As the web hosting provider of choice for literally millions of small- and medium-sized businesses, GoDaddy faces the same challenge that all players face when serving the SMB market: tailoring their services in a way that can reach an incredibly diverse batch of businesses. According to Greg Goldfarb,...
A report from Goldman Sachs warns that as more consumers get comfortable shopping for groceries online, the already-competitive supermarket backdrop might get even worse for grocers in the future. Analyst Christopher Prykull assumed cautious coverage on a slew of supermarket names, including a sell rating...
Walmart has announced that it is giving Lord & Taylor dedicated space on its website in an effort to expand its presence in the online fashion business. Starting in spring 2018, Lord & Taylor – which is owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company – will open...
Five hours a day. Some of us barely sleep that many hours, but for the average consumer, that’s how much time is spent in front of video content daily. That makes a clear statement about the direction in which communication is heading: into a realm...
Payments processing firm Vantiv posted third-quarter results on Thursday (Oct. 26) that showed traction in core businesses even as the company prepares, through its deal with Worldpay, to push deeper into eCommerce. In a news release, the company said that net revenues were up 13...
Aiming to go after the urban millennial crowd, Jet.com, the online retailer owned by Walmart, has launched a private label business called Uniquely J. Citing Liza Landsman, president of Jet.com., the company told CNBC it is confident that consumers will embrace the new products and...
The Curious Case Of Buy Buttons Twenty-two years into their existence, buy buttons have swept their way into all corners of the internet. But now, with a glut of them available to merchants and consumers, are they consummating or just complicating purchases? To find out,...
You’ve heard the old story: If brick-and-mortar merchants watched 75 percent of their customers walk in their stores and then walk out without having purchased a single thing, sirens would be screaming. But that’s precisely the situation with online commerce – three out of every...
Volkswagen is gearing up to make online sales a bigger component of its business but won’t reduce the number of its dealer networks. According to news from TheStreet.com, VW Brand Sales Chief Jurgen Stackmann told German reporters in Munich that the company is also looking to...
