Amazon will start capping the number of product reviews any customer can submit in a given week, limiting each person to five/week except for products that have been verified by the company as purchased by… Read More
Nordstrom’s $350 million purchase Trunk Club might’ve been a fashion faux pas. The Seattle retailer is taking a $197 million write-down on the personal styling service, valuing it at less than… Read More
Zulily is helping QVC post profits amid what the home shopping network calls a “choppy retail environment.” Liberty Interactive Group, which owns QVC, posted its second quarter earnings on Friday.… Read More
If last week’s reporting of the demise of traditional retail sounded familiar, you’ve been paying attention. In the past 20 years, few industries have transformed as frequently — and significantly… Read More
It’s easy to fall under the spell of Amazon. The all-powerful e-commerce behemoth provides an unparalleled customer experience and has been establishing itself as the one-stop everything store for over… Read More
Amazon thinks passwords are on the outs, and the company has a vision for the future of authentication: Selfies. The e-commerce giant recently filed a patent application for a two-step photo verification… Read More
Glamhive, a three-year-old Seattle startup that rewards people with gift cards for sharing their favorite outfits online, had to get knocked down a few times before it found startup success. Co-founder Stephanie Sprangers,… Read More
Tis the season of panic shopping. It’s not quite “I’d better just buy an e-gift card” season yet, but almost. So here’s a stand-alone set of tips for staying safe… Read More
If you are planning on purchasing an Xbox One Elite Controller sometime soon, well, you’d better get a move-on. According to a tweet by Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox,… Read More
Amazon is once again getting a head start on Black Friday. The Seattle online retail giant today launched a “Black Friday Deals” store nearly a month ahead of one of the busiest annual… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon is bringing e-commerce to your television set, and suddenly the seemingly disconnected parts of its media strategy are coming together.… Read More
We can all agree that most men working in the technology industry don’t exactly have great fashion sense. I count myself in that group, often spending clueless hours wandering around department… Read More
Last night, with just a few clicks of an Amazon Fire TV Stick remote, I bought a Hershey’s Halloween Snack Size Assortment 50-Count Bag of candy via my TV screen,… Read More
Amazon celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with a massive sale called Prime Day, and new online retail models like Jet.com are emerging to make it easier and more economical to… Read More
Buying things you see on Twitter is about to get a lot easier. The social media giant announced today that it is allowing brands and users to create custom collections. Additionally, new product… Read More
According to Google, one of the top fashion trends this season is “jogger pants,” and most surprising of all, that the most searched for style of pants is “Emoji.” LOL. Google is… Read More
BusinessInsider’s Nicholas Carlson has a very interesting take on what is wrong with Google, and it essentially boils down to one thing: Amazon. In an article published today, Carlson tries… Read More
When it comes to online shopping, the options are vast. Almost every fashion retailer has an e-commerce presence. The ubiquity of options can be great for the languorous online shopper… Read More
Some people drive to the store for groceries. Margue Hunt logs in to Amazon Fresh. A tech and retail industry veteran and single mom, she started using Amazon Fresh as… Read More
Google has updated the product listings for mobile devices just in time for Black Friday with new features designed to help shoppers on the go. Some of the results from Google’s shopping… Read More
When it comes to competing in the retail space, Nordstrom has a tougher time now than it did in the past. And why is that? You can thank the Internet.… Read More
In the U.S., Black Friday and Cyber Monday are held up as two prime examples of America’s wealth. Online sales between Thanksgiving and the following Monday can hit a staggering $3.64… Read More
Amazon.com made a bold move three years ago, buying the parent company of Diapers.com for a reported purchase price of more than $500 million. Last year, technology journalist Brad Stone… Read More
An IBM analytics report found that as a percentage of online sales on Christmas Day, people using iOS devices bought more items with their smartphones than those with Android by… Read More
If you’re one of the 140 million Americans crazy enough to go shopping this Friday, your smartphone might help you save some serious dough. There are tons of apps out… Read More
Good news for those ordering with eBay’s same-day delivery service: There will be no shipping costs through Christmas Eve. eBay announced today that eBay Now will offer free shipping through Dec.… Read More
Ador will soon be taking the wraps off of its new fashion shopping service. But the company, which emerged from heavily-funded social networking site Lockerz earlier this year, first is… Read More
Sites like Pinterest have made it easy for shoppers to search for clothes and find inspiration for a new outfit. But after coming across something you like, actually finding where… Read More
Things seemed to be flying high this past June for Fab when the New York-based e-commerce upstart raised $150 million at a reported valuation of $1 billion from Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico and Chinese Internet powerhouse Tencent.… Read More
Well, that didn’t last long. Staples and RadioShack are pulling the plug on their 11-month-old experiment around Amazon Lockers, the program that allows customers to order goods online at Amazon… Read More