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June 16, 2016 at 2:30 pm
In today's news roundup, find out why Home Depot is suing Visa and MasterCard; the issue that almost caused Macy's workers in New York City to go on strike; Wal-Mart's strategy for optimizing in-store workers; and Target's latest collaboration.
June 10, 2016 at 9:21 am
Last week, I interviewed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on stage at our third annual Code Conference. It wasn’t my first such public conversation with Bezos — we had done an earlier interview in 2008 at the D conference, the predecessor to Code. Bezos joked that he appeared at our conferences "every eight years like clockwork." Back…
June 8, 2016 at 11:43 am
As Indians increasingly move to e-commerce to do their shopping, Amazon.com is giving domestic companies a big reason to worry. Company CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday announced that his company will be investing an additional $3 billion in India. This takes Amazon's total investment in the country to $5 billion. India's e-commerce space continues to grow, and…
June 7, 2016 at 9:58 am
The on-demand economy movement is big — and getting bigger. It’s poised to disrupt trillions — yes, trillions — in GDP, according to Scot Wingo, executive chairman of ChannelAdvisor. Nearly half of all U.S. consumers have tried at least one on-demand service. The appeal? Zero friction. Consumers tap a button and their ride arrives, dinner…
June 3, 2016 at 10:22 am
In the age of Amazon.com, and its Prime membership perk of free two-day shipping, three days to five days appears to be stretching into a long wait for consumers. With the online powerhouse recently giving shoppers the ability to join Prime on a monthly basis — making the expense a little more palatable for those…
May 25, 2016 at 10:42 am
The first thing online clothing reseller ThredUp did after clinching a new round of funding last year? Hunt for strategic warehouse space to get the goods to its customers as fast as possible. Amazon.com has spoiled them for anything less. Within six months, ThredUp's chief executive officer, James Reinhart, had signed leases on two additional warehouses.
May 23, 2016 at 10:14 am
It’s clicks meet bricks in the brave new world of Amazon.com. Reports have it that Jeff Bezos and company plan to open more of their Amazon Books locations as well as more drive-up grocery stores. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Bezos told a small group at the company’s annual shareholders meeting last week that…
May 18, 2016 at 10:22 am
Gap Inc. CEO Art Peck said the retailer would consider relying on third-party sellers such as Amazon.com to reach customers. “To not be considering Amazon and others would be — in my view — delusional,” Peck said at the company’s annual investor meeting Tuesday in San Francisco. “We are always considering all of the opportunities beyond…
May 18, 2016 at 9:29 am
Amazon.com plans to open new brick-and-mortar stores, CEO Jeff Bezos said this week, though he didn't say where or when they will open. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Bezos made the comments at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, where he also outlined broad plans to expand the Amazon Prime service to include…
May 13, 2016 at 11:43 am
Jet.com, the e-commerce upstart from Diapers.com founder Marc Lore, is entering a new business: groceries. The company generated a huge amount of buzz by raising hundreds of millions in funding before even opening its doors in July. Its goal is to take on Amazon.com and other e-commerce giants by selling everything from household goods to sports…
