Amazon.com
July 5, 2016 at 12:15 pm
The Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) held in Chicago this June was a snapshot of the big trends that are driving the retail industry. How do these trends reflect the shifting landscape for internet retailers? Here are my takeaways from the event: “Retailers see double the growth in mobile share of transactions … and mobile…
June 30, 2016 at 12:08 pm
Wal-Mart is sweetening the deal for shoppers it wants to win over from Amazon.com by offering a free one-month trial of “ShippingPass,” its answer to its online rival’s Prime subscription plan. The world’s largest retailer said that starting this Friday it was offering a free 30-day trial of ShippingPass. That annual subscription service, like Prime, offers members unlimited…
June 30, 2016 at 11:43 am
Amazon.com's second annual Prime Day sale will launch at midnight PST on July 12. The Seattle-based online retailer created the shopping holiday for its Prime customers last year as something of a half-birthday for Christmas. On 2015, Prime Day customers ordered 34.4 million items worldwide, breaking the retailer's Black Friday records. Total Retail's Take: Only open to Amazon Prime…
June 28, 2016 at 12:31 pm
Barnes & Noble is opening four concept stores throughout the country in 2017. In cafes twice the size of the bookstore’s current spots, beer, wine and a bigger food menu will be available to shoppers. This is the latest effort from Barnes & Noble to rejuvenate the company and grow sales. Jaime Carey, president of…
June 27, 2016 at 10:51 am
Amazon.com is emerging as the nation's top online fashion retailer, according to a new report by 1010data Consumer Purchase Panel, a New York-based analytics platform and data provider. Amazon fashion sales from January to April of this year were up 70 percent compared with the same period in 2014, while total units sold were up…
June 27, 2016 at 10:22 am
With more and more brands selling their products on Amazon.com, there's increasing discussion about the pros and cons of doing so. Selling on Amazon makes sense because that’s where consumers are. However, listing on the marketplace can decrease the number of visitors to a brand's e-commerce site, where they're better able to convert traffic to sales. The…
June 22, 2016 at 10:35 am
After years of rumors and innuendo, Amazon.com finally seems poised to launch a large-scale push into its own lines of consumables.
June 21, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Jet.com, an online marketplace that launched in July 2015, hasn’t made it a secret that it’s targeting Amazon.com. In those 11 months, Jet has dropped its initial membership model, instead offering free shipping on orders over $35, two-day delivery on common household essentials, and an almost game-show style shopping experience. But is it making inroads…
June 20, 2016 at 9:18 am
According to a new report from RSR Research, retailers have identified personalization as their top opportunity for growth of their digital channels. And with good reason — personalization has proven to drive engagement and sales. Seventy-three percent of consumers prefer to do business with brands that use personal information to make their shopping experiences more…
June 17, 2016 at 12:40 pm
In today’s news roundup, find out why Revlon is buying Elizabeth Arden; the reason Amazon is cutting its shipping fees for certain products; and what a new postal reform bill may look like.
