Virtual reality has gotten a lot of favorable press lately as an up and coming “next big thing in retail.” Big name brands from the North Face to Ikea have all thrown their hats into the ring, trying to build out the killer application for the technology...
An as-of-yet-unknown number of Amazon accounts had to be reset yesterday (Nov. 24) when several customers got word from Amazon that their passwords may have been compromised. Messages were both sent directly to customers and posted within the Amazon message center — confirming this was...
Operating an artisanal retail business: as easy as riding a unicycle backwards and blindfolded atop the edge of a razor blade. That’s the challenge of scaling custom-made merchandise in a way that creates magic for consumers and profits for retailers. Custom furniture startup Joybird Co-founders...
November 02, 2016
Given the price tag on the Jet.com acquisition, it comes as no surprise that big changes are coming to Walmart’s eCommerce operations; firms generally don’t pay $3 billion for something and then make no changes to accommodate the purchase. And those changes are becoming evident as Jet’s Marc Lore takes the helm at Walmart eCommerce […]
