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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.Online Retail Giant’s Grocery Delivery Service AmazonFresh May Launch in San Francisco Next Week
Is a nationwide rollout on the horizon?Buying a Videogame Console on Black Friday? Here’s What You Need to Know.
A buyer’s guide to the deals you can get — and the differences among the game consoles — for anyone partaking in America’s consumerist holiday.News Byte
Walmart.com Matches Amazon’s $35 Free Shipping Minimum for the Holidays
Walmart said on Wednesday that it is lowering its free-shipping minimum at Walmart.com from $50 to $35 for the holiday season, effective on Thursday. The announcement comes a month after Amazon raised its own minimum from $25 to the same $35 threshold.Voices
Price War Looms for Electronics
Electronics retailers are bracing for a tough holiday season, as already-narrow profit margins are expected to be shaved even thinner.Amazon Will Donate Some of Your Purchase Amount to the Charity of Your Choice
The company will let shoppers direct up to 0.5 percent of their purchase orders to charity. That could be huge — and good for Amazon, too.News Byte
Walmart Expands Same-Day Grocery Delivery Test to Denver
Walmart said on Tuesday that it would soon expand its same-day grocery delivery experiment beyond the Bay Area to Denver in an invite-only test. Denver residents interested in the service, which will same-day-deliver groceries ordered before 8 am, can sign up here. Companies from Amazon to Google to Instacart seem intent on resurrecting the idea of speedy grocery delivery that vanished following the dot-com bust.How Jeff Bezos Crushed Diapers.com So Amazon Could Buy Diapers.com
Tales of ruthlessness in leadership and competition from Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Brad Stone’s new book about Amazon.These iPhone 5c Price Cuts Are Coming Dangerously Close to a Trend
Are the moves just an effort to boost the retailers’ sales of a hot product or a sign that demand isn’t as strong as expected?Voices