Wikimedia CommonsThe company that let sensitive data for millions of customers be ripped out of its computer systems last year now wants to be a supplier of an online book buying, sharing…
In a dispute that pits Amazon.com against Paris-based publisher Hachette Book Group, Amazon is being portrayed as the villain. It is worth remembering the background to this dispute.
Google further cemented is position as the number one Web property in the United States based on April data. comScore reports that Google sites had 192.3 million unique visitors.
As retailers post poor earnings, the possibility that major retailers will eliminate thousands of locations in total has increased. Some announcements about "downsizing" have already been made.
JD.com, a Beijing-based online direct retailer, began trading Thursday morning at an opening price of $22.07 a share, above its expected range. Investor demand exceeded available shares by a factor of 15.
Paul Ausick For all the discussion about the bright future of online video advertising and subscriber-based premium video delivered over the Internet, Google's YouTube towers over all other video sites.
A new research report from the Internet analysts at Deutsche Bank stresses that there is some very attractive risk-reward available for those doing some blue chip bottom-fishing.
ThinkstockThe coming week is another busy one for initial public offerings (IPOs) with eight scheduled to price and begin trading this week. Here’s our look at what’s on offer. JD.com Inc. is…
E-commerce revenue is not rising at the rates it was several years ago, but it is still rising faster than retail in general. Desktop retail e-commerce spending rose 12% in the first…
In three of the past four years, Walmart has posted a year-over-year decline in U.S. same-store sales, and the gain the company posted in its 2012 fiscal year was a skimpy 0.2%.
Three years after Apple's retail chief took over as CEO of J.C. Penney and set a course that nearly ruined the company, the century-old retailer is back. It has proven it can…
Netflix's share of fixed-line Internet traffic in North America has grown to 34% of data flowing to consumers during peak times. Cord cutters were the heaviest users of streaming audio and video.
Amazon.com announced Tuesday morning that it is adding France, Italy and Spain to the countries where its virtual currency, Amazon Coins, are available, giving away millions of them to new customers.
Paul Ausick courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), with sales at its U.S. stores flat year-over-year for several quarters, needs strong revenue through the Memorial Day to Labor Day period. If it can…
courtesy of USPS The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Friday reported a net loss of $1.9 billion in the second quarter of its 2014 fiscal year. The total is equal to almost…
