E-Commerce

While digital commerce is rapidly shifting, it’s nice to know there's a constant in the retail industry. The Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) delivers a great event every year packed with cutting-edge content, thoughtful conversations, and predictions about the ever-changing future of online retailing. In fact, in his opening presentation, IRCE’s Kurt Peters spoke…

Betabrand, an online apparel retailer and crowdfunding platform, gives the fashion-forward several options and a voice for expanding th

NetChoice, a trade association of internet companies and organizations, and American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA), a trade association representing the interests of companies, individuals and organizations engaged in and supporting catalog marketing, have filed a suit to stop Massachusetts from requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes. The groups are suing over a regulation — slated…

In May, U.S. retailers saw the biggest decline in sales over the past 16 months. Sales at retailers nationwide dropped 0.3 percent — not good when compared to the jump of 0.4 percent in April 2017. Most of May’s weakness stemmed from a 2.4 percent drop in sales at gasoline retailers and a 0.2 percent…

Google Shopping ads have never been so conspicuous to consumers — nor so successful for retailers. Search for "black sunglasses," and it's hard to miss the Google Shopping ads monopolizing the right rail of the desktop search engine results page (SERP), topping the mobile SERP and leading the image results page across devices. Retailers now…

This week, Ikea announced it's going to test selling products on websites other than its own. Reports say the move means Ikea's customer may soon be able to buy its flat-pack furniture and other home furnishings through the likes of Amazon.com or Alibaba. Torbjorn Loof, group chief executive for Ikea, said the plan is to…

Sears Holdings Corp. is closing 72 stores, in addition to the 180 closings it already announced earlier this year. Business Insider reports the company released a list internally on Tuesday of the new closings, which include 16 Sears stores, 49 Kmart stores and seven auto centers. The stores are estimated to be closed by September 2017. The…

Reebok’s email takes note of a special day by offering a big discount to people who are passionate about their sport.

Wal-Mart is trying out an automated kiosk where shoppers can pick up groceries they've ordered online. The 20x80 foot building is located in the parking lot at a Wal-Mart Super Center in Oklahoma City. The kiosk is capable of fulfilling hundreds of orders in a day placed on Wal-Mart’s grocery website. More than 30,000 items,…