Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is in advanced talks to invest $1 billion in Indian e-commerce site Flipkart, as reported today by Bloomberg News. The potential deal would give Flipkart a… Read More
How many people will sign up for Walmart’s upcoming shipping service that is aiming to rival Amazon’s own membership program? Not that many, according to a survey that asked 6,000 U.S. adults how… Read More
eBay is working on a new shipping service that may rival Amazon Prime, and has plans for a new advertising service that will allow some sellers to elevate their listings among the masses.… Read More
If you’ve been waiting for Sony to drop the price of its Playstation 4, well, Wal-Mart has what you need. The retailer is offering Sony’s console for $329 — $70… Read More
Watch out Apple and PayPal, Wal-Mart announced its biggest push into the financial services world this morning with the introduction of a low-cost mobile checking account. No, it’s not a true competitor to Apple’s new Apple… Read More
Walmart and Barnes & Noble are taking advantage of Amazon’s contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group. While Hachette and Amazon are currently locked in a stalemate over pricing and profit margins for e-books,… Read More
If you’ve been waiting for the price of the Xbox One to drop before purchasing Microsoft’s newest console, well, today brings good news. Best Buy and Wal-Mart are both offering… Read More
@WalmartLabs, which operates as the tech brains behind the big-box retailer, has acquired Yumprint of Seattle. Walmart plans to use the company’s recipe technology for its grocery delivery efforts on… Read More
Wal-Mart is looking to turn its huge brick-and-mortar retail footprint into a beneficial asset as it continues to battle against Amazon.com. And it’s latest effort to do so is an… Read More
Target Corp. introduced an online price-matching program just for the holiday season, but now it looks like it’s permanent. The Minneapolis-based retailer announced today that it will allow customers to use Amazon… Read More
Both my colleague John Cook and I are in the market for a new smartphone, and Wal-Mart’s latest deals certainly just caught our eye. The retailer is now selling the iPhone5 for… Read More
It seems everyone is now experimenting with the concept of same-day package delivery — even The U.S. Postal Service. Today, it filed documents with the Postal Regulatory Commission for a… Read More
In July, Amazon.com CFO Thomas Szutak seemed to douse reports that the online retailer would go big with same-day shipping, with the tech executive noting that “we don’t really see… Read More
One particularly bleak January day, while staring at my computer screen for what seemed the 17th hour on an incredibly tedious, time-consuming freelance project, I did what many would do… Read More
Americans not only chowed down on turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving Day. They also visited their favorite online retailers. According to a new study by Hitwise, total visits to the… Read More
Two developments this past week signal that Wal-Mart is getting more serious about the online world, and could very well have Amazon.com in its crosshairs. On Saturday, Wal-Mart began testing… Read More