For some time, robotics experts have forecast that robots will replace many of the jobs within the retail industry. This is particularly true for checkout functions and packaging.
Douglas A. McIntyre Disney will cut staff at its ABC television operation, Uber's new CEO predicts that company will go public sometime in the next three years, and other important headlines.
Amazon and Microsoft this morning announced an agreement that will result in users being able to use each company's voice-recognition software to talk to devices made by the other.
Fitbit will release a smartwatch, New York City has raised the minimum price of a pack of cigarettes, Domino's Pizza will test the driverless delivery of pizza, and more important headlines.
Americans are forecast to spend more online during the 2017 holiday season, but many expect to spend much less than they did last year, according to a new survey from Fung Global…
Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Markets closes Monday, and the companies have already announced price cuts at the upscale grocery stores. Now Walmart has to fight back.
a new Jefferies analyst has released a huge report focuses on cloud computing, the shift to digital advertising and the convergence of the internet and software, as well as e-commerce, online travel…
Trouble has just begun for the century-old business of running theaters people actually go to so they can see a movie on the big screen.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) pressed further into the bricks and mortar business, but in the most recent case, it was not stores. The e-commerce company has set an 855,000 square foot distribution center…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple's market cap hit $825 billion last week. The 47% surge over the past year makes it nearly impossible that the market caps of other large tech companies will catch it, certainly…
Samsung heir and leader Jay Y. Lee was convicted of bribery and related charges, Amazon will cut prices at Whole Foods, Hurricane Harvey could temporarily raise oil prices, and more important headlines.
The U.S. installed base of streaming media devices is dominated by Roku, which claims more than twice as much of the market as Apple or Google.
The European Union may kill the huge Bayer and Monsanto merger, Verizon launched new pricing plans for mobile subscribers and more important headlines.
Walmart apparently wants to move goods without the need for roads, trucks or airplanes. At least that is what a patent filing hints.
Walmart and Amazon both have a lot to offer to brand and manufacturing advertisers. But does either hold an edge over the other as the two continue to do battle on several…
