Newegg makes big global push

The electronics retailer now offers multi-language support and shipping services to sellers and customers in 50 countries.

By Daphne Howland • June 15, 2017

Amazon reportedly eyeing BigBasket buy in India

Amazon may be close to making another big move in India with the purchase of online grocer BigBasket.

By Dan O'Shea • June 14, 2017

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Is Walmart's new last-mile delivery program brilliant — or a disaster in the making?

The Uber-like program will have store associates delivering packages on their way home from work. Will it work for Walmart?

By Laura Heller • June 14, 2017

Amazon now offers rewards for debit card use

Amazon Prime Reload is the e-commerce giant's latest effort to market Prime by offering a cash-back bonus.

By Dan O'Shea • June 13, 2017

Supervalu embraces IT transformation, migrates workloads to the cloud

Massive IT transformation is afoot at Supervalu, as the company ditches legacy infrastructure.

By Dan O'Shea • June 13, 2017

Report: Amazon expanding car sales effort in Europe

The e-commerce giant is looking to disrupt the auto market, hiring people and making deals for a U.K. online dealership pilot. 

By Daphne Howland • June 13, 2017

'This is the Wild West': Inside Peapod's ambitious plans to defeat its online grocery rivals

The only online grocery player to survive the dotcom crash now faces a fresh wave of deep-pocketed challengers, including Instacart and AmazonFresh.

By Christopher Doering • June 13, 2017

Apple Business Chat aims to steal chatbots’ retail thunder

Apple is looking to give retailers and other businesses an effective way to chat with their customers — without chatbots.

By Dan O'Shea • June 12, 2017

Best Buy reportedly rolling out try-before-you-buy option

The electronics retailer is working with Lumoid to allow customers to take cameras, drones and audio equipment for a rental spin before deciding whether to buy.

By Dan O'Shea • June 12, 2017

IRCE 2017: 7 takeaways on the state of digital commerce

A few of the major trends we spotted this year: Packaging matters, brands don't need retailers like they used to, and e-commerce is coming to B2B. 

By Laura Heller • June 12, 2017

High turnover in fashion boosting women's apparel sales

Adobe researchers developed a new methodology that they say could help shed light on the monumental shifts in retail that are especially hitting apparel sales.

By Daphne Howland • June 12, 2017

'Brick mining': Why a need for data led Fabletics to open stores

"We needed better, more contextual data — this is the reason we decided to open stores,” the athleticwear brand's President Gregg Throgmartin said at the IRCE conference in Chicago. 

By Laura Heller • June 9, 2017

Hanson: Under Armour aiming to be Facebook of connected fitness

“We want to own the connected fitness community in the same way that Facebook owns the social media community and LinkedIn owns the business community,” George Hanson, VP North America e-commerce told IRCE attendees in Chicago. 

By Dan O'Shea • June 8, 2017

Ikea mulling 3rd-party e-commerce sales

The home furnishings retailer's yet-to-be launched venture could have it selling on Amazon or Walmart's marketplace. 

By Daphne Howland • June 8, 2017

UPS: Online shoppers expanding habits in mobile, ship-to-store

More shoppers are buying at online marketplaces and becoming more accustomed to buying on mobile apps, according to the sixth annual "Pulse of the Online Shopper" study.

By Dan O'Shea • June 7, 2017

Study: Store associates ready to embrace digital tools, but lack them

Roughly 25% of store associates don't feel they have the proper tech tools to do well in their jobs, and 72% say they are more likely to stick with employers that provide those tools.

By Dan O'Shea • June 7, 2017

Sephora Virtual Artist shades into cheek color try-on service

The cosmetic retailer's upgraded app moves from lips to eyes to cheeks with new features to help users choose cheek shades.

By Dan O'Shea • June 7, 2017

J.C. Penney wants a piece of the $6B dorm furnishings market

The retailer is curating a checklist of items from alarm clocks to air conditioners, which can be shipped to the stores closest to college campuses.

By Daphne Howland • June 7, 2017

Report: Amazon CPG sales outpacing overall market

CPGs should pursue Amazon Prime members, in spite of Amazon's penchant for developing private labels, according to One Click Retail.

By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2017

The RealReal snags $50M in growth equity financing

Like many pure-play retailers of late, the upscale consignment site is mulling a brick-and-mortar play, following a successful New York City popup last year.

By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2017

Target, Best Buy, Home Depot rank highest for mobile web experiences

The retailers scored highly across five user experience factors, especially within ease of use and speed, according to a UserTesting report.  

By Dan O'Shea • June 6, 2017

Report: Returns are now a routine part of shopping

Returns are up, with online shoppers in particular using their homes as fitting rooms and ordering many items they don't intend to buy. 

By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2017

Yroo launches mobile app for in-store price comparisons

The app marks the company’s first expansion of search services to mobile and includes a barcode scanner to help consumers compare prices on the go.

By Dan O'Shea • June 6, 2017

Amazon launches discounted Prime for government assistance participants

The move could be seen as a challenge to Walmart, whose customer base is generally older and less wealthy than Amazon Prime members.

By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2017

Amazon enables app-based shopping on Fire TV

The app allows shoppers to search for items by typing in text, with the ability to filter search results by department and use many of the shopping functions inherent to the Amazon website.

By Dan O'Shea • June 5, 2017