Retail

New School Commerce Meets (Extremely) Old School Production

Maybe it was a sweater, maybe it was socks — but, for most people with knitting-inclined relatives, Christmas wasn’t quite Christmas until...

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How Alcohol Delivery Suddenly Stopped Being Amazon-Proof

Until Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, the logistics of alcohol delivery were mostly outside the grasp of what Amazon could efficiently cover. Intoxicating...

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Amazon Delivery

Amazon Enables One-Hour Delivery Of Runway Fashions

Amazon is bringing instant gratification to a new level, offering customers the ability to purchase clothing directly from the catwalk at a...

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Marie Claire and Mastercard Team Up To Launch Pop-Up Shop

Fashion magazine Marie Claire and Mastercard, the payments company, are teaming up to launch a pop-up store dubbed The Next Big Thing...

Why Amazon Wants An Emmy

Emmys weekend is upon us, meaning for the 69th year in a row, millions of Americans will sit in front of their TVs...

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Amazon Takes Territory In US And Beyond

Amazon’s empire just keeps getting bigger, and although it’s conquered much digital territory, we’re actually talking about its geographical empire this time....

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Nestlé Expands Into Coffee Market, Acquires Blue Bottle

California coffee chain Blue Bottle has just been slurped up by Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drinks company, based in Switzerland....

Target Team Switches From Apple To Android

Three years ago, retailer Target officially outfitted employees with Apple gear for stocking and other sales floor-related duties — specifically, iPod Touches in...

Voice Activation

Smarter Homes And Offices

OK, Google. Listen up, Alexa. Playtime’s over. It’s time to step outside the smart home and begin to build the smart office....

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Cool, Comfort And Ecology — The Allbirds Secret To Retail Success

Claiming to have the “world’s most comfortable shoe” is a big statement. There are a lot of sneaker manufacturers out there ready...

DoorDash To Acquire Rickshaw

In a recent TechCrunch article, on-demand restaurant delivery service DoorDash announced it is acquiring Rickshaw to boost same-day delivery offerings. Rickshaw is a Y Combinator...

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Bitcoin

The Beginning Of The End For Bitcoin?

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than...

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Minding The Gap, Joining The (Old) Navy

It’s been said that in the stock market, equities are both voting machines and weighing machines. Popularity comes fast and furious, then...

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Blockchain

Blockchain For The Average Joe

Imagine shopping for a new outfit, computer or groceries and paying for the purchase with bitcoin. Yes, in a real store. Why...

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eBay Expands With Spring Partnership

These days in retail it seems like everyone is arming up and picking sides. And eBay wants in — why should Amazon, Walmart...

Neiman Marcus To Shut Down 10 Last Call Stores

Neiman Marcus is refocusing its business plan to more intently promote its full-line stores. That focus has to come from somewhere, though,...

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How Halloween Might Have The Secret To Saving Retail

Halloween might be the scariest holiday (unless, of course, you’re a parent, in which case Christmas is the hands-down winner every year),...

Walmart Reshuffles Operations As It Pushes To Stay Competitive

When the going gets tough, the tough restructure their retail operations in an attempt to better facilitate change. Well, they do if...

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IKEA ARKit App Lets Shoppers Virtually Try Before They Buy

Augmented reality (AR) is making itself right at home in the home furnishing retail space. IKEA, the Swedish home goods giant, has...

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The Meal Kit Survival Guide

Gazing into the pantry, the kids whine that there is nothing to eat — and they’re partially right. There’s no ready food, only...

Willy Street Co-op Thinks Small To Get Big Results

Everybody eats. A brief look at our nation’s Instagram feeds or BMI averages quickly confirms that Americans eat far more often than...

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Alibaba, Paytm Could Make Joint Investment In BigBasket

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba and India-based digital payment company Paytm are gearing up to invest around $200 million in Indian online grocer BigBasket. According...

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Whole Foods Sees Online Orders Surge Post-Amazon Acquisition

Amazon’s big Whole Foods Market buy is paying off, particularly when it comes to online ordering. Amazon, in celebration of its acquisition...

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Mobile Commerce To Break $250B By 2020

After something of a slow start, mobile eCommerce is set to make up half of all online sales by the year 2020...

