Amazon and Wal-Mart Shares Both Up 14% in 2016
Amazon and Wal-Mart have been chasing one another toward the goal of being the top retailer in America, by one measure or another, for years. Based on stock price, the race is…
Amazon and Wal-Mart have been chasing one another toward the goal of being the top retailer in America, by one measure or another, for years. Based on stock price, the race is…
The National Rifle Association has a wine club. Why? Almost certainly due to a cardinal rule of membership organizations.
There are 15 shopping days until Christmas, and there area a lot of sales left to be made — with some retailers' health on the line.
With 90% of holiday shoppers planning to hit the online stores this year, consumers need to be conscious of the possibility that a bargain price that sounds too good to be true…
The supermarket of the future is here — at least in Europe. Italy's largest supermarket chain, Coop Italia, claims to have reinvented the customer experience in grocery shopping. Are Whole Foods and…
Among Amazon.com's seemingly endless arsenal of advantages over every other retailer is the 182 million visitors to its websites. No other retailer comes close.
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.
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…
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…
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…