for consumer goods stores, and the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday — the Monday following the holiday, when electronics vendors discount goods...
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...Expect good traffic through stores and online, drawn by Black Friday sales....
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...Elliott had previously dabbled in UK retailers — including profiting, controversially, from the demise of electrical goods chain Comet....
...“Historically, consumer goods companies offered trade funding to retailers in return for discounts....
...In 2023, formerly common “bottom crate” discount records are wildly overpriced and the odds of finding a charity shop rarity are about as good as winning the lottery....
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...In a sense, this is an everyday story of consumer goods in the 21st century....
...In contrast, more specialised retailers including Abercrombie & Fitch, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Burlington Stores raised their annual outlooks, betting on high holiday season demand after reporting strong...
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