Internet-Only Bonobos Gets Cash and Rack Space From Nordstrom

Bonobos, the New York-based online clothing brand, says it has closed $16.4 million in new funding from Nordstrom and that it will start selling its pants at the high-end department store.
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PayPal’s In-Store Payments System Hits Home Depot Stores Across U.S.

After a test phase, online payments giant PayPal is rolling out its “offline” in-store payments system across the U.S.
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An Honest-to-Goodness App Store You Can Walk Into

Nope, it’s not owned by Apple, Google or even Amazon.
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Copycat Apple Store Prompts China Investigation

Chinese authorities in the southwestern city of Kunming have launched a sweeping investigation of electronics stores after media reports said one retail outlet seemed to be copying Apple Inc.’s store format.

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Best Buy Will Sell Verizon iPhone at Launch

If you’re planning on buying a Verizon iPhone on Feb. 10, Apple and Verizon retail stores aren’t your only option for an in-person purchase. Best Buy will sell the Verizon iPhone as well–from its main outlets as well as from Best Buy Mobile specialty stores. Pre-orders through Apple and Verizon begin tomorrow.

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Drugstore.com Buys Into Social With Stores on Facebook

Drugstore.com and its subsidiary site, Beauty.com, has launched stores on Facebook to allow users to share with their friends what they purchased –from collapsible cupcake holders to Anti Monkey Butt Powder (available in the “hard to find” category). The stores, which are found in Facebook’s apps section, were built by Adgregate Markets’ ShopFans platform. The two e-commerce sites, which collectively have 182,000 Facebook fans, eventually kicks consumers out to their homepage to finalize the purchase.

Internet Access in Hotel Rooms

Walt answers readers’ questions on Internet access in hotel rooms, getting more hard-drive space and what to do with duplicate digital photos.

Apple’s Really Good Quarter Was Really, Really Good in China

The iPhone and iPad maker saw sales of $2.6 billion for the December quarter, four times the business it was doing there a year earlier. Its four stores in China produce more sales and attract more visitors, on average, than any of the company’s other retail locations.

GameStop Expands Digital Strategy by Opening Doors to an Android Storefront

GameStop is expanding from primarily selling games in retail stores found in malls around America to a digital strategy that includes a new mobile component starting today.

E-Commerce Assistant Shopify Raises $7 Million in First Round

Shopify, which is powering online storefronts that sell merchandise ranging from stuffed Angry Birds to the latest in protective cases for the iPad, is announcing today that it has raised $7 million in venture capital. Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital and Felicis Ventures.

Woof: EBay Is Winning Bidder for Milo

Verizon 4G Network to Launch Sunday

IPad Hits Wal-Mart Friday