Staples announced Thursday (Dec. 4) the launch of its new online platform that will better connect suppliers and customers. Staples Exchange is an option that enables vendors to sell its products directly through the company’s e-Commerce channels, according to a company news release. Because Staples...
Amazon has released its own line of two particular products that may have some of its sellers crying foul: diapers and baby wipes. As a recode.net article points out, anti-Amazoners have said it would only be a matter of time before the e-Commerce company used...
U.K. online shoppers have returned almost a third of the things they bought on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to parcel-return service CollectPlus. Fortunately, that 31 percent return rate should represent the peak of buyer’s remorse in the U.K. this holiday season — except...
The economy may be getting better, but affordable broadline retailers like JC Penney, Burlington Stores and Ross Stores won’t see much benefit from it — and the biggest reason is the shift to ecommerce, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Stephen Grambling. In a research report...
Beacons have become pervasive as the holiday selling season arrives — and that’s mostly because the numbers show they’re working, the Associated Press reported on Thursday (Dec. 4). Between July and September, 30 percent of shoppers who received a “push” ad from an in-store beacon...
Most shoppers with mobile devices prefer to look up information on their phones or tablets while shopping instead of talking to store employees, according to a new survey by the Consumer Electronics Association. In the survey of mobile shoppers, 58 percent said they’d choose mobile...
Mobile payments platform Braintree is now rolling out its One Touch payment service outside the U.S., adding Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the U.K., Mobile Payments Insider reported. Braintree, which is owned by eBay, launched its single-touch payment system on...
Retailers feeling the rush of a Black Friday weekend high shouldn’t forget they’re also facing a major buzzkill on New Year’s Day: As of Jan. 1, they’ll face a new version of the Payment Card Industry’s security requirements, according to Crain’s Chicago Business The PCI...
A federal judge on Tuesday (Dec. 3) ruled that most of the data breach lawsuit claims against Target can continue and that banks pressing that lawsuit were almost fully correct in its allegations. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the judge found the claims to...
