5 posts and columns on home delivery

Still Looking for Gift Ideas? Wal-Mart Recommends a Box for Men.

in Commerce on December 21, 2011 at 11:27 am PT

Don’t know what to get your loved one? Wal-Mart has made a list of recommendations based on people’s interests on their Facebook pages. At the very top: A keepsake box for men.
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Amazon May Expand Free Home Delivery

in News on January 25, 2011 at 10:57 am PT

Amazon.com Inc. may be planning to expand a free home-delivery program, a move that analysts say could encourage consumers to do more of their shopping for groceries and other goods with the online retailer rather than local stores.

Ad Sales, Pay Walls, and Absolutely Nothing About iPads at the New York Times Earnings Call

in Media on February 10, 2010 at 8:01 am PT

The New York Times said things got better–or, if you like, no worse–during the last quarter of 2009. But investors are disappointed that the publisher isn’t more optimistic about 2010, and they’re pushing shares down this morning. Let’s see if the paper’s executives can turn that around during their earnings call.

Maybe Newsday Made Its Pay Wall a Little Too Strong

in Media on January 26, 2010 at 5:16 pm PT

That pay wall that Newsday put around its Web site last year? Crazily effective–at keeping people from buying an online subscription. Since the wall went up three months ago, only 35 people–as in not quite three dozen–have paid the $5-a-week fee for Web access. What does this tell us about the New York Times plan? Not much.

Newspapers: Please Buy a Kindle. Unless We Can Sell You a Paper Instead.

in Media on May 6, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

Even under the best of circumstances, Amazon’s new Kindle DX wouldn’t “save the newspaper business.” But since the newspapers are desperate to protect their dying print business, this thing may never get off the ground at all.
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