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Alibaba's U.S. marketplace goes live
The Chinese retail giant aims to look and be different from Amazon.
By Daphne Howland • June 12, 2014 -
Abercrombie & Fitch taps new president from UK
Christos Angelides will arrive from UK apparel retailer Next.
By Daphne Howland • June 11, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Courtesy of DHL
TrendlineInside retail supply chains
Companies looking to trim expenses and streamline operations during a crutial year for supply chain management.
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Report: What customers hate about retail employees
Bob Phibbs, known as the Retail Doctor, finds that customers have many pet peeves when looking for help in stores.
By Daphne Howland • June 11, 2014 -
Target elevates chief information security position, hires from outside
The retailer appointed the current chief information security and information technology risk officer at General Motors.
By Daphne Howland • June 11, 2014 -
Amazon playing hardball in dispute with Warner Bros.
The e-commerce giant is not allowing pre-orders of upcoming Warner Bros. movies, a move similar to tactics against book publisher Hachette.
By Daphne Howland • June 11, 2014 -
New Pinterest hires hail from Apple
Both executives spent more than eight years at Apple and worked together on projects while at the company.
By Daphne Howland • June 11, 2014 -
Retailers move to stockpile inventory
Retailers are bringing in goods early and by truck so labor issues don’t hurt Christmas inventories.
By Daphne Howland • June 10, 2014 -
PayPal president jumps to Facebook
David Marcus became president of the payment service company two years ago.
By Daphne Howland • June 10, 2014 -
Wal-Mart names new CEO of e-commerce
Fernando Madeira succeeds Joel Anderson, who departs for discount retailer Five Below.
By Daphne Howland • June 10, 2014 -
Most retailers have plans to connect in-store
A survey found that only 3% of retailers identify customers in stores, but 75% are planning to do so.
By Daphne Howland • June 10, 2014 -
Family Dollar adopts poison pill to shake off possible takeover
The move comes two days after activist investor Carl Icahn became the retailer's largest stakeholder.
By Daphne Howland • June 10, 2014 -
Deep Dive
How Amazon loses even if it wins the Hatchette fight
In its highly publicized dispute with one of the world's biggest publishers, Amazon seems to have lost its footing.
By Daphne Howland • June 9, 2014 -
Apple may replace headphone jack with Lightning
It's a classic move by Apple, but would customers cotton to the change?
By Daphne Howland • June 9, 2014 -
RadioShack getting speedy with same-day repairs
The retailer is piloting “Fix It Here” stations that provide same-day repairs to smartphones and tablets.
By Daphne Howland • June 9, 2014 -
Retailers already back to school
Backpacks and unsharpened pencils are on the shelves before the bell even rings out the end of the year.
By Daphne Howland • June 9, 2014 -
Barnes & Noble looks to revive Nook brand with Samsung partnership
The companies have a deal to offer co-branded tablets.
By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2014 -
Pinterest enhancing analytics, testing DIY pins for marketers
The social media network continues to try new ways to make itself more useful to retailers.
By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2014 -
Home goods e-retailer Fab says it'll be open for years, despite rumors
Fab’s CEO strenuously denies a report by Valleywag that the company is at death’s door.
By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The state of payment security
Everyone agrees that payments must be more secure, but transactions across all channels remain vulnerable.
By Daphne Howland • June 6, 2014 -
PayPal reportedly considering bitcoin
But critics say PayPal is itself a viable payment alternative, offering more stability than bitcoin can.
By Daphne Howland • June 5, 2014 -
Sam's Club first out of the gate with chip-and-PIN credit card
The Wal-Mart Stores Inc.-owned warehouse retailer says its enhanced-security card will be available this month.
By Daphne Howland • June 5, 2014 -
J. Crew considering a writedown on stores
Operating income and sales are falling as rumors suggest a possible IPO later this year.
By Daphne Howland • June 5, 2014 -
Acquiring Saks has worked well for Hudson's Bay
The Canadian company more than doubled its Q1 sales, mostly thanks to Saks.
By Daphne Howland • June 5, 2014 -
Consumers unsure about contactless payments
A survey found that credit cards and fobs using radio-frequency identification (RFID) have failed to catch on.
By Daphne Howland • June 5, 2014 -
Apple's iOS8 expands fingerprint access to more apps
The technology could eventually have implications for secure mobile payments.
By Daphne Howland • June 4, 2014
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