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Amazon Takes On Best Buy With Its Take On The...
Amazon is taking on Best Buy in the home installation and service market where...
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RetailCostco Squeaks By Last Year's Sales
After Amazon’s $13.7-billion acquisition of Whole Foods, others in the grocery industry saw their...
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RetailHobby Lobby Pays $3M in Iraqi Artifact Smuggling Case
Arts and craft megastore Hobby Lobby is in hot water. After buying Iraqi archeological...
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AmazonAmazon Trails Japanese Competitor Rakuten
Amazon isn’t giving up on Japan, despite trailing homegrown Japanese competitor Rakuten basically since...
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RetailSnapdeal Holds Out For A Better Offer On Flipkart Takeover
India’s second- and third-largest eCommerce firms, Flipkart and Snapdeal, have been in talks for...
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RetailCustomer Loyalty Programs Reach 3.8 Billion in U.S.
Loyalty programs are nothing new to retail. From collecting pieces for McDonald’s Monopoly to collecting...
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RetailNike Mulls Selling Directly on Amazon
Nike has so far resisted direct sales on Amazon, but now it seems that,...
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RetailInvestor Urges Saks Owner Hudson's Bay to Refocus
In today’s retail landscape, there has been a lot of movement with regards to...
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RetailWalmart Is Buying Men's Clothing Firm Bonobos for $310M
Turns out, Friday was a big day for big acquisitions. Amazon is buying Whole...
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AmazonAmazon 'Prime Now' Delivers To Denver In Two Hours Or...
One-day shipping? Ain’t nobody got time for that. Amazon Prime is now introducing one-...
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RetailInstacart Tries Its Luck In East Coast Suburbs With Wegmans...
Instacart has eaten up another market sector by partnering with Wegmans, a family-run East...
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RetailBack-to-School Retail Sales Expected to Grow, eMarketer Says
In one of the first forecasts for back-to-school retail spending in the United States, eMarketer...
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NewsMcDelivery Is McDominating In 1,000 New Markets
3,500 more McDonald’s markets are going to be lovin’ it by the end of...
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RetailSTRIVR Labs VR Tech Is Training Walmart Employees
The movies were wrong about holograms replacing teachers in the future, but they weren’t...
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RetailCustomers Fed Up With High Burger Bills
So many burgers, s0 little money. The average person has between $4 and $6...
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RetailInstacart, Sur La Table Partnership Delivers
Ever been in the middle of cooking dinner, only to realize you don’t have...
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RetailSmart Stoves And Robo-Waiters: The Future Of Food Prep And...
“Food trend” doesn’t just mean avocado toast and grapefruit shandy. At the National Restaurant...
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NewsTech Over Taste Was No Recipe For Success At The...
The Melt’s business model has been a bit of a gooey mess over the...
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RetailAmazon And Wayfair See Growth In Furniture Market
Furniture sales have become a pretty cushy business if you’re Amazon or Wayfair. For...
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RetailBrick-And-Mortar Makes A Comeback With Generation Z
Teenagers shopping with friends? Well, duh – but only if they can bring all...
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EconomyConsumer Spending In Japan May Be Buoyed By Labor Demand
Tight labor conditions in Japan may give a boost to consumer spending in Japan,...
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RetailProfit Is Icing On The #Cake For Instagrammers
Chelsey White gets to ‘Gram her cake and have it, too. The 26-year-old Instagram...
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RetailPlacePass Unlocks Local Experiences For Marriott Guests
Why be an outsider when you could be an insider? Why simply “travel” when...
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RetailCostco Sweeps Expectations With Fiscal Q3 Earnings
Costco shoppers might pay less, but the company was pleasantly surprised to learn it...
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RetailCampbell’s, Chef’d Partnership A Recipe For Success
A new three-year partnership between Campbell Soup Company and online meal marketplace Chef’d will...
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RetailAmazon And Wedding Prep: A Perfect Pair?
Couples tying the knot are already on Amazon. They need wedding shoes, or honeymoon...
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RetailCarvana, Auto eCommerce Startup, Drives Change In Car Market
Carvana, a leading eCommerce platform for buying used cars, has lapped the competition by...
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NewsGoogle’s Big Card Data Play
Google has long claimed that the ads it shows users actually prompt them to...
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RetailFedEx Bridges Borders With BlueSnap
A partnership between logistics giant FedEx and online global payment gateway BlueSnap will make...
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NewsNew Penney’s Marketing Chief Hails from Lowe’s
On Tuesday, (May 23rd), J.C. Penney announced that Marci Grebstein is joining the company...
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RetailAmerican Express Survey: As Diners Change, So Do Restaurants
A recent survey by American Express shows that, unsurprisingly, millennials have the biggest appetite...
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RetailTarget Targets Young Shoppers In Partnership With Mattress Startup Casper
Bed-in-a-box company Casper Sleep wouldn’t shake hands on an acquisition offer from Target, but...
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InternationalAlibaba Growth Spurt Is Promising, Yet Portentous
Alibaba is getting consumers to spend more money online, and that would appear to...
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RetailQ1 Delivers More Good News Than Bad For New York...
The bad news is, New York & Co.’s comp store sales and revenue are...
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Investors Like What Brava Is Cooking Up
Venture capitalists just earmarked tens of millions of dollars for the stealth-mode startup Brava,...
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McDonald's At Your Door: Fast Food Giant Now Delivers
Los Angeles, Chicago, Columbus and Phoenix are lovin’ it: on Wednesday, May 17, McDonald’s...
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Amazon Delivers Housing to Seattle's Homeless
Amazon, the nation’s largest online retailer, is taking home delivery to the next level:...
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Wayfair Launches Visual Search, Pinterest-Style Boards
Wayfair has phased in a new way to “search by image.” Users can simply...
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RetailJewel-Osco Scoops Up Indiana Strack & Van Til Stores
Nineteen Indiana Strack & Van Til stores are soon to become Jewel Food Stores. Jewel-Osco,...
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NewsOnline Retailer Shares Lag Broader Markets In October
Shares of online retailer stocks managed to lag the broader markets in October, a...
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eCommerceIndia To Leapfrog US As eCommerce Hub?
India may hurdle the United States as the world’s second-biggest eCommerce market over the...
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RetailAhead Of Election, Cautious Holiday Shoppers?
Big data and analytics firm IRI said Wednesday (Oct. 26) that its third quarter...
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Menswear’s Bonobos Not Monkeying Around With Personal Service
Bonobos, the men’s clothing brand that began life online and has now pushed into...
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RetailSimplyTapp Launches Gane Mobile Payments App
The mobile proximity payments firm SimplyTapp said Monday (Oct. 24) that it has launched...
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Retailers Should Contact Shoppers By Email, Says Study
Retailers should take initiative in communicating with shoppers — especially younger ones — by...
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RetailRetailers Lag When It Comes To Mobile, Says Study
The movement toward mobile payments has been a strong one, but brands and retailers...
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eCommerceSmartphone Shopping Driving 70% Of Mobile eCommerce
The mobile eCommerce wave has continued to grab top of mind — and top...
- Retail
Buyout Looms For American Apparel?
American Apparel is on the block and is in the midst of seeking a...
- Mobile Payments
Fitbit’s Plans To One Up Apple Watch
Normally focused on exercise, Fitbit appears to be considering the (business) health benefits of...
- Loyalty & Rewards
Samsung Pay Makes Wallets 'Loyal'
Samsung has seen the benefits of loyalty, and it is making it a part...
