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October 17, 2011
YouTube has announced the ability to sell merchandise, tickets and more via the site. Through a feature called the Merch Store, YouTube partners will be able to sell artist merchandise, digital downloads, concert tickets and other experiences to fans and visitors.
October 11, 2011
Etsy has launched three new shopping pages: Fashion, Kids, and Home and Garden. Etsy Spokesperson Adam Brown said the company's goal is to promote discovery through a blend of different features and tools for buyers and sellers.
October 7, 2011
Gov. Bill Haslam confirmed a sales tax deal with online retailer Amazon.com on Oct. 6, announcing thousands of additional jobs and what he hopes will be the resolution of a long-running dispute within the business community.
October 7, 2011
Best Buy made a pretty big goof, accidentally pricing the HTC Flyer at $99.99. The electronics retailer mistakenly dropped the price on the tablet following the launch of Amazon's Kindle Fire, which is priced at $199.
October 6, 2011
Broken links, missing baby and wedding registries, and carts with a mind of their own are just a few of Target's problems six weeks after the retailer unshackled itself from Amazon. But irate customers unable to complete purchases and Facebook and Twitter feeds littered with angry comments, all during a period when nearly 40 percent of consumers are shopping for the holidays, may have Target execs wondering if its newfound freedom cost too much.
October 4, 2011
More than 10,00 California-based affiliates of Amazon.com have been welcomed back into the fold. Jettisoned by the Seattle online retailing giant earlier in the year as it battled California authorities over collection of sales taxes, their reinstatement marks the final piece of an epic compromise.
September 30, 2011
MyHabit.com, a new designer flash-sale site from the folks at Amazon.com, kicked off Real by MyHabit, a series of plus-size fashion flash sales.
September 30, 2011
The traditional digital management industry has been providing solutions to the retail marketing industry for years, but those solutions have been too expensive for most and quite limiting in nature for many. Over the last 12 months, however, the cloud has created an entirely new digital asset management solution.
September 23, 2011
Arlington, Va. -- The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) thanked California Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation that would help level the playing field between online-only retailer Amazon.com and brick-and-mortar stores across California. "For too long U.S. tax policy has favored online-only retailers like Amazon over the brick-and-mortar stores that create jobs and serve our communities, and it's time to end that special treatment and give all businesses the chance to compete and create jobs in a free and fair market,” said Katherine Lugar, RILA executive VP for public affairs. California joins Texas and a growing list of
September 20, 2011
After conquering online retail in diapers, soaps, beauty products and most recently pet supplies, Amazon-owned Quidsi is moving into its next vertical — toys. Quidsi is debuting YoYo.com, a toy e-commerce site that aims to provide recommendations and discovery tools to make kids toy shopping easy and fun.
