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Internal memos: Nordstrom tech execs leaving, CTO plans reorg in retailer’s latest digital shakeup

A pair of Nordstrom technology executives are leaving the company, and the chief technology officer plans to reorganize the retailer’s… Read More

Target’s digital sales grew 10X faster than in-store sales in 2018, as retailer adjusts to battle Amazon

Target spent much of 2018 turning some of its biggest stores into mini-warehouses for shipping and pickup online orders and… Read More

Bulletproof Coffee bringing its food and beverage lineup to thousands of retail locations across U.S.

Bulletproof 360, Inc., makers of the signature Bulletproof Coffee and a host of other food and beverage products under its… Read More

What happened to Julep: How a high-profile online beauty brand went from acquisition to bankruptcy in 2 years

Julep was flying high. Founded in 2007 as a physical retail concept, the Seattle startup quickly grew into a multi-channel… Read More

Walmart posts $514B in revenue for the year, plans to double down on grocery pickup and delivery

For Walmart, last year was all about beefing up its technology and logistics offerings to juice both online and in-store… Read More

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Geared Up for the Super Bowl: Last-minute TV recommendations for the big game

One of the most highly anticipated television events of the year, Super Bowl LIII, is coming up on Sunday, Feb.… Read More

Amazon patents a plan to have packages ride public buses for customer pickup

Amazon’s inventors have suggested using drone-dispensing trucks, rail cars and airships to deliver packages, but one of the company’s latest… Read More

Seattle startup Lubn wins CES Innovation Award for smart key box

LAS VEGAS — From a laundry-folding robot to Alexa-enabled mirrors, smart home technology is all the rage at the 2019… Read More

High time for a better marijuana resource online? Startup finds a niche with legal pot retailers

You knew this was coming. After Washington voters legalized pot six years ago, it was only a matter of time… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: CES set to exhibit the latest on 5G, AI and more

Don’t look now, but 2019 is almost here. Hope you had a refreshing break, because the new year, as it… Read More

Walmart employees can now complete online orders for in-store customers seeking sold out items

Few things are as frustrating as trucking down to the store to find a particular item, only for it to… Read More

The top selling items at Amazon and other retailers this holiday season

From smart speakers to gaming consoles, U.S. consumers spent billions of dollars between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. According to Adobe… Read More

Black Friday online sales rise 24% to $6.2B in U.S., including record $2B purchased on smartphones

Online sales rose 23.6 percent to $6.22 billion on Black Friday in the U.S., according to new industry stats released… Read More

Walmart unveils Sam’s Club Now, its answer to Amazon Go, opening soon in Dallas

Walmart-owned Sam’s Club will soon open a cashier-free store concept that rivals Amazon Go. Walmart unveiled a new concept called… Read More

REI closing to #OptOutside again on Black Friday while pledging $1M to study benefits of outdoors

While millions of shoppers rush indoors to their favorite stores in search of holiday deals the day after Thanksgiving, REI… Read More

Sears files for bankruptcy, vows to emerge leaner to compete in the age of Amazon and e-commerce

Sears, the department store giant that has been referred to as the “Amazon of its time” by many, declared bankruptcy… Read More

Amazon launches new ‘As Seen on Shark Tank’ online store for 70+ shark-backed products

Amazon has opened an online store specifically for products backed by investors from the CNBC show “Shark Tank,” through its… Read More

eBay CEO: ‘I want to get as far away from Amazon as I can’ and stand for something different

Amazon and eBay have been battling it out in e-commerce for years — for both buyers and sellers — though… Read More

IoT experts: Automation will be good for retail, replacing ‘complete waste of time’ jobs with more productive work

Many economists see automation as a major threat to jobs, but experts in the world of the Internet of Things… Read More

Amazon Go is coming to New York City, 3rd market outside Seattle for checkout-less grocery concept

Amazon Go is headed to the Big Apple. An Amazon spokesperson said the company plans to open a store in… Read More

Amazon bump? Target reports record online sales during its Prime Day rival event

Target had its best non-holiday digital sales day ever in July, and the retailer might have its rival Amazon to… Read More

OfferUp launches new Autos section focused on buying and selling used cars

OfferUp says nearly 10 percent of all U.S. used car sales happen on its platform, so the company has created… Read More

Amazon Prime Day No. 4 starts July 16, will run for 36 hours with Whole Foods deals added to the mix

Amazon’s Prime Day is back again for its fourth installment. The retail giant is following up last year’s summer sales… Read More

Supreme Court rules states can collect sales tax from internet retailers in historic e-commerce case

States can collect sales tax from online sellers even if those companies don’t have a physical presence in the state,… Read More

Walmart sues its former top tax executive to block her from joining retail rival Amazon

Walmart filed a lawsuit against its former chief tax officer to prevent her from joining Amazon, alleging the defection could… Read More

Best Buy unveils new Amazon Fire-powered smart TV as part of partnership between oft-rival retailers

Best Buy showed off the first byproduct of its unusual partnership with Amazon, a new Toshiba 4K TV coming next… Read More

TLDR: Instagram in-app payments, testing out Prime Wardrobe, Paul Allen’s immersive reality project

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

TLDR: Amazon and Best Buy are BFFs, T-Mobile’s military hiring push, ‘Walk it out’ with Rover

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Home Depot will hire 1,000 tech workers this year to stave off challenge from Amazon

The Home Depot said it will hire 1,000 technology workers this year as part of a three-year, $11.1 billion strategic… Read More

‘I look out my window, I see a lot of cranes’: Erik Nordstrom talks Amazon and competing in retail

Keeping an eye on Amazon has got to be an unsettling reality for almost any retailer these days. In Seattle,… Read More