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Amazon denies plans to replace UPS and FedEx as report points to bigger delivery ambitions

Amazon is testing an expansion of its delivery operations, including overseeing pickup and delivery of items from third-party seller warehouses… Read More

Walmart acquires New York-based Parcel to take on Amazon in rapid package delivery

Walmart this morning said it has acquired Parcel, a New York company that does scheduled same-day deliveries of packages and… Read More

Walmart joins ‘Workplace by Facebook,’ boosting social giant’s collaboration tools

Facebook just notched a big win for its collaboration tool Workplace by Facebook, landing the nation’s largest employer, Walmart. Typically, these… Read More

With one eye on Amazon, Walmart plans to develop its own artificial intelligence networks

If artificial intelligence lives up to the hype and becomes the most important aspect of cloud computing over the next… Read More

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Week In Geek Podcast: Amazon reveals its Whole Foods plan and the psychology of how we use apps

It’s official: Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods will finalize Monday, and the tech giant is already planning big changes for… Read More

Amazon clears key regulatory hurdle in bid to buy Whole Foods for $13.7B

It’s been a good day for Amazon and its quest to acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Today, the… Read More

Watch out Amazon: Google and Walmart form e-commerce alliance to battle online retail giant

Google and Walmart are teaming up to take on mutual e-commerce rival Amazon. Starting in late September, customers will be… Read More

Battle of the retail blimps: Amazon and Walmart propose airship drone stations

We already know about Amazon’s concept for airship warehouses to support drone deliveries, but here’s a new twist: Now the… Read More

This Bay Area startup is arming retailers with the technology to take on Amazon Go

Amazon is still tinkering with the checkout-free technology behind its Amazon Go retailer concept, but Palo Alto, Calif. startup Standard… Read More

How STRIVR expanded its VR sports training platform to Walmart associates and NFL referees

STRIVR made a name for itself in the sports world as one of the top startups using virtual reality to… Read More

Walmart’s grocery and e-commerce units surge as battle with Amazon intensifies

Ahead of a battle the Amazon-Whole Foods grocery alliance, Walmart is growing its digital operation and its grocery division is… Read More

Amazon shreds stock values with a whiff of competition: 5 industries feeling the heat from the tech giant

When Amazon so much as twitches in a new direction, Wall Street takes notice. If you’re an investor or executive… Read More

Walmart cuts in front of Amazon Go with app that lets shoppers check out without lines or registers

Walmart is deploying technology that allows shoppers to purchase items in-store without waiting in line or paying at a register,… Read More

Amazon will become top U.S. grocer by 2030, and Walmart should buy Costco to compete, former insider says

If the Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods goes through, Amazon could become the top grocer in the U.S. by 2030,… Read More

Report: Walmart has no appetite for challenging Amazon’s $13.7B Whole Foods deal

As investors continue to speculate about a potential rival bidder to Amazon’s $13.7 billion price for Whole Foods Market, Reuters… Read More

Shares of Whole Foods close above Amazon’s price as speculation grows that outside bidder could challenge blockbuster deal

Shares of Whole Foods closed Friday at $42.68 — topping the $42 per share offer that Amazon put in for… Read More

Walmart to buy Bonobos for $310M as it continues e-commerce battle with Amazon

Walmart announced Friday it is buying online apparel company Bonobos for $310 million to further beef up its e-commerce operation… Read More

Flexe launches nationwide next-day delivery service to help e-commerce companies take on Amazon

Flexe, a Seattle startup that offers a marketplace for warehouse space, announced Thursday a new next-day delivery service, which the company… Read More

Amazon reduces free-shipping threshold for non-Prime members again, down to $25

Amazon has dropped the threshold for free shipping for non-Prime members to orders of $25 or more, down from a $35… Read More

Is this ‘as good as it gets’ for Amazon? Analyst downgrades stock after strong quarter

Following yesterday’s positive earnings report, Amazon is well on its way toward hitting $1,000 a share, but one firm is… Read More

Walmart’s potential acquisition of Bonobos could help retail giant challenge Amazon

Walmart is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations to acquire Bonobos, an online fashion retailer aimed at helping men… Read More

Amazon’s market value soars, now worth almost double Walmart

Despite reporting a staggering $481.3 billion in net sales last year, Walmart’s value still doesn’t even come close to Seattle… Read More

Amazon acquires stake in hydrogen fuel cell maker Plug Power, plans to spend $600M on batteries

Amazon has agreed to a deal giving it the right to acquire a more than 20 percent stake in hydrogen fuel… Read More

Look out, Amazon? Walmart’s $3.3B Jet.com deal starts to pay off with big growth in online sales

Walmart has invested heavily in e-commerce over the last year, most notably its $3.3 billion acquisition of Amazon competitor Jet.com, and… Read More

Amazon quietly reduces free shipping minimum back to $35/order for non-Prime members

Facing new competition from Walmart’s free shipping program, Amazon has reverted to a minimum order of $35 for people who aren’t members… Read More

Walmart ditches membership program, tries to best Amazon with free 2-day shipping for all customers

Amazon is a tough rival to beat at its own game — so Walmart is trying a different tactic. Effective… Read More

Walmart buys Zappos competitor ShoeBuy for $70M to help Jet.com battle Amazon in online apparel

Walmart is already using its deep pockets to help recent acquisition Jet.com compete with Amazon in online apparel. Walmart on Thursday… Read More

It’s alive: Amazon’s drive-up grocery store in Seattle lights up — but still no word on opening

Here’s your daily update on Amazon’s secretive drive-up grocery store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood: It’s still not open. The outside… Read More

Run-DMC files $50M suit vs. Amazon and Walmart, claiming infringement of iconic hip-hop brand

Run-DMC, one of the most iconic acts in hip-hop history, is suing Amazon, Walmart, and Walmart-owned Jet.com for alleged copyright… Read More

Costco says it was 20 years ahead of the idea behind Amazon Go

Costco apparently kicked around something like the technology behind Amazon Go, the new automated convenience store concept from Amazon that everyone’s… Read More