Retailer articles

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  How Rakuten, the Amazon.com of Japan, plans to make a name for itself in the US

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 1, 2013 11:23 am + 38 comments

  You might not have heard of Rakuten, but with multi-billion dollar revenues the company is the Continue reading…

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  UK camera retailer Jessops plans Apple-inspired relaunch tomorrow

  By Matt Brian on March 28, 2013 05:20 am + 33 comments

  The UK's biggest photography chain, Jessops, is making a comeback this week with help from business Continue reading…

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  New Bitcoin-only electronics retailer hopes to undercut huge competitors like Amazon and NewEgg

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 4, 2013 12:03 pm + 80 comments

  Have you amassed a wealth of Bitcoins, perhaps through some lucky winnings in your local Bitcoin Continue reading…

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  Best Buy to make internet price matching permanent to prevent 'showrooming' (update)

  By Dieter Bohn on February 15, 2013 10:09 pm + 164 comments

  Best Buy had originally instated a price-match guarantee for the holidays, a program designed to Continue reading…

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  Home Depot drops BlackBerry for the iPhone despite Z10 announcement

  By Bryan Bishop on February 9, 2013 05:13 am + 124 comments

  BlackBerry announced its latest flagship phone, the Z10, just over a week ago — but it appears the Continue reading…

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  UK's biggest photography retailer closing down all stores tonight

  By Ben Kersey on January 11, 2013 01:20 pm + 74 comments

  Jessops, the UK’s largest and most prominent high street camera retailer, will be closing down all Continue reading…

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  Inside Walmart's efforts to grow in the digital age

  By Justin Rubio on November 26, 2012 04:59 pm + 13 comments

  Walmart has found itself struggling in recent years as retailers like Amazon continue to lure Continue reading…

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  Google trialling same-day delivery service in San Francisco, says The New York Times

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 26, 2012 06:29 pm + 28 comments

  Same-day delivery. It's likely the closest online retailers will get to closing the delay between Continue reading…

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  Microsoft disrupts millions of botnet connections after discovering PCs with preloaded malware

  By Tom Warren on September 13, 2012 07:07 am + 33 comments

  Microsoft revealed this week that it has helped disrupt more than 500 different strains of malware Continue reading…

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  Walmart's new, internally-built search engine leads to increased sales

  By Andrew Webster on August 30, 2012 02:27 pm + 18 comments

  Over the past few months Walmart has been upgrading its site's search engine to a new, Continue reading…