Despite a reported effort to fight counterfeit products on its vast retail site, Amazon.com continues to be slow to respond to reports of counterfeit items listed for sale.
Paul Ausick Recent data poins out that the traditional wisdom about retail is true. There is Amazon, and then everyone else.
While much of this year's buzz was around sales totals generated from mobile devices, sales from desktop computers also rose sharply.
Never one to be slow out of the blocks, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) kicked off its Cyber Monday promotion on Saturday. Amazon Prime members get first crack at the retailer’s Lightning Deals…
Paul Ausick Black Friday is now in the rear-view mirror and many retailers are gearing up for Cyber Monday, November 28. Some have already lifted the veil on their Cyber Monday deals in much…
Black Friday has arrived and with it a blizzard of promotions and deals on everything from major appliances to knit hats. The run-up to Black Friday has been longer than ever this…
Paul Ausick A lot of ink has been spilled and a lot of pixels have been burned in the weeks leading up to Black Friday. In large part that’s due to major retailers announcing…
There have been rumors Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) will close its Kmart division. Sears has denied them as it continues to close scores of stores. Moody’s has observed Sears cannot survive without…
Over 16 million cars and light trucks will be sold in the U.S. this year, and millions more in the U.K. and Germany. Tapping into that market, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) paid an…
Eventually, retailers will be so aggressive that holiday shopping will start the 4th of July. In the meantime, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will start Cyber Week sales on Black Friday, the traditional first…
Investors made an error when they drove Best Buy shares up 14% to over $46, largely due to the company's disclosure it had online sales in the United States of $881 million…
Building on a turn toward more equity investments in the second quarter of this year, the top 50 hedge funds boosted their equity positions by nearly 3% in the third quarter.
A cybersecurity firm called Kryptowire has identified several models of Android-based mobile phones that included firmware to collect sensitive personal data with no disclosure to or consent from the users.
Optimism for tax cuts and growth in the economy is on the rise. That is just the ticket to help boost holiday sales, and some large cap potential winners may be just…
Barnes & Noble NOOK e-reader sales have been slaughtered recently as the company falls hopelessly behind Amazon.com due to the success of its Kindle.
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