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Outdoor retailer REI reports 23% increase in digital sales, record membership growth

REI is returning record dividends to its members and employees this year. The Seattle-based outdoor gear co-op saw 9.3 percent… Read More

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More tech layoffs at Nordstrom: Retailer slashes at least 100 jobs in latest round of cuts

Follow up: Nordstrom confirms 120 job cuts on tech team as part of change in tech strategy Retail giant Nordstrom today… Read More

StuffHopper helps people sell stuff online, operating as ‘a mirror image to Amazon’

The ranks of would-be Craigslist killers continues to grow, but one young Seattle startup is taking a different approach in… Read More

A diamond may be a girl’s best friend, but Blue Nile isn’t: Shares sink more than 20 percent as CEO calls Q4 results ‘disappointing’

Shares of Blue Nile, the Seattle online diamond and jewelry retailer, are down more than 20 percent in Thursday morning trading… Read More

The Force is too strong with this onesie: Darth Vader babysuit recalled due to choking hazard

A baby onesie featuring a Darth Vader caricature is being recalled because it poses a choking hazard. If you don’t… Read More

Amazon brings one-hour alcohol delivery to NYC with more cities to follow

Amazon customers in Manhattan can now order virtually any kind of booze they’re looking for, and have it delivered to their front… Read More

Amazon buys thousands of truck trailers in latest move to take shipping into its own hands

Amazon purchased thousands of truck trailers to ship merchandise between distribution facilities, the company announced Friday. The move isn’t completely… Read More

Target’s website sputters on Cyber Monday

Target’s website buckled under the pressure of holiday shoppers on Monday morning, crashing just as the company tried lure in… Read More

Amazon reportedly reset some customer passwords over security concerns

Amazon has reset an unknown number of customer passwords, citing possible security issues, according to a report from ZDNet. “A… Read More

Amazon set to open the floodgates on automated e-commerce for new wave of smart devices

Amazon’s futuristic vision for a new generation of smart devices — gadgets that know what we need and automatically order it for… Read More

Judge ‘troubled’ by his own ruling in Amazon counterfeit goods case, says it’s an issue for Congress to address

A federal judge in Seattle ruled in favor of Amazon this week in a dispute over counterfeit goods sold by… Read More

Fast-growing OfferUp breaks silence with $90M in funding, goes after Craigslist

OfferUp — one of the Seattle area’s most valuable, secretive and fastest growing startups — announced more than $90 million… Read More

Amazon’s first bookstore opens in Seattle with a long line out the door

A line started forming about 30 minutes before Amazon opened the doors to its first-ever brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle’s University Village… Read More

Amazon wins jury verdict in knockoff pillowcase suit, setting key precedent for counterfeit goods

Amazon is not liable for patent, copyright or trademark infringement when a third-party retailer uses its platform to sell counterfeit goods,… Read More

Look out, Amazon: QVC to launch Apple TV app with on-screen “speed buy” button

Television shopping king QVC announced a new Apple TV app on Thursday that will let viewers quickly order products they… Read More

Microsoft’s massive flagship store opens in NYC, complete with free stuff and a line of fans

It’s pretty common to see a line of tech enthusiasts form along New York City’s Fifth Avenue on the day… Read More

After undercover sting, Amazon files suit against 1,000 Fiverr users over fake product reviews

Amazon continued its war against fake product reviews on Friday, filing a lawsuit against more than 1,000 people it says… Read More

Microsoft winning over NYC ahead of flagship store launch with ‘prize machines,’ free food and Pitbull

Microsoft is pulling out the big guns as it looks to win over New Yorkers and build some buzz before… Read More

Square lost more than $70M on deal to process Starbucks transactions, filing reveals

The world got a glimpse inside payments processing startup Square’s financials on Wednesday, as the company filed for its much anticipated… Read More

Impinj debuts redesigned logo, moves into new HQ as company celebrates 15 years

Seattle-based Impinj is kicking off a new chapter today as the company, which was founded in 2000, is finally seeing… Read More

Microsoft’s new NYC superstore is huge, though not quite as iconic as Apple’s flagship retail site

NEW YORK — Microsoft’s new flagship store along New York City’s famed Fifth Avenue is certainly massive, though significantly less jawdropping than Apple’s… Read More

Coffee, accelerated: Testing Starbucks’ new superfast store concept in NYC

NEW YORK — Starbucks is experimenting with a new store concept in New York City that streamlines the ordering process… Read More

News Brief

QVC closes $2.4B Zulily acquisition

The $2.4 billion acquisition of Zulily by Liberty Interactive is a done deal. Englewood, Co.-based Liberty Interactive, which operates QVC, the… Read More

Starbucks mobile ordering now blankets the U.S., with coverage in San Francisco, New York and more coming today

Starbucks new mobile ordering service, which allows customers to skip the line by ordering in advance from their phone, is launching nationwide… Read More

India’s Flipkart recruits three high-level execs from Amazon, Microsoft and Google

Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce site founded by two former Amazonians, has hired three top executives, including one from Amazon, to continue… Read More

Starbucks calls mobile ordering a ‘winner,’ will speed up national rollout and Android launch

Nine months after launching order ahead in just one market, Starbucks says they are accelerating the roll out of the mobile service… Read More

Target pilots one-hour grocery delivery with Instacart, hints at further expansion plans

Target has unleashed a number of new programs aimed at bringing its online and digital experiences up to speed with… Read More

Alibaba’s stock falls 4 percent after Barron’s predicts the Chinese company’s collapse

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce darling that exploded last year in its public market debut, is getting hammered today after a distressing… Read More

QVC CEO explains why he loves Zulily, slow shipping times and all

QVC CEO Michael George took the stage at the Goldman Sachs 22nd Annual Global Retailing Conference in New York this… Read More

Amazon using Prime Now to offer MyHabit customers two-hour delivery for free

Amazon is redefining the meaning of flash sales. In emails sent to customers yesterday, Amazon told its MyHabit.com customers that some orders may be… Read More

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