Whether or not Jack Ma is a successful man in retail is a matter for debate. Whether or not Jack Ma is the most endlessly quotable man in retail is becoming an increasingly settled issue — at least until Dov Charney can get the second...
EBay wants to make sure that its mobile pages load as fast as possible, and in order to ensure that it stays ahead of the curve, it has recently updated some of its mobile pages using Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology, according to Internet Retailer....
Gone are the days when a Macy’s, JCPenney or Sears “anchored” a mall and served as the primary reason so many people wanted to go to it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
In a perfect future, drones would zip through the sky carrying packages containing everything from pet food to baby diapers over our heads in the most efficient, affordable and expedient manner of delivery possible, while we all went about our daily lives (and we’d all...
For years, retailers have lamented the fact that mobile traffic so rarely translates in equal numbers to in-store traffic. An entire industry has even sprung up around leveraging digital engagement into visits to brick-and-mortar store fronts. Retailers spend millions — and would gladly spend millions...
Retail employees rarely choose their workplaces based on the distant CEOs that might drop by the office once or twice out of the year, but when it comes to Kanye West and Adidas’ new Yeezy line of apparel and products, the allure of the bossman...
On the whole, it hasn’t been a good few months for retail mergers. Staples and Office Depot had a handshake merger deal called off at the midnight hour, and Sports Authority’s continued floundering is further evidence of its inability to find a suitable partner when...
Despite the rise of online shopping in just about every retail market imaginable, fashion brands are still somewhat confident that their business model primarily relies on the in-store behaviors of trying clothes on before buying. Of course, traditional apparel players have been falling to their...
Some of the biggest eCommerce companies in the world — Amazon, Alibaba, JD.com — got that way by perfecting buying and selling in an online format. How quickly the world changes, though, that just about every major eCommerce player is keeping an eye toward the...
