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Judge Orders Amazon Refunds for Children’s In-app Purchases

The ecommerce giant must set up a year-long process to reimburse parents whose children made in-app purchases without permission.

By Reuters

Business News

Why Americans Don’t Participate in the Biggest Shopping Day in the World

By Hayley Peterson

Thought Leaders

Why This Multimillion Dollar Pet Food Company Won’t Sell to PetSmart or Petco

By Entrepreneur Events

Building a Business

How a Group of Ecommerce Veterans Launched Hollar, an Online Dollar Store, and Hit $1 Million in Monthly Sales After Just 5 Months

By Lydia Belanger

Business News

Instagram to Test New Shopping Feature

Instagram users will be able to buy products from U.S.-based retailers through the photo-sharing app.

By Reuters

Building a Business

4 Reasons Why Amazon’s Product-Search Dominance Matters

Customers research your products before they buy but smart strategy can reclaim sales lost to 'showrooming' and 'webrooming' alike.

By Jay Lagarde

Business News

Apple Has Taken Its Online Store Offline Ahead of Its Massive MacBook Launch Event Today

Visitors to the website who try to buy something are greeted with a GIF telling them only that the company has 'got something special in store for you,' in multiple languages.

By Rob Price

Tech

New Data Shows Surprising Ways This Holiday Season Will Be Different

Although online shopping is convenient, nothing compares to an in-store experience -- at least a good one.

By Rose Leadem

Business News

U.S. Mall Investors Set to Lose Billions as Retail Gloom Deepens

Weak September core retail sales, which strip out auto and gasoline sales, provide a window into the pain the holders of mall debt face in coming months as retailers with a physical presence keep discounting to stave off lagging sales.

By Reuters

Business News

Retailers Are Finally Realizing That Starting Black Friday on Thanksgiving Is a Terrible Idea

An increasing number of retailers are closing on Thanksgiving Day this year in response to backlash against the trend of starting Black Friday sales a day early.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Bass Pro Shops Hooks Cabela’s in $5.5 Billion Deal

Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same-store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.

By Reuters

Business News

Lowe’s Introduces LoweBot, a New Autonomous In-Store Robot

The LoweBot speaks multiple languages, and will be deployed to 11 stores to help guide home improvers to find items in store.

By Harriet Taylor

Building a Business

A Retail Legend Shares Customer Service Secrets

What do you learn after 27 years of running a famous store? Ask Roxanne Thurman, owner of Denver's Cry Baby Ranch.

By Grant Davis

Business News

To Deal With an Aging Population, Thailand Businesses Bet on Demand for Robots and Diapers

Thai elderly care robot Dinsow can not only keep track of your medication and video-phone your relatives, but can also exercise with you and even entertain you with its karaoke skills.

By Reuters

Business News

Macy’s to Shut 100 Stores in Turnaround Push

Department stores have been struggling with stiff competition from online and off-price retailers.

By Reuters

Business News

Adidas Will Bring Its Robot-Staffed Factory to Atlanta in 2017

The company wants to make products fast for U.S. consumers.

By Edgar Alvarez

Business News

What Nintendo Hopes to Learn From Disney to Turn its Business Around

Due to the wild success of Pokémon Go, it could be sitting on a goldmine.

By Reuters

Building a Business

5 Reasons to Start Locally With Your Product Sales

Starting out selling local can lead to big profits later.

By Tim Linnet

Business News

Apple to Open First Apple Store in Taiwan

The Apple Store is the envy of many in the retail world, with the highest sales per square foot in the industry.

By Reuters

Building a Business

5 Clever Retail Offers That Won’t Eat Your Profits

Your profit margins and brand image don't have to suffer when running sales.

By Francesca Nicasio

Building a Business

To Reduce Costly Retail Returns Start Listening to Your Front Line People

Nobody is likelier to have ideas for avoiding customer problems than whoever is solving those problems, face-to-face, with unhappy customers.

By Peter Sobotta

Building a Business

5 Reasons Your Retail Store Needs a Mobile App

Whether you have a beach town boutique, a shoe shop in the city or a sports store in the 'burbs, you want and need your customers to love your brand.

By Katie Santos

Business News

Walgreens Ends Relationship With Theranos in Latest Blow For Startup

Theranos was once praised for its fast, less-invasive blood testing technology, but the company has found itself in the spotlight after media reports raised questions about the accuracy of its proprietary tests.

By CNBC Staff

Building a Business

Hyper-Growing Fashion Brand Herschel Supply Has Turned Away 500 Investors

This year, its founders expect to sell 6 million units -- up from 8,000 in 2011.

By Catherine Clifford

Marketing

8 Ways to Be Certain You Are Selling Solutions Through the Right Channel

No product is so good that people will buy it without ever hearing about it or if they can't find it.

By Martin Zwilling

Building a Business

Birchbox Is Redefining the Future of Retail in More Ways Than One

This innovative subscription service demonstrates a different mode of company-building and leadership with an inventive female CEO at the helm.

By Andrew Yang

Building a Business

100 Brilliant Companies to Watch in 2016

Every company on this list has one thing in common: an idea worth fighting for.

By Entrepreneur Staff

Building a Business

Gap to Close 75 Old Navy, Banana Republic Stores Outside North America

The struggling apparel retailer is focusing on its North American market to revive its fortunes.

By Reuters

Building a Business

How This Online Lingerie Shop Is Letting Customers Try Before They Buy

True & Co. has found a way to bring the fitting room to its customers.

By Caren Chesler

Building a Business

Sears Eyes Quick Rollout of Small Stores if Test Is Successful

The move comes as Sears tries to bounce back from a five-year stretch during which it lost more than $8 billion as it closed hundreds of stores and sales dropped sharply.

By Reuters