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.
Camping World Holdings, Inc., a network of RV-centric retail locations, announced plans to purchase TheHouse.com. See what Camping World and TheHouse.com executives had to say about the acquisition.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announced the opening of its brands’ first stores in Seoul, South Korea under its strategic franchise agreement with Hyundai Livart Furniture, a premier home goods retailer. See how many stores Williams-Sonoma plans to open in South Korea.
Joining a long line of companies catering to their growing base of smartphone customers, big and tall men’s apparel retailer Destination XL Group has launched its first mobile app. Here are some of the features in the new mobile app that the company is using to further provide an enriched customer experience.
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.
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 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 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.
In the never-ending battle with Amazon and other retailers, Dick’s Sporting Goods has created a price matching program designed to attract more cost-conscious shoppers. See what criteria the sporting goods retailer has laid out for customers to be eligible.
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.