Study: Tablets aren't really mobile devices after all

With this distinction, retailers may have to rethink their m-commerce strategies. 

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 12, 2014

Hudson's Bay faces uproar over canceled orders

The department store voided orders with steep discounts that customers achieved by combining multiple online coupons.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 11, 2014

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What's shaping the e-commerce landscape?

From pivots in digital strategies to challenges retailers must overcome with reverse logistics, here are some of the forces shaping online retail.

By Retail Dive staff

With Apple's new Watch, what is the future of wearables?

A few years ago smartwatches were the next great thing, but they haven't arrived quite yet. That may be about to change.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 10, 2014

RetailMeNot brings on Ralph Lauren exec to board

Erik Korman has a wealth of experience in e-commerce and in mergers and acquisitions.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 10, 2014

Barnes & Noble revenue falls on declining Nook sales

The national bookstore chain is still struggling to compete with e-retailers in book and e-reader sales. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • Sept. 9, 2014

Ikea needles Apple with 'bookbook' reveal

Ikea’s video spoofing Apple’s characteristic marketing style has gone viral a week before the tech company's anticipated "big event."  

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 9, 2014

Amazon drastically cuts Fire phone price

The price drop from $199 to 99 cents could be a sign of struggling sales for the smartphone. 

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 9, 2014

Rakuten to buy rebate purveyor Ebates.com for $1B

The move helps the Japanese e-retailer advance further into the U.S. e-commerce market.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 9, 2014

PayPal, Alibaba expanding offline mobile payment features

PayPal is expanding its PayPal Here service so retailers don’t need its dongle, while Alibaba will launch biometric mobile finger-swipe security payments that eliminate the need for passwords.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 5, 2014

Shyp aims to disrupt the 'first mile' fulfillment business

The San Francisco startup focuses on the first mile of shipping and is aiming big.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 5, 2014

Mobile moves toward dominating e-commerce

A variety of reports shows that retail traffic on smartphones and tablets is making up more than half of shoppers’ online activity.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 5, 2014

More retailers unveil mobile wallets

MCX and Macy’s are launching mobile payment platforms that could give Apple a run for its mobile money.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 4, 2014

Isis Wallet rebrands to Softcard

The mobile payment platform is making a promised move to distance itself from the Islamic militant group whose acronym spells “ISIS”.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 4, 2014

UPS testing pickup service

Shoppers in New York and Chicago can order online and pickup from UPS retail stores.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 4, 2014

Longtime Amazon CFO retiring

Brian Olsavsky, the e-retail giant’s VP of finance for global business, will replace CFO Thomas Szkutak after 10 months of transition.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 4, 2014

Apparel e-tailer Nasty Gal lays off 20 tech, PR staff

CEO-founder-creative director Sophia Amoruso says her online company is reorganizing and getting into brick-and-mortar retail.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 3, 2014

eBay VP leaves for RetailMeNot

At eBay, Michael Jones had been in charge of developing relationships with major retailers.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 3, 2014

Report: Apple to unveil mobile payments

The company appears to be finally moving on the payment patents and technologies it’s been developing.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 2, 2014

1-800-Flowers will acquire Harry & David

The flower and gift-basket e-retailer has agreed to buy the fruit-basket catalog business for $142.5 million, the companies said Tuesday.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 2, 2014

Will Alibaba's US IPO disrupt American retail?

Here's what you need to know about the Chinese retail giant, which could have a record-setting IPO this month.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 2, 2014

4 ways retailers can use social media to drive sales

While Twitter and Instagram have been around for years, retailers are just now figuring out how to convert those "likes" into "buys." 

By Kelsey Lindsey • Aug. 28, 2014

Dollar General 'firmly committed' to Family Dollar acquisition

The discount retailer will explore other options to buy rival Family Dollar after its original offer was rejected last week. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • Aug. 28, 2014

Apple may unveil wearable next month

Past talks about the much-anticipated launch said that any peek at an iWatch from Apple would have to wait until 2015.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 28, 2014

Books-A-Million names new VP of e-commerce

James Phelps, most recently director of digital production at HSN, takes a position that is new at the bookseller.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 28, 2014

Consumers shopping more online, in more categories

A new study from Nielsen finds that people are browsing online in almost every category, and that browsing leads to buying.

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 27, 2014