REI closing to #OptOutside again on Black Friday while pledging $1M to study benefits of outdoors While millions of shoppers rush indoors to their favorite stores in search of holiday deals the day after Thanksgiving, REI… Read More
Sears files for bankruptcy, vows to emerge leaner to compete in the age of Amazon and e-commerce Sears, the department store giant that has been referred to as the “Amazon of its time” by many, declared bankruptcy… Read More
Second Amazon Go store opens in Chicago, with a third on the way The second Amazon Go location opened in Chicago today, and a third is coming soon, showing that the tech giant… Read More
eBay CEO: ‘I want to get as far away from Amazon as I can’ and stand for something different Amazon and eBay have been battling it out in e-commerce for years — for both buyers and sellers — though… Read More
IoT experts: Automation will be good for retail, replacing ‘complete waste of time’ jobs with more productive work Many economists see automation as a major threat to jobs, but experts in the world of the Internet of Things… Read More
Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items Amazon unveiled its newest brick and mortar store concept, Amazon 4-star, which stocks items with a rating above four stars… Read More
EU opens antitrust probe into Amazon over how the retailer uses data from smaller sellers The European Union is looking into how Amazon handles data from smaller sellers in its marketplace. Regulators want to find out… Read More
Whole Foods worker group urges employees to unionize to fight changes under Amazon Some workers at Whole Foods Market are making the case to unionize, expressing frustration over changes that Amazon has made… Read More
Fresh patents served up for the smart shelf technologies seen in Amazon Go stores Amazon has just opened a third Seattle location that makes use of its cashierless Amazon Go grocery shopping concept —… Read More
Looking to reboot digital efforts, Nordstrom taps Edmond Mesrobian as new CTO Nordstrom is doubling down on its technology efforts, naming Edmond Mesrobian as the retailer’s new chief technology officer. A veteran of… Read More
How Microsoft is helping big retailers Walmart and Kroger compete with Amazon Some of the world’s largest retailers staring down the juggernaut that is Amazon are turning to Microsoft to use its… Read More
‘Not like Amazon Go’: Nike debuts high-tech store that removes friction but keeps human connection Nike is going high-tech with its newest retail store concept that opened today in Los Angeles. But don’t expect it… Read More
Nordstrom tests new in-store experience in bid to become ‘best fashion retailer in a digital world’ How customers shop at Nordstrom may be due for a dramatic change in the next few years. At its “Investor… Read More
How Amazon’s expanding U.S. brick-and-mortar footprint stacks up against other big retailers Amazon’s rapidly growing brick-and-mortar footprint — including a second Amazon Go store opening in Seattle this fall — has already… Read More
Revealed: Amazon Go’s new Seattle location signals tech giant’s growing ambitions for checkout-free retail concept Amazon is expanding its checkout-free Amazon Go retail concept with another location in the company’s backyard, GeekWire has learned. The… Read More
Amazon Prime Day No. 4 starts July 16, will run for 36 hours with Whole Foods deals added to the mix Amazon’s Prime Day is back again for its fourth installment. The retail giant is following up last year’s summer sales… Read More
Amazon opens package pickup location in Seattle, increasing brick and mortar footprint Amazon has opened its first Seattle package pickup location, a storefront where customers can retrieve orders and return items. The… Read More
Massive new Apple Store in Seattle set to debut on June 30 Apple has, for the first time, publicly acknowledged plans for a new store in Seattle and given an opening date:… Read More
Apple’s striking new Seattle store, cloaked in secrecy, appears almost completed Apple still isn’t talking about its new Seattle store, but it looks almost ready for prime time. GeekWire first unearthed… Read More
Supreme Court rules states can collect sales tax from internet retailers in historic e-commerce case States can collect sales tax from online sellers even if those companies don’t have a physical presence in the state,… Read More
Starbucks’ recipe for global coffee domination: ‘Time lapse’ speed in some places, ‘slow motion’ in others Starbucks has more than 28,000 stores around the world, and increasingly each one looks and operates different than the last.… Read More
Best Buy unveils new Amazon Fire-powered smart TV as part of partnership between oft-rival retailers Best Buy showed off the first byproduct of its unusual partnership with Amazon, a new Toshiba 4K TV coming next… Read More
Best Buy Chief Digital Officer joins AT&T, leaving digital transformation legacy at big box retailer Best Buy’s chief digital officer, Bala Subramanian, has left the company to serve as the chief digital officer of wireless… Read More
Amazon clothing executive Jeff Yurcisin takes the helm at Zulily as the company’s new president Seattle-based retail giant Zulily finally has a new leader. Former Amazon executive and Shopbop CEO Jeff Yurcisin will serve as… Read More
Amazon and Best Buy, better together? Smart TV deal is online giant’s latest move into physical retail Best Buy will sell new TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV Edition in an unusual partnership that will make the electronics… Read More
TLDR: Walmart’s tech transformation, Seattle median home price climbs to $820K, a vegan burger that bleeds [Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More
Former Starbucks chief digital officer Adam Brotman lands at J. Crew Updated with statements from J. Crew and Brotman. Adam Brotman, who led Starbucks digital business, including its Mobile Order and… Read More
Amazon Go automated retail store handles a crowd on opening morning — and the only line was outside UPDATE, noon: There’s now a line of people around the block. See pictures below. A crowd of people lined up… Read More
Hands-on with Amazon Go: We tested the tech giant’s experiment in checkout-free retail Smartphone in hand, I stood inside the Amazon Go store and turned the screen over to scan a unique QR… Read More
Home Depot reportedly considers acquisition of shipping company XPO to fend off Amazon Home Depot has considered acquiring shipping company XPO Logistics, according to a report from Recode, in part to keep it… Read More
