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Google expands retail efforts with Rangespan
The new acquisition leverages data to match consumer demand with supply chains and product availability.
By Daphne Howland • May 5, 2014 -
Groupon bulking up with Groupon Basics
The coupon site will sell items like razors and diapers in warehouse-sized packages through its new business.
By Daphne Howland • May 2, 2014 -
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TrendlineWhat'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.
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Southern Living collaborating with clothing retailer
The magazine is getting into the online retail business with a line of children’s apparel.
By Daphne Howland • May 2, 2014 -
Ebay bringing click and collect to the US
The company’s program in the U.K. has performed well, and is now ready for a U.S. pilot.
By Daphne Howland • May 1, 2014 -
Burberry's Angela Ahrendts arrives at Apple this week
Her takeover of the post currently covered by CEO Tim Cook is highly anticipated.
By Daphne Howland • May 1, 2014 -
Nearly half mobile users happy to be pinged, if it's worth it
Promotions, discounts, and info are worthy trades for access to their phones, mobile customers say.
By Daphne Howland • May 1, 2014 -
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Deep DiveCan digital be retail's mortar between the bricks?
Brick-and-mortar retailers have good reason to embrace consumers’ web and mobile activity: It may be what’s driving them to the store.
By Daphne Howland • May 1, 2014 -
CB2 taps Pinterest users to decorate an apartment
The home goods retailer rented a New York apartment and is asking Pinterest users for their help in furnishing it.
By Daphne Howland • April 29, 2014 -
Twitter's 'Website Card' aims to drive users to retail sites
The social media network’s new ad unit helps marketers by providing eye-catching content.
By Daphne Howland • April 29, 2014 -
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Many shoppers access websites or mobile, then go to the store
Some abandoned shopping carts on retailer websites may actually be serving as wish lists for brick-and-mortar shopping.
By Daphne Howland • April 29, 2014 -
Canadian office supply retailer shuttering doors after 132 years
OfficeMax Grand & Toy, now owned by Office Depot Inc., will continue to sell online.
By Daphne Howland • April 25, 2014 -
Americans spend more time with phones than TV
Despite this “golden age” of high-quality television content, the smartphone is now America’s go-to device, a study suggests.
By Daphne Howland • April 25, 2014 -
Amazon Prime inks deal with HBO
The move greatly boosts content available through the retail giant’s streaming entertainment service.
By Daphne Howland • April 24, 2014 -
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Survey finds most shoppers say no to in-store tracking
Even mobile app users have been slow to adapt to in-store mobile shopping technologies.
By Daphne Howland • April 24, 2014 -
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Visual search tech startup Slyce makes moves
Toronto-based Slyce has secured $10.75 million in funding and says it’s close to unleashing its Amazon Flow-like technology.
By Daphne Howland • April 23, 2014 -
Amazon's sales drop when state tax collected
Yet the online retailer doesn’t oppose state sales tax collection like other e-retailers.
By Daphne Howland • April 23, 2014 -
Birchbox grabs $60 million in Series B funding
The cosmetics e-retailer will use the funding for marketing, investments in m-commerce, and newer men’s services.
By Daphne Howland • April 22, 2014 -
Bra fitting? There's an app for that
Lingerie startup ThirdLove may have struck gold with a new app helping women find a better fit.
By Daphne Howland • April 22, 2014 -
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M-commerce becoming a retail imperative
Data increasingly shows that mobile-based shopping is becoming the most common form of digital commerce.
By Daphne Howland • April 22, 2014 -
Target fortifies subscription program
The company has added several items and is applying a discount to all subscription orders in an effort to take on Amazon.
By Daphne Howland • April 21, 2014 -
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Study finds teens prefer stores
The young demographic has a value mindset and likes to shop at retailers that have physical stores.
By Daphne Howland • April 21, 2014 -
Retailmenot swallows up shopping app Pickie
The content-catalog app has shut down immediately, and its team will transition from New York to Austin.
By Daphne Howland • April 17, 2014 -
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Users trust retailers with data, somewhat
While digital users trust retailers more than the government or marketers, they want more regulation to protect their data.
By Daphne Howland • April 17, 2014 -
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M-commerce up 100% in Q1
Retail sales via smartphones and websites are up over last year, thanks in part to improvements in apps and websites.
By Daphne Howland • April 17, 2014 -
Image-based search ads proliferating
Pictures are beginning to drive paid search spending, and much of the growth is in m-commerce.
By Daphne Howland • April 17, 2014
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