Articles about retail – Page 7 of 17

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

Will convenience go further than Amazon? Moby Mart is a rolling store that comes to you

If Amazon Go ever really gets going with its ultra-convenient convenience store plan, it may be too late if Moby… 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 Alexa and Google Home at Best Buy

Best Buy introducing Amazon Alexa and Google Home experiences to 700 U.S. stores

There’s going to be a lot of chatter about and with voice-activated assistants in Best Buy stores thanks to new Amazon… Read More

Newest Nordstrom Pop-In shop looks like the inside of a computer and features tech-focused gear

While Seattle-based Nordstrom works to maintain its place in the increasingly internet-focused world of retail, the 116-year-old department store chain… Read More

As Amazon expands beyond online commerce, retailers look to compete with unique experiences

It’s been another rough year in the brick-and-mortar retail world, as retailers of all sizes search for answers to deal with… Read More

Report: Walmart has no appetite for challenging Amazon’s $13.7B Whole Foods deal

As investors continue to speculate about a potential rival bidder to Amazon’s $13.7 billion price for Whole Foods Market, Reuters… Read More

365 by Whole Foods looked like the store of the future — then Amazon and the future stepped in

Last September, when Whole Foods opened a new high-tech “365 by Whole Foods Market” in Bellevue, Wash., I visited to… Read More

RFID tag maker Impinj soars on Wall Street as Amazon’s $13.7B deal to buy Whole Foods opens new opportunities for technology in retail

Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion is sending far-reaching ripples across Wall Street, well beyond the grocery… Read More

Amazon to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7B, dramatically expanding physical retail footprint

Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, marking the Seattle-based tech giant’s most ambitious expansion yet into brick-and-mortar… Read More

eBay takes a colorful shot at Amazon with new ad urging its users to ‘shop like nobody else’

All of those cardboard boxes from Amazon have eBay dreaming of a more colorful shopping world. And now the online… Read More

It’s a pop culture party: ThinkGeek to celebrate grand opening of new store at Tacoma Mall

Pop culture geeks who love a good trip to the mall will have a new destination come Friday, when ThinkGeek… Read More

Amazon reaches agreement with EU to end antitrust investigation into e-book deals

The European Commission has decided that terms offered up by Amazon sufficiently address concerns raised in a 2015 antitrust investigation over… Read More

World’s largest Starbucks will be a 4-level Reserve Roastery on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile

This is what it looks like when a coffee giant thinks big. Starbucks announced this week that it will build another… Read More

Apple stores set for global makeover, addition of new educational programming

As Apple builds out a new store in Seattle’s University Village Mall, the company is gearing up to revamp its… Read More

Independent booksellers show they’re still going strong with planned Seattle Bookstore Day celebrations across the city

The hard times independent booksellers have fallen on over the last decade can probably be traced back to Seattle. This… Read More

Fashion-focused Amazon wins patent for ‘on-demand apparel manufacturing’

Amazon has a snazzy new idea for cutting the cost of making clothes. The Seattle e-commerce juggernaut just won a patent… 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

Startup Spotlight: Coastline’s digital marketplace connects fishermen with seafood joints

You’d be hard-pressed to find a marketplace more analog than fishermen selling seafood straight from the dock at the crack of… Read More

Filings reveal big new Apple Store at prime Seattle retail site, on Microsoft’s doorstep

There is a huge construction pit in the middle of the upscale University Village mall in Seattle, and no one… 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

Reports: Amazon considers furniture, appliance and electronics stores, as Amazon Go launch is delayed

Amazon is exploring the possibility of new retail outlets in categories including furniture, home appliances and electronics, according to a New York… Read More

Pop culture powerhouse Funko to open giant flagship store in new Everett headquarters building

Funko, makers of pop culture figurines and much more, is growing so rapidly that it needs more space for its… 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

ThinkGeek opening another Washington state store with Tacoma Mall location coming this spring

ThinkGeek fans who prefer not to brave the traffic and head north to Seattle hit up one of their favorite… Read More

Amazon taking its bricks and mortar to the Bay Area with another bookstore location

Amazon has picked the next location for another of its brick-and-mortar bookstores. Amazon Books is coming to Walnut Creek, Calif., according to… Read More

Seattle-area grocer PCC gets in on curbside convenience with new ‘Click & Collect’ shopping

PCC Natural Markets is teaming with Instacart to get in on the curbside-pickup game that appears to be the next trend in… Read More