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Amazon Earnings Letdown Spurred By $800 Million In One-Day Delivery Investments

Three months after outperforming Q1 earnings expectations with a record $3.6 billion net income, Amazon saw net income drop to $2.6 billion,…

UPS Adds 12,000 Pickup Points, Launches Next-Day Delivery

UPS will expand its number of in-store pickup access points by 12,000, reaching 21,000 retail locations in the U.S. and 40,000 globally….

Starbucks Will Expand Delivery Nationwide By 2020

Starbucks will expand its Starbucks Delivers coffee delivery service across the U.S. by early 2020, extending its partnership with Uber Eats. The…

Amazon Plans 3 New Go Stores In 2 Cities

Amazon Go will be expanding its presence in Chicago and Seattle with three new stores, although no opening dates for the locations have…

Google Unveils Personalized Shopping Portal, Sets Sights On Amazon’s Product Search Share

Google has introduced numerous retailing iterations over the years, including Google Express, Google Shopping Actions and even buy buttons, but the search…

Bed Bath & Beyond Eliminates COO Position, Cuts Corporate Staff By 7%

Bed Bath & Beyond will cut its corporate staff by 7% and eliminate the role of COO as part of a cost…

GNC To Close Up To 900 Stores Amid Mall-Based Struggles

GNC will close up to 900 stores as part of its goal to reach 2019 and 2020 cost-saving targets, CEO Ken Martindale…

Alibaba Opens B2B Marketplace To U.S. SMBs

Alibaba has opened its platform to more than 30 million small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S., enabling these companies to sell their…

Starbucks Licenses Mobile And Loyalty Tech To Restaurant Solution Provider

Starbucks will license technology to and take a minority stake in Brightloom, an integrated digital platform for restaurant brands. The solution provider,…

Perry Ellis International Upgrades POS Solution

Perry Ellis International (PEI) has gone live with the latest version of Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service (POS), with customization and deployment services…

Superdry Rolls Out Pay Later Options In The U.S. And UK

Superdry, a UK-based contemporary fashion brand, has formed a partnership with Klarna to offer buy now, pay later options. Superdry shoppers will…

Employee Discontent Didn’t Derail Prime Day

While there were some localized protests against Amazon, they ultimately didn’t make a difference in the day’s success, according to Fountain. The…

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News Briefs

Amazon Earnings Letdown Spurred By $800 Million In One-Day Delivery Investments

UPS Adds 12,000 Pickup Points, Launches Next-Day Delivery

Starbucks Will Expand Delivery Nationwide By 2020

Amazon Plans 3 New Go Stores In 2 Cities

Google Unveils Personalized Shopping Portal, Sets Sights On Amazon’s Product Search Share

Bed Bath & Beyond Eliminates COO Position, Cuts Corporate Staff By 7%

GNC To Close Up To 900 Stores Amid Mall-Based Struggles

Alibaba Opens B2B Marketplace To U.S. SMBs

Starbucks Licenses Mobile And Loyalty Tech To Restaurant Solution Provider

Perry Ellis International Upgrades POS Solution

Superdry Rolls Out Pay Later Options In The U.S. And UK

Employee Discontent Didn’t Derail Prime Day

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