How’s this for an epilogue? Barnes & Noble, the chain bookseller that struggled for years to compete against Amazon and other online retailers, is actually growing its physical stores footprint.… Read More
Reacting to a plot twist that many did not see coming, book lovers, sellers and Amazon watchers were caught off guard Wednesday by the news that the company is abandoning… Read More
Amazon is exploring the possibility of new retail outlets in categories including furniture, home appliances and electronics, according to a New York Times report, which cites unnamed people familiar with the company’s… Read More
Amazon Go, the online retailer’s “Just Walk Out” convenience store in downtown Seattle, is still in private beta mode three and a half months after its unveiling – and some… Read More
First there were supermarket shelves. Then barcode scanners, then self-checkout lines, then online shopping. Amazon’s move to take the grocery checkout counter completely out of the loop is the latest… Read More
Amazon’s strategy to bring its intelligent home speaker to market has been a little … different. The Echo was first introduced in a promo video more than a month before it started… Read More
Blue Nile got its start selling custom diamond rings online, working from a supply of 130 wedding bands and 75 settings. Then, last year, the company broke onto the physical… Read More
Amazon has filed several patents recently that show that the e-commerce giant continues to be interested in the world of physical retail. Over the past few months, the company has experimented with a number of different… Read More
Warby Parker, the New York-based company that sells eyeglasses online starting at $95, says its eight brick-and-mortar stores are now collectively turning a profit less than two years after opening its… Read More