As Amazon continues to loom over the retail industry, some of the biggest stores in the world are pouring money into online retail, shipping logistics and other new programs to… Read More
YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! Everybody gets an Echooooo! Well, not quite. But, OPRAH! Step aside, Alexa. Amazon announced that a celebrity voice… Read More
Funko, the Everett, Wash. maker of the popular Pop! figures, set the stock price for its initial public offering Wednesday at $12 per share, lower than its estimated range of… Read More
When Amazon scooped up Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion earlier this year, company representatives insisted they had no immediate plans to cut staff or automate store jobs, in spite… Read More
Apple Michigan Avenue, a first in the tech giant’s reimagining of its premiere store locations, opens on Friday along Chicago’s riverfront. A preview on Thursday showed off some of the… Read More
For 88 years, the historic structure at 300 Pine St. has been the epicenter of retail in Seattle, first as the home to The Bon Marché and later Macy’s. Now Amazon… Read More
Nordstrom, the iconic Seattle retailer founded in 1901, is going to continue as a public company, at least for the time being. In a SEC filing Monday morning, the company… Read More
CommerceHub, an Albany, N.Y. company that helps retailers with their online presence, is cutting approximately half its engineering staff in Seattle. The cuts will affect about 30 positions, mostly in… Read More
In large neon letters a couple stories above street level in its Day 1 office tower in Seattle, Amazon’s message to all who can see it is, “HELLO WORLD.” Retailers… Read More
From outdated party decorations to that iTunes single you didn’t really mean to buy, Amazon has been behind every unintentional, one-click purchase on the internet. Until now. READ THE PATENT:… Read More
In May, NYU professor and brand expert Scott Galloway made a prediction on the Recode Decode podcast that Amazon would buy Whole Foods. We know how that turned out. Now… Read More
Facing a mountain of debt and increased competition from online (Amazon) and brick-and-mortar (Wal-Mart) retailers, Toys R Us may be positioning itself for a possible bankruptcy filing, according to CNBC.… Read More
Like other department stores, Kohl’s is struggling to compete with online retailers, most notably Amazon. Faced with declining sales, Kohl’s is reducing inventory in hundreds of its stores. Now, in a… Read More
It’s official: Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods will finalize Monday, and the tech giant is already planning big changes for the high-end grocery chain. The biggest change is aimed at… Read More
Amazon’s quest to become a powerhouse in brick-and-mortar retail continues, with the company opening new book stores in Bellevue, Washington and San Jose, California this week. The opening of the… Read More
When Amazon so much as twitches in a new direction, Wall Street takes notice. If you’re an investor or executive at a company or even an industry targeted by the… Read More
SoftBank sparked headlines in the technology world this week as the tech giant prepares to invest $1 billion into online sports apparel company Fanatics, according to The Wall Street Journal.… Read More
Walmart is deploying technology that allows shoppers to purchase items in-store without waiting in line or paying at a register, in a reminder to Amazon that competing with the giant… Read More
Starting today, the Amazon Treasure Truck is hitting the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston. Amazon first debuted the Treasure Truck in Seattle in February 2016. The quirky… Read More
Whole Foods Market reported profits of $106 million for the quarter ended July 2, down more than 11 percent despite posting a record $3.7 billion in sales. The results today… Read More
Seattle is the fastest-growing U.S. city for software developer jobs, according to a new report from job database Glassdoor. The study also revealed that U.S. retail saw more gains in… Read More
In the retail world, Amazon is becoming inescapable, with Kenmore and Nike recently joining the ranks of big-name companies selling the wares through the company’s online retail platform. A Seattle startup… Read More
Digital retail is crowded with competitors big and small but Armoire is betting its unique clothing rental model will become a trendsetter. The Seattle startup offers a $150 monthly subscription… Read More
Amazon is teasing plans to expand its Treasure Truck to more U.S. cities, a year-and-a-half after debuting the roving flash sales-mobile in its hometown of Seattle. The company announced on the Treasure… Read More
Unlike most online retailers, Seattle-based Fuchsia describes itself as “anti-mass production.” The one-year-old company uses technology to help artisans in the developing world reach a broader global audience. Fuchsia launched… Read More
ReplyYes has been accepted into the Disney Accelerator’s 2017 class to continue building out its chat commerce platform that allows retailers to sell products to customers via text message. The… Read More
Liberty Interactive, the parent of QVC and grandparent of Seattle-based Zulily, will acquire the Home Shopping Network in a $2.1 billion deal. Both companies are struggling to keep up online… Read More
Amazon is beating out Google and other search engines as the first stop when people online shop. That’s according to a UPS survey of about 5,000 online shoppers conducted in… Read More
If Amazon Go ever really gets going with its ultra-convenient convenience store plan, it may be too late if Moby Mart becomes a rolling reality. NPR reported this week on… Read More
Amazon is creating a lot of unrest in the grocery world. The company has its fingers in many pots in a play for dominance in food retail. Amazon Go, a cashier-free… Read More