28 posts and columns on online retailers
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Late Surge in Web Buying Blindsides UPS, Retailers
A surge in online shopping this holiday season left stores breaking promises to deliver packages by Christmas, suggesting that retailers and shipping companies still haven’t fully figured out consumers’ buying patterns in the Internet era.Voices
Online Sales Jumped 37 Percent During Weekend
Retailers’ holiday sales have so far proved disappointing, but online sales again are a bright spot.Voices
Rampant Returns Plague E-Retailers
Free shipping and lenient return policies have given online retailing a huge boost. Now, chains are mining their order data to get shoppers to keep more purchases.Voices
Amazon’s German Workers to Protest in Seattle
Representatives of Amazon.com Inc. workers in Germany will take their beef with the e-commerce giant to the U.S. Monday, staging a protest at the retailer’s Seattle headquarters in tandem with strikes planned at Amazon sites in Germany.Voices
“Cyber Monday” Sales Up 21 Percent, IBM Reports
Online sales on “Cyber Monday” rose 21 percent, driven by strong growth in mobile sales, International Business Machines Corp. said, though the day’s growth rate continued to slow as retailers unveiled discounts earlier into the shopping season.Voices
Supreme Court Won’t Review N.Y. Sales-Tax Law For Online Retailers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a 2008 New York state law aimed at collecting millions in sales taxes from online purchases by state residents, rejecting a legal challenge by online retail giant Amazon.com Inc.Voices
German Cartel Office Drops Amazon Review on Pricing
Germany’s cartel office has dropped proceedings against Amazon.com Inc. after the online retailer satisfied authorities it has abandoned a pricing policy that limited competition.Voices
One Kings Lane to Roll Out Own Labels
One Kings Lane will for the first time roll out a private label of towels and bedding, potentially pitting the online home-goods retailer against the site’s traditional suppliers.Voices
Amazon to Hire 70,000 Workers for the Holidays
Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 70,000 seasonal workers for its U.S. warehouse network this year, a 40 percent increase that points to the company’s upbeat expectations about the holiday selling season.Voices