E-commerce News & Media
British jeweler Beaverbrooks launches new e-commerce site
December 16, 2013
Hybris software, an SAP company, has announced that U.K. high-street jeweler Beaverbrooks has launched its new e-commerce website, www.beaverbrooks.co.uk…
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Why Amazon is droning on about new delivery methods
by Doug Stephens — President, Retail Prophet Consulting
Analysts and consumers alike are becoming increasingly accustomed to Amazon's announcements of bold and daring new projects. Most recently it was the Jeff…
read nowStudy reveals which online retailers did best on Cyber Week across the 'three screens'
December 12, 2013
Keynote, a provider of mobile and Web cloud testing and monitoring, just wrapped up its analysis of Cyber Week — the outshoot of Cyber Monday — as online…
read nowTarget unveils online 'Awesome Shop'
December 12, 2013
Target today unveiled its "Awesome Shop" subsite, a curated collection of products that all have a few things in common: They've all been pinned on Pinterest…
read nowInstacart brings same-day grocery delivery service to Boston
December 12, 2013
Same-day grocery delivery service Instacart, which currently operates in San Francisco and Chicago, announced today that it has expanded into the Boston market.
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Anonymity, privacy and onions: How Tor might impact online retailers
The anonymous browsing protocol raises real concerns for anyone accepting payments over the Internet.
read nowFashion retailer Cato launches e-commerce presence
December 11, 2013
Cato, a specialty retailer of women's fashions and accessories, has made its debut in the world of online shopping with the launch of its first ever e-commerce…
read nowStudy shows that Amazon.com makes more than 2.5 million price changes every day
December 11, 2013
Profitero, a provider of online competitor pricing data, reports that Amazon.com is implementing more than 2.5 million price changes on a daily basis in its…
read nowRobert Reich: Holiday bargains are hurting the country
December 5, 2013
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and prolific author and filmmaker, has written a blog post in which he suggests the great…
read nowVisa releases holiday online spend data, infographic
December 3, 2013
Visa has today released its e-commerce sales data from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. According to the company, e-commerce sales from all U.S. devices…
read nowMotorola offers apology, do-over on Cyber Monday promotion
December 3, 2013
Motorola's plan to offer a $150 discount on its Moto X smartphone turned out to be more popular than the company expected. Less than an hour after the sale…
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Retail Roundtable: Amazon and USPS Sunday shipping
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Our experts weigh in on possible ramifications of this very big retail partnership.
read nowSoldier Send gift registry lets soldiers make wish lists, receive care packages
November 25, 2013
Soldier Send announced that it has created a military gift registry on its new website, www.soldiersend.com, that makes sending care packages to soldiers…
read nowIntel will let online shoppers pay by tapping contactless card or NFC phone against computer
November 22, 2013
Intel is embedding technology into computers that will let online shoppers pay by tapping a contactless card or NFC-enabled mobile phone against their PC or…
read nowSpringboard Retail launches web-based retail system
November 22, 2013
Springboard Retail has announced the public launch of its web-based POS and retail management system,which it says is designed to help retailers sell more, and…
read nowCXM company Sitecore acquires e-commerce vendor commerceserver.net
November 20, 2013
Sitecore, a provider of customer experience management software, announced that it has acquired commerceserver.net. According to the companies, the acquisition…
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Ebay: The other e-commerce giant that is reinventing retail
by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS
Why do today's most innovative retailers seem to start with a vowel?
read nowE-commerce platform for SMB adds mobile capabilities
November 19, 2013
Volusion, a provider of e-commerce software and services for small to medium-sized businesses, has released an assortment of features to help its merchants…
read nowPetition seeks to get controversial parenting books pulled from Amazon
November 19, 2013
A petition on Change.org asking Amazon to stop selling three controversial books on parenting has today crossed the 50,000 signatures mark.
read nowYourZoom adds enhanced image capabilities to e-commerce platform
November 19, 2013
E-commerce platform MarketLive announced that is has partnered with DEPlabs, makers of the YourZoom visual merchandizing platform, to provide MarketLive…
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