May 23, 2018
Facebook’s Marketplace Adds Home Services
Starting now, thousands of home services professionals will be available via Facebook. The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a new feature designed to make it easier for...
May 23, 2018
eBay Thinks Global, Gets Personal
As one of the web’s best known, most established eCommerce sites and original marketplaces, eBay‘s evolution over the last half decade has been rapid. Having split off from PayPal in...
May 23, 2018
Amazon Retail Exec Jumps To Zulily As President
Seattle-based retail giant Zulily has a new president: former Amazon executive and Shopbop CEO Jeff Yurcisin. Yurcisin will begin his new position on August 15 and will be based in...
May 23, 2018
Study Finds AR More Useful In Operations Than Sales For...
New research shows that more retailers will be utilizing augmented reality (AR), but not in the way originally predicted. According to ABI Research, while AR will most likely struggle to...
May 22, 2018
You Could Do Worse Than Quit A Warehouse Job At...
Amazon puts significant effort toward loyalty, as shown recently by its push to extend Prime discounts to Whole Foods shoppers, a move designed to increase revenue and keep consumers away...
May 22, 2018
Why Benchmark Capital Put $50M Behind Good Eggs
Grocery is a big category. There’s brick-and-mortar retail, where competition is so fierce that the media has branded it “the grocery wars.” There’s online food purchasing, whether for delivery or...
May 22, 2018
Amazon Takes Tough Stance On Returns
Remember that old saying, “You break it, you bought it?” A tweak on that might read: “You click on it, you bought it.” Or, in simpler language: “That’s enough.” So...
May 22, 2018
Cementing Customer Relationships Over A Hot Cup Of Coffee
Relationship commerce exists as something of a gold standard in the era of the increasingly scattered customer. Loyalty, in the era of mobile, can be a tricky prospect. Where once...
May 22, 2018
Walmart Files Blockchain Patent To Keep Track Of Customer Purchases
A new patent application from Walmart shows how the retailer can use blockchain to keep track of customer purchases. According to CoinDesk, the patent details a blockchain ledger that can...
