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Staples shifts strategy to selling more products online
Sarah Gardner Sep 26, 2012
The office-supply chain will close dozens of stores in the U.S. and Europe and increase its selling online and through mobile apps.
Walmart gives Amazon Kindle the boot
Bob Moon Sep 21, 2012
Walmart, following Target’s lead, will stop selling the Amazon Kindle. It’s recognition that the online retailer is a serious Walmart competitor.
Sales tax may cut into Amazon's edge
Bob Moon Sep 14, 2012
With Amazon beginning to charge sales tax in some states, analysts think it may convince some consumers to buy big-ticket items in traditional brick-and-mortar stores.
Amazon, online taxes and your pocketbook
Adriene Hill Sep 14, 2012
Sales taxes may be coming soon to your Amazon purchases. But you probably should have been paying them anyway.
Amazon takes on Apple in price more than features
John Moe Sep 7, 2012
Why the retail giant doesn’t mind not making money on Kindle Fire tablets.
Amazon teams with Epix to expand on-demand video library
John Moe Sep 4, 2012
Shares of Netflix fell Tuesday on news that Amazon has inked a deal with a rival provider of on-demand movies and TV shows.
How long can the TV streaming honeymoon last?
John Moe Aug 6, 2012
Networks and cable companies might not like the content boom but it may be too late to stop.
Amazon looks to expand delivery beyond home, office
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jul 31, 2012
The online retailer hopes 'locker' program will broaden its customer base.
Amazon’s Bezos donates $2.5 million to support same-sex marriage
John Moe Jul 30, 2012
Why support for gay rights is also a shrewd tactical move in the tech community.
Why companies take political, social stands
Jeff Horwich Jul 28, 2012
There's a lot of buzz this morning about Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos's decision to give $2.5 million to support a referendum that would legalize same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, Southern politicians have declared next Wednesday "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day" after the fast-food chain's president emphatically declared his opposition to gay marriage.
