Bricks vs. Clicks: The Retail Battle Continues

Last month, retail giant Target asked its vendors for help curtailing “showrooming”—the act of scoping out a product in-store only to purchase it from another retailer online. To be sure, the practice of visiting a store to see a product but not buy it is nothing new. In the old days, people called it window-shopping. Over the last few years, however, t…