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Amazon adds free restaurant deliveries for Prime members in Seattle
Amazon really, really wants people to join Prime. Source: BostonGlobe.com Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is getting into the restaurant delivery business to compete with companies like GrubHub Inc. as...
View ArticleNew Amazon warehouse hints at one-hour ‘Prime Now’ deliveries in Boston
Amazon.com has leased new warehouse space on the outskirts of Boston, and a real-estate broker who worked on the deal says Amazon hopes to use it for one-hour deliveries in the Boston area. Amazon...
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Deal-hunting startup ShoeKicker raises eyebrows in boutique running sector
Imran Khoja needed some new shoes. But any old pair wouldn’t do the trick. In the course of pounding out some 35 miles per week, he’d fallen in love with a particular type of Mizuno runners. When some...
View ArticleYelp to surrender critic’s info in defamation suit by Newton jewelry store
The review website Yelp will turn over contact information for a woman who was sued for defamation over a post she wrote on the page of a Newton jewelry store. Pageo Jewelry, based in Newton, sued a...
View ArticleNewStore gets $38 million to build better shopping sites for luxury brands
Imagine you’re walking down Newbury Street. You see a pair of shoes in the window of your favorite store, you walk in, and your phone vibrates with a notification that you can buy that pair for 10...
View ArticleTarget partners with MIT Media Lab, Ideo to study the future of food
Retail giant Target announced a multi-pronged partnership with blue-sky thinkers at the MIT Media Lab Monday with the goal of rebooting their grocery and wellness business for a new generation of...
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‘Amazon tested package delivery by newspaper trucks’
A new revenue source for the beleaguered newspaper industry? Maybe this is why Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post. Source: WSJ Coffee, bagel, morning paper…and your Amazon boxes? Indeed, Amazon.com...
View Article1 percent of items to draw 76 percent of holiday online shopping dollars
As millions of online shoppers swipe and tap their way down their Christmas shopping lists this year, two categories are forecast to account for the lion’s share of people’s projected $83 billion in...
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The Amazon effect: Best Buy adds same-day delivery in San Francisco
Another retailer jumps on the same-day-delivery bandwagon, according to Re/code. Source: Re/code Same-day delivery appears to be here to stay and Best Buy is the latest to jump on the trend. The...
View ArticleAfter raising $65M, smartphone reseller Gazelle sold for $18M
Gazelle Inc., the struggling Boston company that resells mobile phones, has been scooped up by the same company that owns DVD rental service Redbox, but it’s not clear the new owner can keep the...
View ArticleDeal-hunting startup ShoeKicker raises eyebrows in boutique running sector
Twenty years after Amazon.com appeared online, boutique retailers in many categories are still defending their turf against the steady encroachment of online shopping. That helps explain why the debut...
View ArticleTarget partners with MIT Media Lab, Ideo to study the future of food
Retail giant Target Monday announced a multi-pronged partnership with blue-sky thinkers at the MIT Media Lab with the goal of rebooting their grocery and wellness business for a new generation of...
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