Facebook's News Feed is a popular landing page for photos and updates from friends, but now it can also function as a digital storefront of sorts, through a partnership with e-commerce startup Chirpify. People on the social network can ...
There are several types of building materials which are used by creative man for construction purposes along with lumber, steel, concrete and so on. It is really very much important to seek good building materials for distributors. There ...
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In the modern era, the screws are an item that is required in various places and especially in the manufacturing units and in infrastructure works. These accessories are heavily used for construction of building, bridges, railways, in the ...
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In a bid to promote US designers in China, which is rapidly-growing as an international luxury market, the Beijing-based high-end fashion web retailer Shangpin.com has entered into a partnership deal with the Council of Fashion Designers of ...
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More companies are complaining of unfair competition from Amazon Web Services (AWS), suggesting that Amazon has created AWS-based services similar to their own, pricing them aggressively in a bid to win market share. The claims come less ...
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City Furniture has opened its 10th Ashley Furniture HomeStore, in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., area, to take advantage of a recovering market in Florida. City Furniture has opened a 25,000-square foot Ashley Furniture HomeStore here, its ...
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A PayPal alliance with Coinstar is being expanded to some parts of the U.S., allowing customers to deposit, withdraw and transfer funds to PayPal accounts through Coinstar kiosks. After a trial which started in 2011 in the Dallas ...
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Officeworks has introduced an online hub which will provide individuals and small businesses access to a suite of print and copy services. The redesigned online centre complements the in-store offering and will allow customers to complete ...
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"In a perfect world, all of us retailers that are utilizing iPads in the store would love to see each and every one of our manufacturers develop their own apps. Within these apps, we should be able to access the complete catalog as well as ...
Google may be taking a page from Apple as it considers opening brick-and-mortar retail stores, according to reports. Google is working on plans to open retail stores in the U.S. where the company would sell Google-branded hardware, ...
GB Patent Number: 2474175 Granted to: Qinetiq The high street and its retailers are facing growing challenges, as highlighted by the recent demise of companies such as Jessops, HMV and Blockbuster. For 'bricks and mortar' retailers in ...
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A large group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales tax for state and local governments, essentially raising the cost of many online purchases by 10 percent or more. ...
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Online shopping has been growing rapidly year after year and doesn’t look like it will be slowing down in the years to come. Once when one would go to buy jewellery they would drive down to their local jewellery store and purchase ...
American Express is rolling out a new service on Twitter that lets card holders make purchases on the social network through specialized tweets. Dubbed "Amex Sync," the technology integration will allow Amex users who sync their cards ...
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Using a smartphone to pay for purchases in lieu of a physical debit or credit card may become a US$1 trillion business by 2015, and some ancillary technologies for consumer engagement could help to make that happen. Shopping for products ...
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