Articles about retail – Page 4 of 17

Is one-day shipping really more eco-friendly? Fact-checking Jeff Bezos as Amazon speeds up delivery

Despite high costs and logistical challenges, Amazon is speeding ahead with one-day shipping, a benefit increasingly available to millions of… Read More

How digital initiatives and artificial intelligence continue fueling innovation at Starbucks

The news: The word “digital” came up 44 times on Starbucks’ investor call Thursday, following its earnings report that beat… Read More

Led by Blue Origin and Intellectual Ventures alum, on-demand clothing startup Komposite raises cash

Seattle startup Komposite is setting out to change the way we make clothes and has raised $500,000 to get off… Read More

Report: Amazon Go cashierless store technology could be coming to airports and movie theaters

As it slowly rolls out new Amazon Go locations in Seattle and other cities, Amazon is reportedly eyeing other ways… Read More

Microsoft helps retailers battle Amazon with new AI and IoT tools for Dynamics 365

Microsoft is doubling down on retail, and it wants to be the first place companies turn to beef up their… Read More

Xnor teases an AI gizmo that’ll make sure grocery stores keep their shelves stocked

Artificial intelligence is coming to a grocery store shelf near you. Xnor.ai, a spin-out from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial… Read More

Walmart’s next-day delivery now available to 75% of U.S. population, escalating shipping race with Amazon

Walmart and Amazon are locked in a race to bring one-day shipping to the masses, and today Walmart hit a… Read More

Amazon HQ is getting a new store: Inside the tech giant’s new ‘4-star’ shop in its hometown

The windows outside the ground floor of Amazon’s new re:Invent tower in Seattle are carefully blocked, shielding the bustling activity… Read More

Lawsuit ruling over dog leash purchased on Amazon could greatly impact third-party seller business

A lawsuit brought by a woman who was blinded by a retractable dog leash she bought on Amazon could have… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers plan Prime Day strike as company’s scale comes under scrutiny

Amazon workers are planning to strike during a major shopping holiday in the latest headache for a company that has… Read More

Challenging Amazon, Walmart unveils one-day delivery on more than 200k items

Amazon put the retail world on notice when it announced plans to evolve its core Prime shipping time from two… Read More

Kohl’s to accept Amazon returns at all its stores, expanding partnership between retailers

Amazon’s unlikely alliance with Kohl’s is getting even tighter. Starting in July, Kohl’s will begin accepting returns for items purchased… Read More

Jeff Bezos challenges retail giants to match (or beat!) Amazon’s $15/hour minimum wage and benefits

Amazon last fall raised its minimum wage to $15/hour for its U.S. workers, after facing pressure from Sen. Bernie Sanders… Read More

Jeff Bezos uses annual Amazon letter as antitrust antidote: ‘Third-party sellers are kicking our first party butt. Badly.’

Amazon is getting trounced by third-party sellers on its platform, has weathered some spectacular failures in the process of building… Read More

Amazon Go stores to accept cash as legislators go after cashless retail

Amazon is responding to growing criticism of retailers that don’t accept cash, which advocates for the poor say is a… Read More

Internal memos: Nordstrom tech execs leaving, CTO plans reorg in retailer’s latest digital shakeup

A pair of Nordstrom technology executives are leaving the company, and the chief technology officer plans to reorganize the retailer’s… Read More

Target’s digital sales grew 10X faster than in-store sales in 2018, as retailer adjusts to battle Amazon

Target spent much of 2018 turning some of its biggest stores into mini-warehouses for shipping and pickup online orders and… Read More

As Amazon mulls grocery expansion, work resumes at big Seattle retail space long linked to tech giant

Construction has restarted inside a prime Seattle retail space that has for years been connected to Amazon, according to city… Read More

Bulletproof Coffee bringing its food and beverage lineup to thousands of retail locations across U.S.

Bulletproof 360, Inc., makers of the signature Bulletproof Coffee and a host of other food and beverage products under its… Read More

Geek of the Week: Amazon vet Jill Taplin applies lessons from tech giant at her tiny comic book shop

In the city where an online bookseller turned into a global tech giant, Jill Haick Taplin is trying to take some… Read More

Report: Amazon to open new grocery stores with dozens of locations, separate from Whole Foods

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery ambitions don’t stop with Whole Foods and Amazon Go. The company plans to launch dozens of grocery… Read More

Funko goes Hollywood: Pop! figurine maker to open Los Angeles store, its 2nd overall

Later this year, Funko, the Everett, Wash. maker of pop culture collectables will open its second-ever retail store in Los… Read More

Billion-dollar sneaker startup Allbirds to open store in Seattle as it expands brick-and-mortar footprint

Allbirds is landing in Seattle. The high-flying billion-dollar sneaker startup is set to open its fourth brick-and-mortar retail location in… Read More

Microsoft spotlights efforts to help retailers modernize and compete with Amazon

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft isn’t as visible as Google or Amazon at CES this year, choosing to mostly lay low… Read More

Is this the future of retail? We checked out the new high-tech store from Microsoft and Kroger

REDMOND, Wash. ― Attention shoppers, new technology on aisle seven. There were no audible announcements like that Monday morning at… Read More

Microsoft and Kroger to challenge Amazon and Whole Foods with futuristic retail technology

Can Microsoft and Kroger upgrade the grocery experience better than Amazon and Whole Foods can? That’s the unstated subplot in… Read More

Blake Nordstrom, co-president of Seattle-based retail chain, dies at 58

Blake Nordstrom, one of the leaders of the Seattle-based Nordstrom retail chain, died on Wednesday in Seattle at the age… Read More

Amazon’s year on the Go: Ninth store opens as customers and company embrace walk-out tech

Amazon has been making a Go of its cashier-less convenience stores for nearly a year, since opening its first location… Read More

Amid reports of abandoned projects, Amazon says it’s still ‘excited’ about physical bookstores

Amazon Books was the tech giant’s first take on brick-and-mortar retail, starting in Seattle in 2015 and setting off a… Read More

My kids sat in front of Amazon’s first-ever printed toy catalog: ‘Whoa! … Is everything in here free?’

Forty or so years after I did the same thing with a Sears holiday catalog, and about a month after… Read More