Walmart is reportedly working on several new high tech initiatives, as it continues to battle Amazon in both the physical and digital retail arenas. As first reported by Recode, Walmart… Read More
Walmart announced Friday it is buying online apparel company Bonobos for $310 million to further beef up its e-commerce operation as it continues to compete with Amazon. The move comes… Read More
Amazon’s abrupt announcement last week that it would be shutting down Diapers.com parent Quidsi smells funny to some of the company’s employees. Anonymous sources working for Amazon reportedly told Recode they… Read More
Walmart has invested heavily in e-commerce over the last year, most notably its $3.3 billion acquisition of Amazon competitor Jet.com, and it appears to be paying off. In its fourth quarter… Read More
Amazon is a tough rival to beat at its own game — so Walmart is trying a different tactic. Effective today, Walmart is ending ShippingPass, a $50 per year membership… Read More
Walmart is already using its deep pockets to help recent acquisition Jet.com compete with Amazon in online apparel. Walmart on Thursday announced it acquired Boston-based ShoeBuy, a competitor of Amazon-owned Zappos,… Read More
Amazon spent the first phase of its life building up its online retail presence, causing problems for many brick and mortar outfits along the way. Amazon has branched out and recognizes the value of… Read More
When rumors first surfaced that Walmart was interested in buying Amazon competitor and discount online retailer Jet.com, the assumption was Walmart had targeted Jet’s pricing software, expanding customer base, shipping warehouses… Read More
Walmart this morning announced an agreement to acquire Jet.com for $3.3 billion in cash and stock, confirming widespread reports and uniting the companies in their common fight against e-commerce king Amazon.com. The deal combines an… Read More
Walmart is taking its biggest step yet to battle Amazon.com for supremacy in the realm of online retail. Follow-up: Walmart confirms $3.3B Jet.com acquisition: Here’s how they plan to take… Read More
Two of Amazon’s biggest online shopping competitors, Walmart and Jet.com, may be looking to team up. The Wall Street Journal reports Walmart is in talks to buy the Hoboken, N.J.-based discount online… Read More
In the world of big tent e-commerce, few can compete with Amazon. Actually, that’s not true. No one can compete with Amazon. That hasn’t deterred a number of companies in… Read More
Jet.com, the closely watched e-commerce startup trying to perfect a business model that it hopes will upend Amazon, announced on Wednesday it will no longer charge a $50 membership fee to shop on… Read More
Jet.com launches Tuesday with a shopping experience that it hopes will be on par with Amazon’s. To do so, the Hoboken, N.J.-based company wanted to have a huge selection of items — but in order to accomplish… Read More
The doors of this shopping mall aren’t even open yet and investors are clamoring to get a piece of the action. Jet.com is launching tomorrow, promising to usurp Amazon’s dominance in… Read More
There are so many companies trying to compete with Amazon in the U.S., but here’s one that may have a shot. Next week, Jet.com is officially launching after operating in beta for a couple of months.… Read More
A week after I placed my first order on Jet.com, I received a handwritten card in the mail, thanking me for shopping on the site. “As a member of the… Read More
E-commerce titans Amazon.com and Alibaba appear to be on a collision course of sorts. And now here’s one very interesting aspect of the brewing battle. Forbes reports that Alibaba recently… Read More
Jet.com, the e-commerce startup founded by Marc Lore, the former founder of Diapers.com, is finally saying how it intends on beating Amazon.com when it opens up shop next month. In a Bloomberg BusinessWeek… Read More
The most common ways to own stock in a startup is to be an investor or an early employee, but Jet.com has another idea: It wants to give stock options to some… Read More