Batteries Plus Expands Business Overseas with Acquisition
Batteries Plus LLC has acquired privately held LED Hut Ltd., a leading provider of LED lighting products, including bulbs and light fixtures, to customers throughout Europe.
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PetSmart Acquires Pet360
PetSmart announced last week that it is planning to acquire ecommerce pet retailer Pet360. The transaction is expected to be complete this month.
QCI Direct Founder Jane Glazer Presumed Dead Following Plane Crash
Jane Glazer founded Rochester-based Home Trends Catalog in 1983, and changed its name to QCI Direct to reflect its newly-launched ecommerce site in 2011.
UPS Outlines Plans to Increase Holiday Capacity
UPS this week detailed plans for ensuring that delivery issues which plagued the 2013 holiday shopping season aren’t a rerun this year
UPS Testing Customer Pickup in New York and Chicago
UPS announced last week it launched a customer pickup program trial in mid-July that allows people to pick up parcels from 172 retail locations in Chicago and New York.
Staples Launches Series of Omnichannel Updates
Staples has announced a series of enhancements to its omnichannel experience, including the ability to buy products online and pick them up in-store within hours, Visa Checkout for online payments, new in-store kiosks, and an app for iPad users.
1-800-Flowers Acquires Harry & David
Online floral retailer 1-800-Flowers announced it has acquired specialty gift retailer Harry & David Holdings Inc. for $142.5 million, according to a press release.
QVC U.S. CEO Claire Watts Resigns
Claire Watts has resigned from her role as Chief Executive Officer of QVC’s U.S. operations, effective Friday, September 5, to pursue other opportunities.
Fanatics Powers JCPenney’s Ecommerce Sports Shop
Fanatics will provide fans with an enormous selection of team sports apparel and merchandise at JCPenney.com with over 300,000 licensed products spanning all the major sports leagues.
Special Delivery from USPS: Lower Rates for Priority Mail
In the world of ecommerce, any time you hear about a rate change, it often means an increase in shipping costs. Such is not the case with the latest rate change from the United States Postal Service taking effect on September 7 — and that is welcome news to online businesses.