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Amazon Sees No Reason to Slow Its Spending

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 3:40 am PT

Amazon defended its free-spending habits yesterday in a call with analysts, arguing that it continues to see new opportunities and will invest accordingly.

Japan’s Rakuten Set to Challenge Amazon With Help From Kobo

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 27 at 11:40 am PT

Who is Amazon’s biggest competitor? It may be a Japanese-based company you’ve never heard of.

Online Commerce Trend: More Spending, Smaller Purchases

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 20 at 12:22 pm PT

The average checkout size is shrinking, even though more people spent more money online. Why? Here are three reasons.

Apple Nipping at Target’s Heels for Fourth Most-Visited Site on Black Friday

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 28, 2011 at 1:31 pm PT

Amazon, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target are all obvious candidates for heavy Black Friday traffic online, but right up there with the big-box stores is Apple.

Three Reasons Why GameStop’s Sucky Second Quarter Doesn’t Matter

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 18, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Net income fell 23 percent in the second quarter; revenue from stores open for at least a year tumbled nine percent. But the game retailer still has reasons to be optimistic about the rest of the year.

New York Times Backs News-Aggregation Software Company

Russell Adams, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 29, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The New York Times Co. is joining a group of news organizations in backing the maker of software that helps publishers aggregate news, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company, called Ongo, filed a trademark registration in April.

Why You’re Losing Your Magazine Job

Peter Kafka in Media on December 15, 2008 at 6:28 am PT

Everyone knows why magazine companies are shedding people left and right: They’re shedding ad dollars left and right. But sometimes a visual really does help drive the point home.