Articles about retail – Page 14 of 17

Photo: The significance of Obidos at Amazon.com

We’ve been having fun covering Amazon.com’s ambitious locker effort — including Todd Bishop’s experiment to pick up a pack of… Read More

Barnes & Noble to shut 200+ stores in the next 10 years as Amazon.com threat looms

Let’s just call it the Amazon.com impact. An executive for Barnes & Noble tells The Wall Street Journal that it… Read More

Amazon continues California expansion, plans massive warehouse near San Fran

Amazon.com isn’t messing around when it comes to expansion in California. The Seattle online retailer today announced that it plans… Read More

Microsoft announces its first six retail stores of 2013

With the holiday shopping season wrapped up, Microsoft this morning announced six locations in the U.S. where the company plans… Read More

Free shipping offers boost online holiday spending

Americans continue to spend more of their cash online this holiday season, with comScore reporting that online spending is up… Read More

It looks like Overstock is getting ready to compete with Amazon Lockers

Amazon.com has been experimenting with delivering goods to lockers for more than a year now in the Seattle area, part… Read More

Best Buy’s top geek Stephen Gillett resigns after 9 months

It was a big deal earlier this year when Best Buy lured Stephen Gillett away from Starbucks to lead digital… Read More

Nordstrom exec maneuvers online as Amazon.com threat looms

A few months ago, we wrote a story on GeekWire about the growing rivalry between two iconic Seattle brands: Amazon.com… Read More

Chart: Here’s how much Americans are spending online this holiday season

Americans are spending a lot of dough online this holiday season, with comScore reporting that $33.8 billion has been spent online… Read More

Amazon’s latest experiment: Installing your TV and other household items

In another example of Amazon expanding its footprint in new ways, the online retail giant is now contracting with a… Read More

Online holiday shopping off to a fast start, jumps 16 percent

Americans are spending more money online this holiday shopping season. For the first 26 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season,… Read More

Newsmakers: Adam Brotman gives Starbucks a digital jolt

Typically, around these parts at least, technological innovation is associated with tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. But there’s… Read More

Turkey, stuffing and online shopping: Amazon.com leads the way on Thanksgiving Day

Americans just didn’t chow down on turkey and cranberry relish on Thanksgiving Day. They also took some time to do… Read More

The ‘ultimate disrupter’ Jeff Bezos named Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year

Dubbing him the “ultimate disrupter,” Fortune magazine has chosen Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos as its Businessperson of the Year. The… Read More

Report: Amazon Lockers arriving at Staples stores

Amazon.com has struck a deal to put its new locker system — which allows customers to order products online and… Read More

Now will you line up for Surface? Microsoft Stores offer $100 Xbox Music pass

The launch of Microsoft’s Surface tablet tomorrow is generating lots of buzz, but will it generate lines? Actually, the answer… Read More

Amazon unit to unveil new kids sites Bookworm.com and AfterSchool.com Thursday

Quidsi may be known for operating the online retail store Diapers.com. But now the Amazon.com unit is looking to leverage… Read More

U.S. Postal Service to test same-day delivery service Metro Post

It seems everyone is now experimenting with the concept of same-day package delivery — even The U.S. Postal Service. Today,… Read More

Best Buy looks to retain customers, plans to match Amazon on price

Wal-Mart earlier this week threw down the gauntlet on Amazon.com, announcing that it plans to offer same-day delivery in some… Read More

Engagement ring designer Ritani sparkles with $15M, combines clicks with bricks

Ritani has been in the diamond business for more than a decade. But the engagement ring designer is adding a… Read More

Wal-Mart takes direct aim at Amazon, promises same-day delivery in 10 cities

In July, Amazon.com CFO Thomas Szutak seemed to douse reports that the online retailer would go big with same-day shipping,… Read More

Video: Microsoft Store pulls plug on table-stomping rapper

There’s no word on exactly how much damage the rapper Machine Gun Kelly caused during this appearance last week at… Read More

The end of Endless: Amazon pulls plug on fashion site

Amazon.com is shutting down Endless.com, the five-year-old high-end online fashion site that sold handbags, shoes, jewelry and other accessories. The site… Read More

Apple opening bigger Bellevue store, but what about downtown Seattle?

Apple plans to open a bigger retail store at Bellevue Square this Saturday, moving to a new location in the… Read More

Amazon prepares fall launch of AfterSchool.com, a new site for sports and outdoor gear for kids

Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit is gearing up to launch a new sports and activities site called AfterSchool.com, designed to outfit kids… Read More

Katniss vs. Harry: Hunger Games outsells Harry Potter on Amazon

It’s happened. Something has outsold the Harry Potter series on Amazon. And that something is Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series.… Read More

Is Coinstar on the auction block, and could Amazon come knocking?

Two months ago, the Corum Group, a boutique Seattle M&A advisory firm, floated an idea that Amazon.com should buy retail kiosk pioneer… Read More

Why Amazon.com gave up the sales tax fight: A new face for the ‘online’ retailer?

An interesting thing started happening last year. Amazon.com, which for months had battled states over the collection of sales tax,… Read More

QThru lands $3.5M to help you sail through the supermarket

Supermarkets are increasingly adopting self checkout terminals. But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer at RIM and Attachmate, believes he’s come… Read More

Meet the college dropout (and speed freak) running tech for Seattle’s hottest startup

Don’t let the laid-back Pacific Northwest demeanor fool you. Luke Friang is a self-described “speed freak.” Whether bombing down icy… Read More