WeWork goes to WeMRKT

Coworking conglomerate WeWork's latest move expands its community-oriented approach into retail. But why?

By Lara Ewen • July 31, 2018

The RealReal opens West Coast concept store

The luxury resale startup is making good on its plans to expand its brick and mortar operations, and its new L.A. location caters to men as well as women.

By Daphne Howland • July 31, 2018

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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

Walmart nixes first employee-based delivery pilot, tries another

One pilot, focused on having store associates deliver packages on their way home from work, was killed "early this year," but the retail giant has already started a new one.

By Daphne Howland • July 30, 2018

Online out-of-stocks cost $22B in sales

Retailers that can't compete with Amazon's assortment and Prime-driven loyalty are more at risk of losing sales from out-of-stocks, per a new study.

By Daphne Howland • July 30, 2018

Amazon posts largest-ever quarterly profit

In the e-commerce giant's second quarter, net sales rose 39% and the company's non-retail ventures were the main drivers.

By Daphne Howland • July 27, 2018

Walmart, Waymo test driverless BOPIS service

The retailer is the latest to flirt with autonomous tech in a limited test that allows grocery shoppers to hitch a ride in a driverless vehicle to pick up orders.

By Dan O'Shea • July 26, 2018

Walmart unveils expanded baby offering

The retail giant joins Target in revamping its infant business as a major player in the space — Babies R Us — disappears from the market. 

By Daphne Howland • July 26, 2018

The RealReal snags $115M to fuel brick-and-mortar footprint

The new investment brings the luxury resale site's total to $288 million to date.

By Daphne Howland • July 26, 2018

Birchbox revamps website

The subscription beauty box retailer is struggling to keep up in an online space it helped pioneer.

By Daphne Howland • July 26, 2018

Click-and-collect ‘superconsumers’ buy more in stores

New research from OrderDynamics identifies a group of the most active online shoppers as aggressive users of all channels, including brick-and-mortar.

By Dan Alaimo • July 26, 2018

Mobile commerce startup shutters after failing to deliver

Unlike other doomed shopping apps, Grabble still has investment money that its co-founders intend to use to start another business.

By Dan Alaimo • July 25, 2018

EBay to accept Apple Pay, offer seller financing through Square

The online marketplace is broadening its payments options and looking to give its sellers more financial support.

By Dan O'Shea • July 24, 2018

How Shopify drives innovation through culture

The e-commerce company rode the wave of the retail industry's transition to digital commerce and mobile platforms. The nature of its product means the company cannot rely on short-term vision.

By Alex Hickey • July 24, 2018

Has Casper put traditional mattress sellers to sleep?

The 2010s ushered in an influx of bed-in-a-box mattress players that changed the way we think about the sector. But how much really changed, and where are the mattress startups headed?

By Cara Salpini • July 24, 2018

Amazon plans fulfillment center for Spokane, Washington

The 600,000-square-foot facility will have four floors and make heavy use of robotics.

By Dan Alaimo • July 23, 2018

Amazon's latest patent dreams up product-chucking robots

The e-tailer continues to pile up technology patents, with its latest two covering robotic concepts for fulfillment centers.

By Dan O'Shea • July 20, 2018

Ebay slashing 274 jobs amid rising costs

The online marketplace is facing currency headwinds and tighter margins as it spends more to compete with Amazon.

By Daphne Howland • July 20, 2018

Online apparel sales rose 7% in 2017

Growing more comfortable with digital shopping, Americans made 21% of apparel purchases online last year, according to a new report from NPD Group.

By Daphne Howland • July 20, 2018

La-Z-Boy snaps up Joybird

As with Walmart's acquisition of Bonobos and Modcloth, La-Z-Boy is attempting to buy its way to more digital sales and younger customers.

By Daphne Howland • July 19, 2018

Amazon sold over 1M smart home devices on Prime Day

The retailer once again used Prime Day as an opportunity to lure more customers into its Alexa-enabled device ecosystem.

By Dan O'Shea • July 19, 2018

Prime Day boosts sales by 54% for large retailers

Amazon raked in more than $4 billion by some estimates and helped others log huge sales — but smaller players were left behind.

By Daphne Howland • July 19, 2018

Walmart mulls video streaming, The Information reports

The service would compete directly with Amazon Prime Video and Netflix at lower prices, and maybe for free, sources told the publication.

By Dan Alaimo • July 18, 2018

Target notches best digital day of the year on Prime Day

The mass merchant joined Amazon in a blockbuster showing during the sales event, but now the question is how hard that hit margins.

By Daphne Howland • July 18, 2018

Amazon breaks Prime Day records despite site crashes

The e-commerce giant's major summer sale, aside from being a lucrative sales day for the company, gives it a chance to wrestle with system weaknesses ahead of the big dance: the holidays.

By Daphne Howland • July 17, 2018

Gymboree tries for reboot as back-to-school season starts

This time last year found the children's retailer in Chapter 11, driven there by an unsustainable debt load and falling sales.

By Ben Unglesbee • July 16, 2018