Articles about retail – Page 16 of 17

Amazon calls California tax compromise a ‘win-win’

Amazon.com and California legislators have reached a compromise on sales tax collection in the state. As part of the deal,… Read More

Amazon Locker turned on at 7-Eleven: Anyone using it yet?

GeekWire has been closely following the developments of Amazon.com’s new delivery locker system at 7-Eleven, in part because it represents… Read More

Amazon set to unlock delivery lockers at U.K. retailers too

Amazon’s plans to establish a physical presence where customers can pick up packages appears to be spreading beyond our borders.… Read More

Amazon’s new locker system at 7-Eleven is not its first foray into pick-up stations

Few stories have driven as much interest on GeekWire as our recent look at Amazon.com’s new locker system at a… Read More

Photos: A look at Amazon’s new delivery locker at 7-Eleven

Yesterday, my two-year-old son and I did a little investigative reporting. Our goal? Find the Seattle area 7-Eleven housing Amazon.com’s… Read More

Amazon, 7-Eleven test locker idea for in-store package pick-up

Brick-and-mortar retailers like Walmart and Best Buy already allow customers to pick up online purchases at physical stores. Now, Amazon.com… Read More

Target (finally) parts ways with Amazon, but retailer’s new site sputters at launch

It may go down in history as a big business blunder. But, back in 2001, when Target picked Amazon.com to… Read More

How book stores can compete against Amazon: John Hodgman suggests ‘downloading pods’

Amazon.com continues to grab market share from traditional book stores, and just last month Border’s bit the dust. But resident… Read More

This 19-year-old just dropped out of Wharton to sleep on an air mattress and build a new startup

When we introduced you to Wesley Zhao back in April, he was just a fresh-faced 18-year-old kid kicking around a new… Read More

Californians launch boycott of Amazon.com over sales tax

Amazon.com is facing a backlash in California where a group of citizens, supported in part by Democratic politicians, is urging… Read More

Tech Earnings Roundup: Blue Nile, Bsquare, Market Leader, Marchex

Marchex, the Seattle call advertising company, reported net income of $80,000 and revenues of $38.8 million for the second quarter.… Read More

A Slurpee and a cell phone: T-Mobile inks deal with 7-Eleven

T-Mobile has a new retail partner, and it just so happens to be the home of the Slurpee. The Bellevue… Read More

How Bartell Drugs boosted its Facebook fan base by 50 percent in one weekend

Last week, we told you about a new promotion from Bartell Drugs called “Free Print Weekend.” Essentially, it was a way… Read More

Microsoft confirms fall store opening at University Village

We’ve known this was happening for a while, based on my previous digging into city permit filings, but Microsoft today made… Read More

RadioShack dumps T-Mobile for Verizon Wireless

RadioShack announced that it plans to stop selling mobile handsets and wireless service plans from T-Mobile USA effective September 14, a… Read More

Microsoft plans ‘up to 75 more stores’ over next 2 to 3 years

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles is primarily a strategy update and pep rally for the armies of companies… Read More

Shares of Amazon surge after analyst says company’s global market share is ‘under-estimated’

Shares of Amazon.com have already been on an amazing ascent in the past 12 months, up a whopping 67 percent… Read More

Decide unveils predictive shopping service to make sure gadget lovers don’t get burned

More than five years ago, Mike Fridgen, Oren Etzioni and others transformed the way people purchased airline tickets on the Web… Read More

Map: Amazon’s sales tax battle

Amazon.com has been locked in an ongoing battle with several states over the collection of sales taxes. Most recently, the… Read More

‘Pranksters’ or ‘vandals’? Windows logo installed on future Apple store

This video, taken outside an Apple store under construction in Hamburg, Germany, is spreading around the Internet like wildfire this… Read More

Why your product must be social — not just your marketing

Guest Commentary: If you market to consumers, you will be out of business in 10 years if you don’t have… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Art Sumo tracks down cool art all over the world (so you don’t have to)

Startup ideas strike at all different times, and in all different places. For Naysawn Naderi, inspiration hit when he bumped… Read More

Nordstrom testing iPods, other devices for checkout

Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom mentioned during its annual shareholders meeting yesterday that it has been testing mobile point-of-sale devices at its… Read More

Apple pitching bigger tent in Microsoft’s backyard with new Bellevue retail store

We’ve been closely watching the construction of Microsoft’s new retail store at Seattle’s University Village — which happens to be… Read More

Shares of Blue Nile fall after earnings report

Seattle online jewelry retailer Blue Nile today announced first quarter results, posting net income of $2.4 million on revenue of… Read More

Microsoft’s retail chain growing to 11 stores, but should there be more?

Microsoft today confirmed plans for a new retail store in Century City, Calif. It will be the company’s fourth… Read More

Are Wal-Mart and Amazon on a collision course?

Two developments this past week signal that Wal-Mart is getting more serious about the online world, and could very well… Read More

Another victim of technology: Nordstrom piano players?

We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with… Read More

Foursquare nerds, unite: Your day has almost arrived

As an avid Foursquare user in Seattle, Brian Groth knows he isn’t experiencing all the benefits that someone might see… Read More

Wal-Mart to test ‘Project Titan,’ an online grocery delivery service

The online grocery business is littered with the carcasses of old dot-coms, from HomeGrocer.com to Webvan to PublixDirect. But companies… Read More