Ecommerce

Store chains feeling the upheaval in retail are making strategic alliances — and that can mean picking sides.

Store chains feeling the upheaval in retail are making strategic alliances — and that can mean picking sides.

Store chains feeling the upheaval in retail are making strategic alliances — and that can mean picking sides.

Wal-Mart will offer Hudson’s Bay Co-owned department store chain Lord & Taylor dedicated space on its website, as it looks to make deeper inroads into the fast-growing online fashion business.

Wal-Mart will offer Hudson’s Bay Co-owned department store chain Lord & Taylor dedicated space on its website, as it looks to make deeper inroads into the fast-growing online fashion business.

Born Amish and growing up in a conservative household, Regina Bauman, founder of the Tennessee-based Urban Southern, turned to her values as an inspiration for the handcrafted leather bag startup.

Wal-Mart Stores wants to charge more to buy some products online than in stores, what gives?

Wal-Mart Stores wants to charge more to buy some products online than in stores, what gives?

Millions of Chinese consumers will be glued to their smartphones Saturday, buying shoes, clothes, cosmetics and more in an annual shopping extravaganza known as Singles Day.

Millions of Chinese consumers will be glued to their smartphones Saturday, buying shoes, clothes, cosmetics and more in an annual shopping extravaganza known as Singles Day.

Quotient founder Steven Boal on the state of the retail sector ahead of the busy holiday shopping season.

Quotient founder Steven Boal on the state of the retail sector ahead of the busy holiday shopping season.

NYU Stern Professor Scott Galloway on mounting concerns over Amazon’s growing power.

NYU Stern Professor Scott Galloway on mounting concerns over Amazon’s growing power.

The tech-giant is getting even more aggressive on pricing.

Delivery service Postmates on Wednesday said it has banned Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell from using its platform after he was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at a female delivery driver’s head.

Delivery service Postmates on Wednesday said it has banned Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell from using its platform after he was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at a female delivery driver’s head.

When the robots came to online retailer Boxed, dread came too: The familiar fear that the machines would take over, leaving a trail of unemployed humans in their wake.

Amazon executives remained mum Thursday on rumors that the e-commerce giant is taking steps to become a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals.