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.
Douglas A. McIntyre Amazon.com has announced the kick-off off a 35-day Black Friday event that runs through December 22.
Paul Ausick Once Thanksgiving dinner is safely tucked away, many Americans' thoughts turn to shopping. Some will hit the stores that are open on the holiday and others may just browse through the offers…
Main attractions for online shoppers include free shipping, a practice that many retailers have adopted in order to keep up with Amazon.com.
According to The Counterfeit Report, counterfeiting costs U.S. manufacturers more than $250 billion and has cost U.S. workers more than 750,000 jobs.
One thing smart investors should keep in mind is things that are said and promised during a red-hot election need to be taken with a gigantic grain of salt.
Amazon has announced that it added 20 metro areas to its existing stable of areas where it offers customers its Home Services package: handpicked professionals offering upfront pricing on hundreds of helpful…
Paul Ausick Outsiders have questioned whether Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) makes much money from its Prime membership service. Maybe Amazon underprices its benefits, or gives away too many services for free. A new survey…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has put some ultra-premium content on sale, or even made it “free,” most likely as an attempt to get more people to use iTunes for movies and TV shows.…
In order for brick-and-mortar retailers to compete with Amazon, they have to get creative with the products they offer, the prices they charge and the services they provide.
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