PayPal exec out after crazy late-night tweets

After less than two months as the payment company’s strategy director, Rakesh Agrawal is out.

By Daphne Howland • May 6, 2014

Study finds in-store more convenient than online

Consumers are swinging back to the physical store for good customer service and ease of shopping.

By Daphne Howland • May 6, 2014

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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

PayPal launches fingerprint checkout

Biometrics has arrived for Samsung Galaxy S5 users.

By Daphne Howland • May 6, 2014

New hashtag extends Amazon shopping to Twitter

Shoppers can use the hashtag #AmazonCart to make the product appear in their Amazon shopping carts. 

By Daphne Howland • May 5, 2014

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

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

Can 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

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

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

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

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

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