200 posts and columns on retailers
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Sales Erode at Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Inc.’s latest quarterly earnings show an erosion in sales for both print books and e-books, casting a cloud over its long-term prospects.Voices
Best Buy Works to Get Its Website Up to Snuff
As Best Buy Co. tries to turn around its consumer-electronics business, the retail chain is grappling with a website that the company concedes is a throwback to the digital Dark Ages.Voices
At Sears, CEO’s Tech Focus Hasn’t Led to a Turnaround
Since taking over as chief executive of Sears Holdings Corp., billionaire hedge fund manager Edward Lampert has spoken eagerly of overhauling the retailer to accommodate “hyper-connected” shoppers with tablets and mobile phones.Voices
Best Buy Posts Loss on Lower Revenue
Best Buy Co. ramped up cost-cutting during its fiscal first quarter as its retail revenue continued to slide. Online sales improved, however.News Byte
@WalmartLabs Goes Shopping, Comes Back With Two Startups
@Walmart Labs, the tech arm of the retail giant’s e-commerce unit, announced a pair of acquisitions today. Now on board are OneOps, which brings its platform-as-a-service technology, and social-software outfit Tasty Labs, along with its founders, Mozilla vet Nick Nguyen, del.icio.us creator Joshua Schachter and HousingMaps creator Paul Rademacher.Voices
Amazon Profit Falls but Margin Widens
Amazon.com Inc.’s first-quarter profit declined 37 percent as the e-commerce giant continued to see its results dragged down by its aggressive expansion plans, but gross margin widened to 26.6 percent from 24 percent.Voices
Cleanup in Aisle 3: How Retailers Will Avoid Slipups in the Digital Age
In the future, as more people turn to the Internet for the bulk of their groceries, produce could make up a third of retail grocery purchases.Voices
Amazon’s Quest for Web Names Draws Foes
Large and small companies are vying for control of an array of new Internet domain names, but Amazon.com Inc.’s plans are coming under particular scrutiny.Voices
Best Buy, Founder End Deal Talks
Best Buy Co.has ended talks with founder Richard Schulze over a deal in which he and a group of buyout firms were proposing to take a minority stake in the firm in exchange for three seats on the board, according to people familiar with the matter.Voices