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Amazon dominates e-commerce share, eBay and Walmart less of a focus, Feedvisor study finds
16 May 2019
Feedvisor, the “AI-first” optimization and intelligence platform for large sellers and brands on Amazon, today unveiled its State of the...
Amazon Go makes New York City premiere
08 May 2019
Downtown Manhattan store is banner’s first to accept cash Amazon.com Inc. has opened its 12th Amazon Go store, marking a couple of firsts ...
Walmart names global food safety VP
08 May 2019
Sara Mortimore comes to retail giant from Land O’Lakes Land O’Lakes executive Sara Mortimore has joined Walmart as vice president of glo...
Tim Cook Says Buffett Sees Apple As Consumer Company
08 May 2019
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has continued to make the argument that the Cupertino, California iPhone maker is a consumer company, not a tech one,...
Wegmans introduces shop-and-scan tool
08 May 2019
New mobile app offers customers speedier checkout Wegmans Food Markets has gone live with Wegmans SCAN, a mobile app aimed at helping custom...
Battle For Pet Retail Dominance Gains Fresh Fuel
08 May 2019
Walmart is the latest example of the power of pets in retail — a power that is having significant influence among various merchants compet...
San Francisco To Bar Cashless-Only Stores
08 May 2019
San Francisco is joining Philadelphia and New Jersey in barring cashless retailers from the city. According to a report in the Associated Pr...
Instagram’s High-Fashion Fakes Problem
08 May 2019
Instagram has a counterfeit goods problem. That is what the latest data from analytics firm Ghost Data strongly indicated, anyway, as its su...
Walmart Opening Online Pet Pharmacy, Expanding In-Store Pet Clinics
08 May 2019
To bring in more of the consumers who pay billions of dollars a year on their pets, Walmart is rolling out an online pet pharmacy and openin...
Hudson’s Bay to review strategic alternatives for Lord & Taylor
08 May 2019
Saks-owner Hudson’s Bay Company said Monday it is exploring strategic alternatives for its Lord & Taylor brand, including a possible s...
Flipkart co-founder explains why foreign companies often struggle to succeed in India
08 May 2019
Many foreign companies find it tough to succeed in India. One reason, according to Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, is their inability to d...
Target Unveils New Branding For Digital Ad Business
08 May 2019
In a rebrand of its in-house media company, Target unveiled that the new name for the business would be Roundel. The company develops digita...
Kohl’s, Amazon And The Cycle Of Returns: 4 Ways To Manage A Monster
08 May 2019
It’s a case of foot traffic beating road traffic. By expanding its agreement to receive returns from Amazon.com, Kohl’s is helping resol...
Amazon.com Shares Boosted by Warren Buffett’s Comments
04 May 2019
Shares in Amazon are moving higher in morning trading, a day after billionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC that his firm had been buyi...
Target signs for Washington Heights store
04 May 2019
Property owner is Chehebar family’s Maverick Management Corporation Target is heading to Washington Heights. The discount retailer ink...
Nordstrom to Add Two Mini Stores in Its New York Expansion
04 May 2019
Nordstrom Local outposts in the West Village and on the Upper East Side won’t carry merchandise but will help with online orders and retur...
New York private equity group leads $800M refi for Sears
04 May 2019
The deal follows Edward Lampert’s $5.2B takeover of the company in February A New York-based private equity group is betting big on Se...
Amid Opioid Crisis, Walgreens Adds Mental Health Training For Pharmacists
03 May 2019
Walgreens plans to increase mental health and substance abuse training for hundreds of pharmacists and staff at its drugstores amid the U.S....
IKEA issues alert about children’s changing table after reports of children falling
03 May 2019
Swedish retailer IKEA issued a safety announcement regarding its SUNDVIK changing table and chest of drawers Tuesday after it received repor...
Walmart is testing ways to trim the size of its store management staff
03 May 2019
Walmart is testing out a new employee structure within its stores in an attempt to cut down the size of its store management staff. The nati...