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Apple's retail chief is leaving the company in April after five years in the job. Angela Ahrendts joined Apple from Burberry to become the company's highest paid executive. She will be replaced by Apple's human resources boss, Deirdre O'Brien, who has been at the tech company for 30 years.

Amazon is reportedly looking to take its cashier-free store to its first overseas market. It already has four Amazon Go stores operating in the United States with many more to follow in the next three years, and is now believed to be looking for potential sites in the United Kingdom.

Adding to its physical book stores and Amazon Go grocery outlets, the online shopping giant is opening a new retail store in New York City that only sells items that have been rated four stars and higher on its site. Amazon 4-star, as it's called, will offer products from across its range, with better prices for Prime members.

Due to billions of dollars of debt, iconic toy retailer Toys R Us is considering selling or closing all 800 locations within the United States.

Citing multiple pressures on its business, Best Buy has decided to close down all 250 of its small-format mobile-phone stores in the U.S.

Dr. Dre sold Beats to Apple for $3.2 billion, and Monster got burned. Now the audio giant will turn retail inside out again, with help from the Florida Marlins and RocNation.

Uniqlo is hoping its new vending machine will help bring its range of reasonably priced clothing to more people in the U.S.

It's either the future of retail, or the peak of laziness. Meet the Moby Mart, a store that you don't have to drive to - it drives to you.

Amazon Cash, an eponymous new service from the internet retailer, lets you fund your Amazon account with physical bills.

Started in Europe, Wheelys 24/7 is a virtually unmanned retail store that's just opened a new outlet in Shanghai. Here's how it works.

After sinking to a record low number of boxed releases in 2015, the gaming industry now reports a renewed focus on physical video game sales.

Amazon is testing a high-tech "grab-and-go" store in Seattle. But a new report suggests it's planning a much larger version run by robots.

The new Adidas flagship New York City store is its biggest retail location in the world.

A new algorithm is reportedly twice as accurate as competing systems at recognizing objects within a picture and then linking to real­-world items for sale.

Sonos' first ever retail store, in New York City, is designed to ensconce customers in rich sound, with miniature home-shaped listening rooms.

After years of not being able to open retail stores in India, Apple might finally have its wish granted and be able to open its stores in the country.

After a two-decade run, Mariah Carey's catchy Christmas tune All I Want For Christmas is You has finally been dethroned as the most-played song in stores.

Square Enix's episodic adventure game series Life is Strange will see a limited edition retail release for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2016.

Better hurry, because Best Buy only has 1500 units spread out among 650 locations, and they'll be gone in no time flat.

Blizzard's Overwatch is coming to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PCs as part of an "Origins Edition" retail package launching in the spring of 2016