The world was a very different place in February 2005 when Amazon first introduced its loyalty program: Prime. There was no such thing as an iPhone; that was two years away. The dominant — and pretty much only — name in the smartphone market was...
The way to Prime members’ hearts — and wallets — is through their stomachs. That seems to be Amazon’s play as the eCommerce giant extends its loyalty program discounts to Whole Foods shoppers. As even sequestered monks have likely heard by now, Amazon will give...
If the reports by Investor’s Business Daily are correct, then the executive teams at Target, Walmart, Macy’s and every other big physical retailer in the world are all likely having some variation on the same terrible morning. Investment bank Cowen — after surveying 2,500 U.S. shoppers — concluded in...