/ Marketing

Amazon wants to be a part of your birthday

Amazon announces a new service that lets consumers on Facebook join forces to buy gift cards for friends with upcoming birthdays. On the recipient’s birthday, Amazon posts an image of the gift card on her Facebook timeline with links and instructions for how to redeem it.

Posted 06/18/2013Amy DustoPost a comment

/ Technology

A concierge app lets retailers send offers based on precise location in-store

A breakthrough technology can pinpoint where a consumer is inside a store.

Posted 06/17/2013Bill SiwickiPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Shop Direct makes up for lost time online

After a slow start, one of the U.K.’s oldest catalogers embraces e-commerce.

Posted 06/14/2013Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ Technology

Amazon and Florida make a deal on sales tax

Amazon says it will spend $300 million on new facilities in the state.

Posted 06/14/2013Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Amazon increases its Prime-eligible products by 10%, an analyst says

Members of the shipping program have access to more than 19 million items.

Posted 06/14/2013Thad RueterPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

The European e-commerce sun also rises for U.S. web merchants

U.S. merchants increased European web sales by 14% last year.

Posted 06/14/2013Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ Technology

An m-commerce site that ‘defies all mobile web standards’

GNC’s gargantuan home page takes 41 seconds to load, Keynote says. Who will wait?

Posted 06/13/2013Bill SiwickiPost a comment

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/ Technology

Missouri’s governor vetoes a web sales tax bill

Legislation supporting the tax would cut state revenue, he says.

Posted 06/12/2013Paul DemeryPost a comment