Fifty years later, it is hard to imagine a retailer-be it a high-end department store, mass merchandiser, or catalog service-limiting an individual customer's clothing purchase. Retailers collect detailed point-of-sales information that reflects the real-time demand for goods by consumers.
Retailers collect detailed point-of-sales information that reflects the real-time demand for goods by consumers.  Fifty years later, it is hard to imagine a retailer to be at a high-end department store