Is Birchbox Looking for a Potential Buyer?
Is there another ecommerce acquisition brewing? Birchbox has reportedly been discussing a potential sale with several retailers, including Walmart.
Marketplaces
Walmart, JD.com Team Up for 8.8 Shopping Day in China
While Alibaba has its huge 11.11 shopping festival – aka Singles Day – which dwarfs Black Friday and Cyber Monday, rival JD.com and partner Walmart are weighing in with 8.8 on Aug. 8, hoping its associated luck rubs off.
eBay Launches Searching and Shopping with Images on Mobile Devices
eBay announced Image Search and Find It On eBay, new experiences for shoppers to use pictures instead of words to search eBay’s catalog of 1.1 billion items. See how this is changing the way people are shopping and how it offers a more personalized experience for customers.
How to Level the Playing Field as Amazon Eats the World
Headlines proclaiming that “Amazon is Eating the World” and that Amazon’s market-altering dominance – AKA the “Amazon Effect” – is causing immense concern for the retail industry as the playing field appears to be growing frighteningly imbalanced. Here is how you can level the playing field in an Amazon world.
Amazon Takes Aim at Instagram with Amazon Spark for Prime Members
Amazon launched Amazon Spark, a new feature for Prime members that is aimed at improving product discovery through stories and photos. Here is how this new shoppable feed program is influencing a younger demographic of shoppers.
Sears Holdings to Launch Kenmore Products on Amazon
Sears Holdings announced the launch of Kenmore products on Amazon.com, as well as the integration of the full line of Kenmore Smart appliances with Amazon Alexa. See how this will enhance the distribution of Kenmore products.
Is Voice-Controlled Shopping the Next Frontier?
Voice-controlled shopping is changing the way consumers shop for products, and the retail industry is seeing this as a major shift. See how far this form of shopping has to go and what is expected in the future.
Amazon Wins Big Again on Prime Day
Faux holiday Prime Day 2017 was another huge win for Amazon as its biggest sales day ever, especially of its own devices, while it saw the biggest one-day gain in Prime membership, already at an estimated 85 million U.S. members.
Amazon Prime Day Top Selling Items Globally
Amazon touted a successful Prime Day this week and some of the top selling items both in the U.S. and abroad were safe to say, interesting and odd at the same time. Take a look at the list and see what customers were purchasing in their country.
Retailers Didn’t Let Amazon Have All of the Fun on Prime Day
Several retailers wouldn’t let Amazon have all the fun on Prime Day. Whether they were offering free shipping or major discounts on several products, these retailers aimed to steal Amazon’s thunder. Here is a list of what other major retailers did on Prime Day and days after.