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Poll: Shoppers prefer stores to online for beauty

Poll: Shoppers prefer stores to online for beauty

NEW YORK — Despite U.S. consumers’ ever-tightening embrace of online shopping, brick-and-mortar stores still trump digital channels when it comes to grooming and cosmetics purchases, according to The Harris Poll. About nine in 10 consumers shop in person for hair styling products (91%), shampoos and conditioners (91%), cosmetics (90%), non-sunscreen products with SPF protection (89%),

Amazon to expand grocery business with stores

Amazon to expand grocery business with stores

SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. plans to boost its grocery business by opening small brick-and-mortar stores that would sell perishable items such as milk, meat and produce, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with retailer’s intentions. Once inside the stores, shoppers could use their mobile devices, or possibly touch screens inside the stores,

Investment strategies

NEW YORK — Most retailers see online retailing as a critical part of their growth strategy, but that does not mean they can afford to neglect their brick-and-mortar stores. And in recent weeks a number of chains have detailed the sizable investments they plan to make in their physical stores this year. Dollar General Corp.,