It happens when a manufacturer threatens its existing retailers by selling products through a more efficient channel like the web.
The development has proved controversial with some existing retailers in the city.
So to fill vacancies, the Oracle and the town's existing retailers have joined forces with local government and the chamber of commerce to rustle up recruits.
Despite a strong selection at competitive prices, the new books category never lived up to expectations, as most of our buyers stayed with their existing retailers (mainly Amazon).
It is clear that the web will work best as one more touch point for existing retailers, such as Wal-Mart, rather than as a pure play, such as Buy.com.
The company is likely to strengthen its own online platform to compete, but may face headwinds from existing (and fast-growing) online retailers in China.
With embedded mobeam technology, the Galaxy S4 will be able to engage in mobile commerce at millions of locations without requiring retailers to make changes to their existing point of sale (POS) systems or technologies.
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With few new shopping centers being built in the U.S., most expanding retailers must wait for space to become available in existing malls.
The pilot program will help test the efficacy of the Groupon model with large retailers, for whom multistore environments and easy integration with existing point-of-sale systems are big issues.
The battle over debit-fee limits focused on retailers' claims that debit cards, which draw upon existing funds in a customer's checking account, are little different from checks and cash and, therefore, should be priced as cheaply.
In particular, retailers are less convinced of the benefits of NFC payments over existing card technologies and are unwilling to invest in contactless infrastructure so soon after the transition to EMV cards, said Juniper.
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Large retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target can successfully leverage their customer networks, wide reach and existing business models to increase adoption rates for the upcoming mobile payments platform.
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"Customers should be assured that UK retailers always take the protection of cardholder data seriously and are continuing to invest millions of pounds to enhance existing security measures, " said Jane Milne of the British Retail Consortium.
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