Poshmark announced today that it will start adding well-known retail brands to its active community of women’s fashion-focused buyers and sellers. The…
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As Webstore winds down, Amazon hands Shopify a win
Online merchants are getting a pretty good deal as the largest online retailer is teaming up with the top eCommerce platform. Shopify…
Read MorePinterest-LinkedIn investor Jeremy Levine makes his next unsexy bet: Gift cards
Jeremy Levine thinks there’s big money to be made in the gift card market. Here’s why.…
Read MoreDelivery dreams: How I’d build a better Amazon Prime
The Amazon Prime price hike has me thinking about what I'd really like to see from the service. Think streaming sports, personal shoppers and never having to go to the post office again.…
Read MoreAs sites and services become product aware, the age of pervasive commerce begins
Get ready for a "product aware" world in which wearables, location and machine learning blur the lines between online and real world commerce to deliver hyper targeted results.…
Read MoreThe battle of bricks, clicks and logistics
Retailing is becoming a multi-front war, with online retailers adding on-the-ground capabilities such as same-day delivery, while brick-and-mortar merchants ramp up their online efforts.…
Read MoreVirtualizing brick-and-mortar retailing
Ebay is now using its knowledge of retailing basics to apply technology to virtualizing the inventory for its same-day service, where it can deliver far more bang for the technology buck than simply automating the order-taking process.…
Read MoreMore funding for flower startups: Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital back BloomNation
With $1.65 million from several Silicon Valley investors, BloomNation is the latest flower-selling business to take on older companies like 1-800-Flowers.…
Read MoreAnother e-commerce startup adds an offline outpost: Rent the Runway opens first showroom
In yet another move showing that the future of retail is a blend of online and offline, Rent the Runway has announced…
Read MoreStitch Fix sews up $12M to personalize online retail with data and human stylists
Startup Stitch Fix uses data about clothing and consumer preferences to recommend items to customers as well as design clothing for its own label.…
Read MoreHow to catch a fraud: Signifyd opens up tech for helping e-commerce thwart scammers
As more consumers turn to the web to make their purchases, startup Signifyd uses social data and other kinds of data sources to help e-commerce companies sniff out fraudsters.…
Read MoreGilt co-founder Kevin Ryan launches new wedding registry e-commerce startup
Zola, a new e-commmerce startup backed by Gilt Groupe co-founder Kevin Ryan, wants to put a modern twist on traditional wedding registries.…
Read MoreMobile gifting app Bond launches to help professionals follow through on their good intentions
Bond, a new mobile gifting app, wants to "blend technology and tradition" to make it easier for professionals to send handwritten notes and thoughtful gifts.…
Read MoreCable shopping channel QVC launches toGather, a Pinterest-like social network
As home shopping network QVC increasingly goes digital, it's banking on social commerce to help drive growth.…
Read MoreShopular raises $6.4M led by Sequoia for real-time mobile deals
Through location-based alerts, mobile startup Shopular offers retailers a way to keep consumers engaged and primed for purchasing in-store.…
Read MoreFashion e-commerce startup JustFab nabs another $40M for international growth
Subscription e-commerce startup JustFab, which merged with ShoeDazzle last month, has raised $40 million in a Series C round.…
Read MoreGoogle Shopping API closes next week: do you have an alternative?
As part of its big "spring cleaning" effort, Google will shut down its Shopping API on Sept. 16. Here are a few options for e-commerce developers and others looking for alternatives.…
Read MoreToo good to be true? New Yorkers get free delivery from any store thanks to WunWun
WunWun, a New York startup that calls itself an "on-demand helper," says it will deliver any item purchased from a store to consumers in Manhattan for free.…
Read MoreSchool fundraising grows up with mobile wallets, daily deals
Bake sales and magazine drives are on their way out as more startups court schools with new digital services for raising money.…
Read MoreBirchbox: Our flavor of subscription commerce actually works
While subscription startups generally have attracted a good deal of criticism, New York-based Birchbox shares some data suggesting its model is on the right track.…
Read MoreVideo: Will Chromecast revolutionize online shopping?
Imagine you are shopping for a shirt online. To get a closer look, you simply fling a picture of it to your TV. Chromecast could soon make this possible.…
Read MoreWant to see what’s hot on Fab right now? Try checking a catalog
You can now check out new products from Fab on a digital catalog produced through iOS app Catalog Spree. The move will allow Fab to continue refining the discovery experience.…
Read MoreHow the age of design-centric e-commerce might not lend itself to sales
We've seen a rise of e-commerce companies recently that have tackled the dual problems of discovery and boredom: They've made shopping a fun, emotional experience. But can they translate that to sales?…
Read MoreWant to get people shopping socially? It might be harder than you think
How does a large e-commerce site appeal to a wide variety of shoppers online -- and then get them used to the idea of shopping with social? Zappos is working to figure out the answer to social commerce.…
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