Retailing is a type of business that sells products and services to consumers for their personal or family use. A retailer is the final business in a distribution channel that links manufacturers with consumers. Although a retailer can also be a...

Retailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store or kiosk, or by post, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser.[1] Retailing may include subordinated services, such as...

Retail sales rose in March at the fastest clip in three months, helped by warmer weather and an early Easter.Analysts cautioned that sales were likely to slow in April, given the recent surge in gasoline prices that will leave consumers with less money to spend...

Two leading retail industry associations have teamed up with the Federal Bureau of Investigations to create a national online database that will allow merchants to share information to fight organized retail theft.The database, scheduled to debut Monday with 40 retailers, consolidates efforts made by the...

Retail store sales have been weak, but ETFs that track retail stocks remain relatively strong.U.S. retail and food service sales in February ticked up 0.1% from January and rose 3.2% over February 2006, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month. Catalog and Internet retailers (or...

Retailers and the credit card industry are at odds as they try to restore consumer confidence after recent massive thefts of credit card information.The National Retail Federation on Thursday urged a card industry organization to stop requiring retailers to keep customers' card numbers for up...