Has eCommerce Ruined Black Friday?
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S., was the day when families traditionally start their main Christmas shopping. Retailers lured shoppers with huge…
IKEA Takes On Amazon – A Look at How Big Box Retailers Adapt to eCommerce
It seems it took nearly 15 years for companies such as Walmart and Target to finally realize that if they didn’t put more focus on…
Best Buy and Other Retailers are Restricting Returns! How Does This Help Fight eCommerce?
The Wall Street Journal reports that some big-name retailers like Best Buy, Home Depot, Victoria’s Secret, and others are quietly tracking consumer returns and using…
Retailers are Branching Out on Other Products for the Holiday Season
Retailers are relying on a lift from a better economy as the holiday season officially kicked off last week. They’re also looking beyond the economic…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Congratulates Best Buy on Alexa Skill Integration, Say What?
Founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos this afternoon congratulated the Best Buy team on their new Alexa skill. The new Alexa skill from Best…
Amazon is the New Search Engine for Products
Wait, you say that Amazon is an eCommerce retailer, not a search engine. So what gives with the headline to this story? A recent study…
Amazon to Blame for Price & Brand Value Erosion?
Amazon is disrupting high street or brick & mortar retail, but that may just be the beginning. Ever since eCommerce became a game-changing shopping channel, brands…
Free shipping war between Walmart and Amazon may hurt small online retailers
The war between Walmart and Amazon is heating up, and lower free shipping minimums may hurt all online retailers. In January, Walmart announced they would…