Anyone who has ever tried to slip in and out of work to get a quick bite has known the pain. It seems like you should have enough time, but somehow, by the time you get to the food and back, lunch break is over,...
At first glance, it’s not a terrible decision to style your new eCommerce venture as the first true “Amazon killer.” At the very least, the epithet gave Jet.com a few weeks’ worth of positive coverage when it launched back in July 2015 with plenty of fanfare...
Amazon.com announced Thursday (July 21) that it is getting into the student loan market. The eCommerce giant is teaming up with Wells Fargo to give student loan borrowers a break on their loans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Ever wonder why Amazon Fashion’s prices are sometimes so low on such high-end designer labels? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...
There’s no telling whether the hordes of Pokémon GO players will last beyond the game’s current 15 minutes of fame — or winter temperatures, for starters — but if there’s any truism to come out of the frenzy retailers have whipped themselves into trying to...
Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Amazon knows better than any retailer that sometimes a groundbreaking idea just needs to get its feet under itself before really taking off. It looks like that was the steady hand behind Prime Day’s start back in 2015 – and its phenomenal sophomore showing in...
Amazon.com may have started out as a purveyor of books but its massive expansion into everything retail is leaving some U.S.-based fund managers scrambling to find retail companies to invest in that won’t eventually be upended by the eCommerce giant. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Today is Prime Day. That’s a fact that is probably impossible to miss given the advertising blitz and the massive run of retailers celebrating the mid-summer shopping holiday that Amazon invented. In celebration of the one-day shopping season we’re taking a look at Amazon Prime...