Articles about e-commerce – Page 13 of 17

Ex-Amazon engineers raise $8.5M to help retailers set dynamic pricing

Boomerang Commerce, a Santa Clara, Calif. startup led by former Amazon.com engineers Guru Hariharan and Madhusudhan Rao, has raised $8.5… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Shoppost lets retailers sell products in social media newsfeeds

Since people are spending more and more time looking at Facebook and Twitter, why not let them purchase items directly from their social… Read More

Men’s clothing retailer Bonobos raises $55M from Nordstrom and others to open ‘Guideshops’

Bonobos started in 2007, selling flashy men’s apparel online. Now, the New York-based company has scored $55 million in fresh capital —… Read More

Zulily shares soar on analyst report that applauds ‘hyper growth’ strategy

Zulily’s stock jumped 10 percent this morning after an analyst report upgraded the company’s shares to a buy from a neutral rating.… Read More

Alibaba takes on Amazon, eBay by launching a collection of online boutiques

Alibaba has launched a direct attack on eBay and Amazon, unveiling an e-commerce site in the U.S. today that is… Read More

The inside story of Rivet & Sway: Why this online retailer closed its doors

Rivet & Sway, the online retailer that specialized in eyeglasses for women, unexpectedly closed its doors this week just 16 months… Read More

Staples plants stake in Amazon’s backyard, opens engineering center in Seattle

Faisal Masud played a role in some of the most innovative e-commerce companies on the planet — from drugstore.com and Amazon… Read More

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon credits Amazon for ‘teaching the world what’s possible’

Walmart and Amazon are two giants in the world of retailing, one started off in the physical world and the other online. But today… Read More

Is Netflix taking a bite out of Redbox? DVD-kiosk retailer to remove 500 machines

We saw it happen with Blockbuster — the rise of online video services such as Netflix and Amazon hastened the… Read More

eBay suffers cyberattack, urges customers to change passwords as Target continues to reel from data breach

eBay is urging customers to change password information after a cyberattack allowed unauthorized access to names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone… Read More

E-commerce meets social: Amazon racks up 157K #AmazonCart tweets in 2 weeks

Amazon.com introduced #AmazonCart earlier this month, giving customers an easy way to add items they see on their Twitter feed… Read More

Study: E-commerce sales to reach $414B by 2018, but brick-and-mortar still alive

E-commerce sales — and specifically those on mobile — are expected to continue growing over the next few years. But… Read More

Zulily channels Amazon in earnings miss: Wall Street not amused, stock sinks 30%

Zulily, the fast-growing e-commerce site, woke up to a major Wall Street migraine this morning. Shares of Zulily continued to… Read More

Meet #AmazonCart: An easy way to add items to your shopping cart while on Twitter

Buying books, diapers or has never been so easy. Amazon.com today unveiled a new service called #AmazonCart, which allows customers… Read More

Overlooking Bitcoin hiccups: Overstock hits $1 million in sales from virtual currency

Overstock.com has sold more than $1 million in products to Bitcoin owners over the past two months despite the virtual… Read More

Zulily to spend heavily to fill mid-level management gap, sparked by insane growth rate

Zulily is coming off an epic week. The Seattle online retailer blew past Wall Street estimates, doubling sales in 2013… Read More

WordPress.com launches integrated e-commerce tools for online storefronts

WordPress.com is releasing new e-commerce tools today, which will help millions of people using its blogging platform monetize their content… Read More

Zulily reports stellar Q4 results with sales up 100%

Zulily did not let down its investors, who sent shares higher today, in anticipation of a strong holiday quarter. In… Read More

With sales falling at department stores, Nordstrom plans bigger online push

Nordstrom is in a bit of a pickle. Customers aren’t spending as much in the company’s department stores, and the… Read More

Watch out Amazon, eBay just bought technology to make buying clothes online easier

eBay has acquired PhiSix, a 3-D virtual fitting room technology company in the Bay Area, to help consumers make more… Read More

Blue Nile results disappoint, international chief departs

Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile reported a 7.2 percent increase in sales for the fourth quarter to $146 million… Read More

Fast-growing Zulily inks lease for huge fulfillment center on 48-acres in Nevada

Zulily, the daily deals site for moms and kids’ products, keeps on growing and growing. The Seattle company announced today in… Read More

Zulily shares soar 7%, tops $5 billion market value

Seattle’s newest publicly-traded company is continuing to shine on Wall Street after its spectacular IPO last month. The stock of… Read More

UW spin-out Qazzow scores $2.4M to bolster customer service on e-commerce sites

Qazzow, a spin-out from the University of Washington’s Information School, has landed $2.4 million in series A financing in a… Read More

Day 2 of Zulily on Wall Street: Stock drops but market value still above $4 billion

Zulily’s warm reception on Wall Street last Friday cooled some Monday, as stock in the Seattle daily deal site for… Read More

Zulily prices IPO at $22 per share, raising $140 million for fast-growing daily deal site

Zulily, the fast-growing daily deal site for kid’s gear and apparel, priced its initial public offering at $22 per share… Read More

Zulily boosts price range to $18 to $20 per share, signals strong demand for IPO

Fast-growing daily deal site Zulily is prepping for its initial public offering, with shares expected to price Thursday and begin… Read More

Comr.se raises $780K to help brands sell products within social streams

Shopping cart technology isn’t exactly the newest innovation around. But one young Seattle startup seems to have struck the right… Read More

Zulily files for $100M IPO — reveals $331M in 2012 revenue, 2.2M customers

Fast-growing Zulily is looking to take the IPO plunge. The Seattle company, which sells clothes, toys and accessories for babies,… Read More

Jason Goldberg’s Amazon-rival Fab lays off more than 100

Things seemed to be flying high this past June for Fab when the New York-based e-commerce upstart raised $150 million at a reported valuation of… Read More