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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Amazon's (AMZN) The Black Friday Deals store will feature discounts on hundreds of items like cameras, video games, movies, tools, watches, jewelry, clothing and more, now through Black Friday. "When it comes to holiday gift shopping there are three things customers want: low prices, items to be in-stock and ready to ship, and a convenient shopping experience," said Sally Fouts, spokeswoman for Amazon. "So in addition to our everyday low prices, customers will find exceptional deals in our Black Friday Deals store starting today all the way through Black Friday. These are deals customers won't

Amazon’s Kindle Fire may corner the market for e-books and movies and television shows on a mobile device, but GameStop sees a future in mobile cloud gaming. The retailer has rolled out its own “certified gaming tablet” to 200 select stores and on its website this weekend.

Amazon has become the 800-pound gorilla in e-commerce, but retailers of any size can capitalize on its powerful reach by selling on the Amazon.com platform. Diane Buzzeo, CEO of Ability Commerce, believes every online retailer should make Amazon a part of their selling strategy, and provides answers to the question, what are the five key things online merchants should know about selling on Amazon.com?

Amazon has made some big changes to its website in China including a new name and a new short URL. Formerly called “Joyo Amazon” after buying out Joyo.com seven years ago in order to enter China, the name has been simplified to just “Amazon.” The new Z.cn URL serves as an easy-to-remember shortcut to the ongoing Amazon.cn homepage.

Chicago -- The third annual Mobile Audit, released Thursday by e-commerce and digital marketing company Acquity Group, found that mobile adoption is on the rise. In fact, the percentage of retailers with a mobile site reached 37% in 2011, up from 12% in 2010 and only 4% in 2009 – a 210% increase over the past year alone. The survey also found that one in four retailers have at least one mobile app, with nearly a quarter developing for the iPhone, followed by Android (10%). The number of retailers offering mobile apps grew 278% over the past year, rising

Amazon-owned Soap.com has begun selling grocery goods. Unlike Amazon Fresh, which delivers a full range of groceries via an elaborate system of delivery trucks, Soap.com‘s selection is limited to approximately 10,000 nonperishable items such as cereal and coffee.

Amazon is expanding its test of shipment lockers that it started last month in its hometown of Seattle to New York City. According to published reports, the online retailer is testing the buy online/pick up in store lockers at Rite Aid, Gristedes, and D'Agostino locations throughout the Big Apple. The retailer began piloting in-store pick up lockers at a 7-Eleven location in Seattle in early September. Since the initial pilot, tests have expanded to the UK and now Manhattan. Customers can see if they are near one of these pick up locations by checking their Amazon address books and

New York City -- While 43% of smartphone owners have installed and used a retailer's app, only 14% of those who installed them say the app led to a purchase decision, according to the most recent Retrevo Pulse Study, an ongoing study of tech industry trends conducted for the consumer electronics shopping and review site. "Retrevo's findings indicate that customers are willing to download and use retailer's mobile apps," said Manish Rathi, co-founder and VP marketing Retrevo.com. "But when only 14% of the installed base actually indicates it 'helped them buy something,' it's time for retailers to rethink their

A new research report, 2011 Temkin Trust Ratings, examines the level of trust that consumers have in 143 large U.S. companies. The research is based on a survey of 6,000 U.S. consumers, who rated their recent customer service interactions with companies across 12 industries. Only eight companies earned "very strong" ratings while 26 earned "very weak" ratings.

E-commerce is exploding as more consumers choose to shop online — a trend that's bringing multichannel retailers record earnings. E-commerce accounted for 4.6 percent of total retail sales during the second quarter of 2011, up from 4.2 percent of total sales a year earlier.