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Retail

Amazon Prime discourages most people from comparison shopping online

Amazon Prime is working. That’s the quick and dirty takeaway from a survey conducted by market research consultancy Millward Brown… Read More

Why critics call the imminent credit card chip system in the U.S. ‘a joke’

The way Americans spend money is on the verge of its biggest change in decades, but the drumbeat of doubters… Read More

Groupon opens up a new marketplace, aiming to undercut Amazon, eBay

Groupon has launched what it is calling Groupon Stores, a third-party marketplace that will require participating merchants to sell their products… Read More

Amazon patents show new ways for shoppers to pick-up and check-out

Amazon has filed several patents recently that show that the e-commerce giant continues to be interested in the world of physical retail. Over the… Read More

Q&A: Amazon VP Peter Faricy explains the company’s move into home improvement

Amazon is famous for selling so many things online that no one thought was possible. Now, the Seattle retailer is tackling… Read More

No new bidders emerging in RadioShack’s bankruptcy as 2,000 stores face closure

  Thousands of RadioShack stores face imminent closure as the 94-year-old company’s bankruptcy nears a close. On Thursday, a judge is set to sign… Read More

Zulily speeds up delivery times to compete in an Amazon-defined world

It’s never been Zulily’s goal to ship products to customers as quickly as Amazon. In response to a question about shipping times at… Read More

Starbucks concludes first step in ‘Race Together’ campaign after facing social media backlash

Howard Schultz says he is not backing down from his goal of making Starbucks a place where America discusses race, even after… Read More

Grande plans: Starbucks building a new store every six hours for the next five years

Starbucks is no stranger to implementing digital initiatives. The coffee giant runs one of the most successful retail applications, and… Read More

For coffee delivery, Starbucks will use Postmates in Seattle and baristas in New York City

At the Starbucks annual shareholder meeting today, the company plans to unveil new details of its highly anticipated delivery service launching in the… Read More

Starbucks to expand mobile ordering next week to 650 cafes across the Northwest, including Seattle

Starbucks said today that its new mobile ordering service, which allows people to buy a cup of coffee without having to… Read More

Why Amazon opened a storefront on Alibaba’s online marketplace

Amazon has launched a storefront on Alibaba’s e-commerce portal. So why would Amazon would be willing to partner with one of its biggest competitors?… Read More

Target outlines big tech plans, with expectations for digital sales to rise 40 percent this year

Target laid out an aggressive growth strategy today during a two-hour long meeting with the investment community that includes boosting digital sales… Read More

News Brief

Cha-ching!: U.S. e-commerce sales surpass $300B for the first time in 2014

Amazon wasn’t the only one that finished the year strong. The U.S. Commerce Department released new statistics today showing that e-commerce… Read More

Report: Amazon packages do occassionally arrive late — but no more than average

Last week Amazon dismissed the results of a study claiming that 10 percent of packages arrived later than shoppers were expecting during the holidays.… Read More

Flash sales leader Gilt Groupe raises $50M as it watches Zulily’s shares crash

Gilt Groupe may now have enough runway to hold off on an IPO until the public markets warm to flash sales companies… Read More

Starbucks

Starbucks finally integrates Apple Pay — but not for buying lattes

Starbucks is rolling out an updated iPhone app today that will finally enable Apple Pay. The Seattle coffee chain was one of… Read More

News Brief

Alibaba plunges into smartphone market, investing $590M into obscure handset maker

Alibaba has invested $590 million into Meizu Technology, an unknown Chinese handset maker that is estimated to have less than 2 percent… Read More

Alibaba makes Fast Company’s Most Innovative List, Amazon falls off

Fast Company announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse, ranks… Read More

Amazon SVP Steve Kessel returns from sabbatical to work on ‘super secret’ project

Steve Kessel, the Amazon executive responsible for developing the company’s first e-reader, returned to the company in 2012 following a sabbatical and… Read More

Staples is buying Office Depot for $6.3B to fight Amazon and other rivals

Staples confirmed today that it will buy its main office-supply competitor, Office Depot, for $6.3 billion in cash and stock.… Read More

eBay begins layoffs, but spares most of its Seattle-area office

A very small number of employees in eBay’s Seattle-area office have been impacted by a round of layoffs, aiming to eliminate… Read More

Alibaba tests drone package delivery in China in three-day trial

Look out, Amazon: Alibaba has drones, too. The Chinese e-commerce giant’s Taobao marketplace has partnered with Shanghai YTO Express to launch a… Read More

What’s in store for Amazon: Company’s latest moves signal a new push into physical retail

  What if there was an Amazon store in almost every U.S. neighborhood? That scenario is probably years away, but late… Read More

Nordstrom

Nordstrom shrinks Innovation Lab, reassigns employees in shakeup of tech initiatives

Nordstrom’s Innovation Lab, created to serve as a fast-moving tech startup inside the Seattle-based retailer, is getting shaken up after four years. Responding… Read More

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