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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.
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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
Targeting Tech-Savvy Startups
Home Depot is the latest traditional brick-and-mortar retailer to buy a startup and launch a “technology lab” to try to catch up to online retailers like Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc.Amazon’s Love Note to Senate Backs Sales-Tax Proposal
Amazon thanked the U.S. Senate today for a proposal that could put to rest the company’s long-standing sales-tax issues.
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Nomi Raises $3 Million to Help Retailers Fight Amazon
Rather than compete with Amazon on price alone, Nomi wants to help retailers provide better service by tracking consumer behavior across in-store and online channels. It is announcing a $3 million round today, led by First Round Capital. Other investors include Greycroft Partners, SV Angel, Forerunner Ventures and several angels. The New York company was founded by former Salesforce.com and Buddy Media executives, including CEO Marc Ferrentino, who served as Salesforce’s chief technical architect.Partner Advertisement
