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Taking Our Products Off of Retail Shelves in Favor of Profits

Shipping your products off to retailers is sexy and easy, but it could have a substantial financial impact on your business.

By Jason Lucash

Building a Business

Teen Retailer Pacific Sunwear Files for Bankruptcy Protection

By Reuters

Thought Leaders

Beyoncé’s ‘Athleisure’ Line to Launch in April

By Carolyn Sun

Building a Business

Staples to Turn Parts of Some Stores Into Office Space

By Phil Wahba

Building a Business

Warehouse Serving Amazon, Lowe’s and Sears Gets Slapped With U.S. Labor Complaint

California Cartage is accused of violating workers' rights to organize and threatening workers with dismissal.

By Reuters

Building a Business

American Apparel Names Former Liz Claiborne Head as Chairman

The retailer had filed for bankruptcy in October following years of losses and the ouster of founder and CEO Dov Charney.

By Reuters

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Suffering Major Losses, Aeropostale to Explore Strategic Alternatives, Including Sale

The clothing retailer has had 13 quarterly losses in a row.

By Reuters

Building a Business

Apparel Maker Lands’ End Puts Itself in Tough Spot After Removing Gloria Steinem Interview

A profile of Steinem in the spring catalog led to vocal protests from customers who disagree with the feminist icon, but now more people are angry after the company's apology.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

What Sears Taught Amazon About Business

Sears' 1800s innovations and market disruption model are still at the core of retail behaviors today. Retail companies would be wise to study this history.

By Zach Ferres

Building a Business

Circuit City Is Coming Back From the Dead

Once the top big-box technology retailer, Circuit City filed for bankruptcy in 2008.

By Sarah Whitten

Tech

At This Store, Robots Will Replace Human Employees. But, Wow, They Are Adorable.

Softbank, the Japanese telecommunications and Internet corporation, will staff a cellphone store with (almost entirely) humanoid Pepper robots for a week.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

When It Comes to Taxes, Here Is How to Handle Inventory

For entrepreneurs that run an ecommerce or brick-and-mortar store, it is important to understand how you will be taxed on your goods.

By David McKeegan

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Why Brick and Mortar Is Here to Stay

We live in a digital world, but we also live in a physical one. Savvy startups can use that to their advantage.

By Greg Hong

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Improve Management of Retail Returns for a Better Customer Experience

Poor returns policies and cumbersome returns processes are a significant obstacle to future sales.

By Peter Sobotta

Building a Business

Tiffany Cuts Jobs as Sales Lose Sparkle

The company's traditional reluctance to offer promotions has been turning away thrifty customers and a stronger dollar has made purchases more expensive for tourists.

By Reuters

Building a Business

Is Amazon’s First Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore the Future of Retail?

The online retail giant opened its first physical bookstore this past November, and the rest of the retail world should be paying attention.

By Pini Yakuel

Business Ideas

How the Recession Affected Entrepreneur Financing In the Best Way Possible

The recession is why flash sale sites are old news, online-only stores are opening brick-and-mortars and why luxury brands now forgo exclusivity.

By Tracey Wallace

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How These Entrepreneurs Found Success in an Industry They Knew Nothing About

When launching their shoe startup BucketFeet, Raaja Nemani and Aaron Firestein had a great idea but no previous experience in manufacturing or inventory management.

By Catherine Clifford