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Jet.com CEO Appears on CNBC: “There are 90 million households in America that don’t have Prime,” Jet co-founder and CEO Marc Lore told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “This is going to be the fastest and cheapest shipping option for those households.” See the video / Read more Why Wal-Mart, an icon of suburbia, had […]
Dick’s Sporting Goods is launching a competitor to Lululemon by Hayley Fitzpatrick at Business Insider. “We wanted to provide a destination for women who are on their own personal fitness journeys…” said Lauren Hobart, SVP, DICK’S Sporting Goods/General Manager, Chelsea Collective…The first two stores will open next month in Virginia and Pittsburgh.” Read more […]
Amazon Prime Now launches 1- and 2-hour delivery in Chicago by Meg Graham at Chicago Tribune. “The service — already available in Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, Manhattan and Miami — will roll out to additional cities in 2015, the company said.” Read more Man Who Helped Target Stabbing Victim Retains Lawyer After Target […]
Nordstrom sets up 14,000-square-foot photo on the roof of its downtown Seattle store by Angel Gonzalez at Seattle Times. “The installation is designed to look like a screenshot of a leopard dress in an Instagram feed.” See the photos / Read more WSJ: Target Goes for Local Cool by Christina Binkley. “In a […]
Glitch on Best Buy’s website sells $200 gift cards for $15 by Kavita Kumar at Star Tribune. “For a period of time on Tuesday night, Best Buy’s website allowed shoppers to buy $200 gift cards for $15, leading to a frenzy of activity as the glitch was publicized on sites such as Reddit.” Read […]
St. Paul: TargetExpress prepares for Highland Park opening by Kavita Kumar at Star Tribune. “The 16,000-square-foot store in St. Paul is a bit smaller than the 20,000-square-foot one in Dinkytown. And it will cater more to families than college students. So instead of fan gear, this store has small baby, sporting goods and toy departments.” […]
Home Depot mobile chief: Google’s Mobilegeddon helped my company by Mark Sullivan at Venture Beat. “Mike Amend told VentureBeat CEO Matt Marshall onstage at the MobileBeat conference that Home Depot saw a six percent uptick in clicks on mobile entries after the change. It also saw a one percent increase in the effectiveness of its […]
Report: Walmart/Sam’s to Cut 1,000 HQ Jobs by Nov. 1 by Kim Souza at The City Wire. “The cuts would happen through layoffs and attrition, and may include up to 200 vice presidents. Wal-Mart Stores did not confirm nor deny the layoffs are planned and would not provide a statement.” Read more Walmart launches […]