Articles about e-commerce – Page 7 of 17

Amazon is expanding its quirky Treasure Truck, bringing roving deals to these 5 cities

Starting today, the Amazon Treasure Truck is hitting the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston. Amazon first debuted… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s startup Kwontified aims to help fashion retailers navigate e-commerce

In the retail world, Amazon is becoming inescapable, with Kenmore and Nike recently joining the ranks of big-name companies selling the… Read More

Amazon Treasure Truck set for national expansion, taking flash deals on wheels beyond Seattle

Amazon is teasing plans to expand its Treasure Truck to more U.S. cities, a year-and-a-half after debuting the roving flash sales-mobile in… Read More

Amazon Spark is a new Instagram-inspired shopping feed featuring Prime members as influencers

Amazon launched a new feature today that allows Prime members to post stories to a feed, similar to those popular… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Online retailer Fuchsia helps cottage industry artisans get in front of consumers

Unlike most online retailers, Seattle-based Fuchsia describes itself as “anti-mass production.” The one-year-old company uses technology to help artisans in… Read More

Seattle startup ReplyYes joins Disney Accelerator to grow retail chatbot service

ReplyYes has been accepted into the Disney Accelerator’s 2017 class to continue building out its chat commerce platform that allows… Read More

Zulily-parent QVC is buying the Home Shopping Network to better compete with Amazon

Liberty Interactive, the parent of QVC and grandparent of Seattle-based Zulily, will acquire the Home Shopping Network in a $2.1… Read More

Chart: Amazon is the most popular destination for shoppers searching for products online

Amazon is beating out Google and other search engines as the first stop when people online shop. That’s according to… Read More

Video: French grocer parodies Amazon Go, claiming checkout-free shopping is nothing new

Amazon is creating a lot of unrest in the grocery world. The company has its fingers in many pots in… Read More

Amazon completes $580M acquisition of Middle East e-commerce giant Souq.com

Amazon has completed its purchase of Souq, a 12-year-old e-commerce company sometimes called the Amazon of the Middle East. Amazon paid… Read More

Report: Top Amazon rival Alibaba is about to launch an Echo competitor

Alibaba, the China-based e-commerce giant determined to go toe-to-toe with Amazon, is coming out with its answer to the Echo… Read More

Walmart to buy Bonobos for $310M as it continues e-commerce battle with Amazon

Walmart announced Friday it is buying online apparel company Bonobos for $310 million to further beef up its e-commerce operation… Read More

Amazon abruptly cancels trailblazing ‘Style Code Live’ shopping show

“Style Code Live,” Amazon’s experiment with a QVC-style show for the internet era, has been canceled. The news was first… Read More

Report: Amazon is recruiting healthcare experts in bid for lucrative pharmaceutical industry

After flirting with the idea for years, Amazon may finally be ready to really go after the pharmaceutical market. Anonymous… Read More

Amazon’s next fashion challenge: Technology to help people find clothes that actually fit

Amazon wants to solve a problem that plagues pretty much everyone: finding jeans that fit right. For the past few… Read More

Podcast

Interview: How Best Buy is turning the tide against Amazon from the e-commerce giant’s backyard

E-commerce is killing traditional retail, right? Well, not quite — the reality is much more complex than that. It’s true… Read More

New underwear at the push of a button? Amazon adds 40 more brands to Dash, including Calvin Klein

If nothing comes between you and your Calvins, boy does Amazon have some good news for you. The Seattle company… Read More

‘Irrelevance, excruciating decline, death.’ In new video, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos paints a bleak picture of ‘Day 2’

When you have the kind of wealth and power that allows you to build a rocket ship enterprise just for… Read More

Zulily co-founder Mark Vadon strikes e-commerce gold yet again as pet supply retailer Chewy sells for $3.35B

E-commerce pioneer Mark Vadon, who helped transform the way people buy engagement rings with Blue Nile and kids clothes with… Read More

Walmart’s potential acquisition of Bonobos could help retail giant challenge Amazon

Walmart is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations to acquire Bonobos, an online fashion retailer aimed at helping men… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Swym wants to help e-commerce companies better compete with Amazon

It’s not an easy time to be in the e-commerce business. Tech titans, like Amazon and Walmart, are able to… Read More

Why this East Coast electric bike retailer relocated to Seattle for its clicks-to-bricks operation

For the past six years, brothers Yevgeniy and Boris Mordkovich have been slowly building out Evelo, an online retailer of… Read More

Amazon’s market value soars, now worth almost double Walmart

Despite reporting a staggering $481.3 billion in net sales last year, Walmart’s value still doesn’t even come close to Seattle… Read More

Report: Amazon told employees that Quidsi could turn a profit this year, before pulling plug

Amazon’s abrupt announcement last week that it would be shutting down Diapers.com parent Quidsi smells funny to some of the… Read More

Amazon wins bidding for Souq.com, announces deal to acquire Middle East e-commerce giant

Confirming widespread reports anspeculation, Amazon this morning announced an agreement to acquire Souq.com, a 12-year-old e-commerce company sometimes called the Amazon… Read More

I let Amazon’s new ‘Outfit Compare’ choose my clothes — but I just couldn’t follow the advice

There are plenty of things I’m happy to hand over to Amazon, rather than doing them myself. Recommending a movie?… Read More

Millennials’ favorite place to buy clothes online is, believe it or not, Amazon

Amazon is, apparently, very on-trend. Last year, the coveted millennial demographic bought more clothing from the online retailer than any other… Read More

Amazon to open 10th brick-and-mortar bookstore, second in Seattle region, later this year

Amazon is opening another brick-and-mortar bookstore in 2017 — its 10th such retail location — in downtown Bellevue, Wash. Building… Read More

Amazon quietly kills a program that rewards high-volume affiliate sellers, in favor of flat commission structure

Amazon is eliminating a program that rewards websites with a commission based on the number of products people buy when… Read More

Why Amazon is giving all customers a puzzling $8.62 discount today

Sometimes, even history’s most successful e-commerce company needs to take a moment to pat itself on the back. Amazon is… Read More