It is not uncommon for a retailer to have a set of systems for retail point-of-sale, another for e-commerce and yet another for the call center, with information entered and stored differently and in different formats in each case.

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The retail spending strike being experienced across Australia right now does not evidently extend to the protest paraphernalia on sale at these rallies.

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For instance, if the retail brokerage arm of a bank is not a huge revenue generator, then it might be put up for sale.

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