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Everybody’s a Curator: Flipboard’s Mike McCue Talks About New Version of Social Magazine (Video)
I made a magazine about Pop-Tarts. Anyone have a problem with that?News Byte
Yahoo COO De Castro Joins Target Board
Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro has joined the board of Target Corp., the Minneapolis-based retailer said in a press release. The former Google exec has also worked at Dell and McKinsey. The appointment means that the top two execs at the Silicon Valley Internet giant are directors at two of the top U.S. retailers — CEO Marissa Mayer is on the board of Walmart Stores of Bentonville, Ark.News Byte
Study: Consumers Don’t Heart Same-Day Delivery as Much as Retailers Think
According to a new survey from the Boston Consulting Group, “consumers are much more interested in free delivery and lower prices than in the same-day delivery of goods ordered online.” Although many online retailers have jumped to offer this feature, the study of 1,500 consumers found that only 9 percent said same-day delivery was a key factor in online retail satisfaction. Free delivery and low prices scored significantly higher, although “affluent millennials” — shoppers from 18 to 34 years old and with a household income exceeding $150,000 — were more likely to respond to same-day delivery offerings.Voices
Best Buy Halts U.S. Sales Decline
Best Buy Co. reported a narrower fourth-quarter loss on Friday on its first increase in U.S. same-store sales in more than a year, the latest evidence that the beleaguered electronics retailer is slowly stabilizing its battered business.Exclusive: AOL Poised to Hire Susan Lyne to Run All Content Brands, Except HuffPo
Executive musical chairs at the New York Internet company.Exclusive: PayPal Co-Founder Levchin Launches New Payments Startup, Affirm
He’s back, and this time the well-known entrepreneur wants to give you a digital charge card.Some Last-Minute Online Shoppers Can Still Put Gifts Under the Tree
There are a number of ways to still get deliveries sent to your home if you don’t feel like fighting the crowds at the mall.Tasty: FoodyDirect Gets $3M, as Former Goldman Tech Banker Turns Entrepreneur
Can you make lox, bagels and a schmear digital?In Another Onstage Interview, Groupon’s Andrew Mason Says Nothing (But Charmingly)
Shhhhhhh! Someone might be listening.Voices