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Google Tracker: Calling For Backup From Smartphone Producer HTC

How could Google benefit from acquiring smartphone maker HTC? What is the company doing to help out in the wake of Hurricane...

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International

GoFro And Taking The Treasure Hunting Out Of Travel

American consumers have long since forgotten when booking travel was like a treasure hunt. Instead of having to search through countless sites...

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Google

Google To Appeal European Commission Anti-Competitive Ruling

Google is appealing the fine dealt by the European Union for engaging in anti-competitive behavior due to its product search comparison tool,...

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Apple

Apple’s iPhone X Could Be Hard to Come By, Says KGI Securities

With Apple gearing up to roll out its latest iPhone – most recently dubbed the iPhone X, after it was originally rumored...

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Aptos And Billabong Surf The Cloud

Billabong is a bigger company than most people might imagine. Apart from its well-known namesake brand, Billabong is also the parent behind...

Facebook Tracker: Slowdown Strategies

Facebook expects a slowdown in its core business in the near future, a prediction that has been cited as a primary driver...

Missed Amazon Delivery Frustrate Floridians’ Irma Preparations

Retailers statewide have been disappointing Floridians in the run up and cool down from Hurricane Irma. More than 50 Floridians told The...

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Data

Data-R-Us: The Purchase And Sale Of Data

Where do analysts get their data? It’s not like they can just stroll up to a retailer like Data-R-Us and buy it...

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Nordstrom’s Inventory-Free Stores Are Coming Soon

Nordstrom is pondering a new type of location. Smaller, more intimate and with a greater focus on services than goods, the new...

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Target Stock Falls More Than 3 Percent As It Slashes Prices

Target recently announced it has lowered its prices on thousands of items, a news report which resulted in its stock price falling more...

Amazon Tracker: Cities Clamor To Become Amazon’s Home Away From Home

Amazon has come under fire for price gouging in the week leading up to Hurricane Irma. As the Category 5 storm drew...

How Pentatonic Literally Turns Trash Into Treasure

Humans produce an almost staggering amount of waste each year. People purchased 480 billion plastic bottles in 2016 and are on track to...

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Intelligence of Things

The Smarter Car: Who Will Get There First?

Apple won’t be building that self-driving car — or, at least, not the way it originally envisioned. It came to light last month...

Rebecca Minkoff Pairs With Alipay

Lifestyle brand Rebecca Minkoff has announced an expanded partnership with Alipay which will allow customers in the U.S. to pay with the payment...

Amazon To Open A More Than $5B Second Headquarters

Amazon.com has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from local and state government officials as it looks to open its second headquarters (Hq2)...

Sizzle/Fizzle

Kohl’s Sizzles, ICOs Fizzle And Juicero’s Cold-Pressed Sales Run Dry

Sizzle Kohl’s: Brick-and-mortar stores are the new battlefront for Amazon, and Kohl’s is the latest beneficiary. The physical retailer is joining forces...

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Banking

JPMorgan Launches Disruptive Commerce Group

With a growing number of traditional retailers boosting their digital investments, JPMorgan has announced news of the creation of a disruptive commerce...

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Apple Tracker: Gearing Up For The Big Reveal

Get The Goods Apple has finally confirmed its big, annual reveal event for Sept. 12 at the new Steve Jobs Theater on...

Google Assistant Comes To Home Depot

Google has added a new partner to its Google Home voice ordering portfolio. Home Depot announced Thursday (Sept. 7) it is the...

Amazon’s Souq ‘All In’ On Instant Delivery With Wing.ae Purchase

Dubai-based eCommerce marketplace Souq.com, which was acquired by retail giant Amazon this year, recently announced that it has acquired the Middle East...

Puretta And Disrupting The Toothbrush

Generally speaking, the merits of brushing teeth are not a hard sell for must humans and have not been for the last...

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Gap Announces 200 Brick-And-Mortar Store Closures

American clothing and accessory retailer Gap Inc. announced news on Wednesday (Sept. 6) that it would close approximately 200 brick-and-mortar Gap and Banana...

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Amazon Goes Brick And Mortar At Kohl’s

Kohl’s is the latest brick-and-mortar retailer partnering with Amazon, with shoppers at designated locations soon being able to purchase some of the...