Etsy planning IPO

The marketplace company is looking to raise $300 million in an IPO that could come this quarter.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 14, 2015

Instacart snags $220M investment

The grocery delivery service says it aims to be “the supermarket’s best friend” in more cities.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 14, 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

Alibaba agrees to prevent sales of dangerous toys and other goods in US

The agreement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is the latest move by Alibaba to clean up its grey market business.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 14, 2015

Amazon subsidiary plans store in Alibaba marketplace

Amazon and Alibaba may be rivals, but Diapers.com has applied to open a storefront on Tmall Global.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 13, 2015

Nasty Gal CEO steps down, names successor

#GirlBoss and founder Sophia Amoruso says she’s tapped Sheree Waterson as the company's next CEO.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 13, 2015

Big opportunity for retailers: Solving shopping cart abandonment

It's maddening that so many shoppers leave their online carts without buying. But the problem is fairly well understood, so there are things a marketer can do.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 12, 2015

Fab co-founder launching new flash-sales site

While the future of furniture flash-sales site Fab.com is uncertain, one of its founders Bradford Shellhammer has launched a similar site featuring industrial designs.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 11, 2015

Former Beats by Dre partner sues Apple unit

Audio tech company Monster says that Beats Electronics fraudulently ended a partnership between the two ahead of Beat's lucrative merger with Apple.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 7, 2015

Kickstarter leaves Amazon Payments for Stripe

The project-funding platform needs a payments service that makes it easy for people to contribute to the endeavors of artists and entrepreneurs from all over the world.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 7, 2015

Shopping apps led mobile app usage growth in 2014: report

Overall mobile app usage grew 76% in 2014 year-over-year, with shopping apps leading the pack. 

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 7, 2015

6 challenges retailers will face in 2015

From fulfillment to mobile commerce, retailers have their work cut out for them in the new year.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 6, 2015

Amazon's Marketplace has banner year

Sellers from more than 100 countries sold more than $2 billion worth of goods through Amazon in 2014.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 6, 2015

Textbook price-comparison software goes viral after legal threat

OccupyTheBookstore helps students avoid textbooks' notoriously steep prices—to the chagrin of textbook retailers. 

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 6, 2015

Lessons learned: 3 takeaways from the holiday season

Holiday sales pretty much lined up with expectations in 2014. But what lessons did retailers learn to help them succeed in 2015?

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 5, 2015

Study: In-store pickup not necessarily time-saver

The option to buy online and pick up in store is popular, but retailers may want to pay attention to customers’ experience with the service.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 4, 2015

Online sales boom through Christmas Day

Promotions well before Black Friday and streamlined fulfillment helped take web commerce to new heights this season -- and ensured more deliveries made it on time.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 28, 2014

Mobile ads poised to 'explode' in growth: BI Intelligence

Mobile commerce growth looks like it will be matched by mobile advertising growth.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 23, 2014

Alibaba cracking down on fake products

The e-commerce giant has spent some $161 million the past two years battling the so-called “grey market.”

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 23, 2014

Indian e-commerce marketplace Flipkart raises $700M

This latest round of funding comes after Flipkart raised $1 billion in July, and ups its 2014 funding past $2 billion. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • Dec. 22, 2014

Survey: 45% of customers find cross-device inconsistencies

Shoppers are ready to shop on mobile, but retailers by and large aren't able to deliver.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 22, 2014

Online sales strong this year: ComScore

The week after Cyber Monday didn’t slow as much as expected when it came to online shopping on computers, the research firm finds.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 19, 2014

Amazon launches one-hour delivery

Prime Now offers one or two hour delivery for Prime members in select cities. 

By Kelsey Lindsey • Dec. 18, 2014

Social shopping app Piccing picks up $3.6M

The shopping platform says it’s unique, but many others seem to be headed to the same place — allowing users to go from sharing to buying via their app.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 18, 2014

Apple defeats iTunes antitrust claims

A jury swiftly rejected the idea that the tech giant’s iTunes updates were designed to shut out competitors.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 17, 2014

Amazon extends free holiday shipping deadline

The e-retailer is now offering free delivery by Christmas Eve to customers who place orders by Friday evening.

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 17, 2014