Amazon adds Apple Watch functions to mobile app

The top e-retailer joins QVC, Target, and others in adding wearable functionalities. 

By Ian P. Murphy • April 30, 2015

Google ends grid view for marketing e-mails

Gmail users preferred subject-line marketing messages. 

By Ian P. Murphy • April 30, 2015

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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

J.C. Penney names new marketing head

Mary Beth West will step down from the retailer's board to take the CMO role. 

By Ian P. Murphy • April 29, 2015

E-retailers too focused on 'hyped' tools: report

Retailers may be too focused on pleasing younger consumers while ignoring key tools for survival, says a report by Forrester Research.

By Daphne Howland • April 29, 2015

PayPal brings 'One Touch' checkout to online transactions

Consumers can now use the One Touch payment product on mobile without an app. 

By Ian P. Murphy • April 29, 2015

Personalized e-gifting startup Loop Commerce raises $16 million

The startup allows recipients to weigh in on their size and style preferences before a gift purchase is made.

By Daphne Howland • April 29, 2015

ICYMI: How retailers can separate five star reviews from the fakes

Some fake reviews are funny, but most erode trust at a time when customers increasingly turn to them when making purchase decisions. 

By Daphne Howland • April 28, 2015

Amazon launches Amazon Business marketplace

The new offering might help the e-commerce giant get a firmer grasp on a huge, $8.2 trillion market. 

By Daphne Howland , Kelsey Lindsey • April 28, 2015

NoMoreRack rebrands as Choxi after Nordstrom lawsuit

Although the company never lost in court, Nordstrom had sued the retailer for trademark infringement three years ago.

By Daphne Howland • April 28, 2015

Style.com to become e-commerce site

Condé Nast will transition fashion coverage to Vogue.com after the move.

By Ian P. Murphy • April 28, 2015

NetSuite to buy email marketing firm Bronto Software for $200M

NetSuite's e-commerce platform plans to bolster its offering with Bronto's e-mail marketing capabilities.  

By Ian P. Murphy • April 24, 2015

E-commerce disruption heating up in health and beauty segment: report

The category hasn’t seen much pressure from e-commerce — until now.

By Daphne Howland • April 24, 2015

The hidden risk of EMV conversion: E-retail fraud

While the adoption of more chip-and-PIN readers and cards are likely to slash fraud onsite, e-commerce may pick up the slack. 

By Ian P. Murphy • April 23, 2015

Jet sets towering expectations ahead of launch

If Jet proves as successful as it expects to be, it may be the first retailer to truly shake up Amazon.

By Daphne Howland • April 23, 2015

Home Depot revives the winter holidays with new Cyber Week

The chain borrows the holiday term for an out-of-season springtime promo.

By Ian P. Murphy • April 21, 2015

Etsy and the IPO: How it got here and what's next

Growing bigger and going public has already wrought some painful changes at the artisanal marketplace. 

By Daphne Howland • April 16, 2015

Spring raises $25M in new funding round

The shopping app also announced that it will launch a native app on Google Android-based phones and soon offer same-day delivery. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • April 16, 2015

Burnett named new CMO at Evine Live

Veteran merchandiser to help shopping channel expand in digital. 

By Ian P. Murphy • April 16, 2015

Shopify files for IPO

The Ottawa-based marketplace company expects to raise $100 million in its initial public offering.

By Daphne Howland • April 15, 2015

E.U. formally charges Google with antitrust violations

The European Commission has accused the tech giant of distorting online shopping search results. 

By Kelsey Lindsey , Ian P. Murphy • April 15, 2015

Omnichannel initiatives attract retailers' spending: survey

But fulfillment costs make it difficult to profit, CEOs say.  

By Ian P. Murphy • April 15, 2015

UPDATE: Amazon, HarperCollins reach deal

HarperCollins reportedly previously rejected terms in a new contract with the e-retailer.

By Daphne Howland • April 14, 2015

Delia's to relaunch online

The teen apparel retailer filed for bankruptcy late last year but is trying a new life as a pure-play e-retailer.

By Daphne Howland • April 14, 2015

Alibaba under pressure over fake goods

After protesting that it has worked hard to remove and prevent counterfeits being sold on its Taobao marketplace, the e-commerce giant said it would try harder.

By Daphne Howland • April 14, 2015

What is the future of brick-and-mortar retail stores?

Using some of the same digital tools predicted to be brick-and-mortar’s demise, retailers have started to reconfigure their physical stores to ensure future success. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • April 13, 2015