The Nasdaq computer index Friday hit its highest point since November 2000, in the wake of the dot-com bust, despite mixed reports this week from the hardware and components sector. The Nasdaq computer index closed Friday at 1989.89, up ...
Tags: PC sales, online commerce
Online home furnishings and decor retailer Wayfair.com said it had record Cyber Monday sales this year topping $9 million, a 50% increase from the previous year. The company sold one item every 1.3 seconds on Cyber Monday, Dec. 2. Over ...
It may be years, if ever, before drones are delivering Amazon.com products to people’s doorsteps. But they’ve already been successfully field-tested when it comes to delivering crucially needed medical supplies. Andreas ...
Millions of Americans logged on to e-commerce sites Monday to take advantage of deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing on what was expected to be the busiest Internet shopping day of ...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Mobile, e-commerce
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Bezos' idea to let self-guided drones deliver packages may be too futuristic for Washington to handle. The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less. ...
Tags: Amazon, Delivery Drones
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—According to Leisure Trends’ annual holiday survey, many consumers planned to shop early to avoid the traditional shopping rush in November and December this season. The survey contains results from two ...
Tags: holiday survey, shopping, retailers
Predictions for "Cyber Monday" are wide of the mark for clothing retailers–which will actually see their busiest shopping day a few days later on Thursday December 5th, according to analysis by virtual fitting room provider Fits.me. ...
Tags: Fits.Me, 'Big Day', Clothing Retailers
The Chinese economy, which saw a notable slowdown early this year, has recovered solidly based on latest data, and analysts expect the recovery momentum to be stable. One of the most convincing indicators emerged on Monday, or "Singles' ...
Tags: China's Recovery, Firm Footing
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, analysts say the outlook for the busiest shopping days of the year will be challenging for most retailers facing aggressive competition and still-cautious shoppers. John D. Morris, Retail ...
Frontier Soups is introducing a new holiday gift basket and offering discounts on all food gift baskets during November for early holiday shoppers who are on a quest for the best healthy holiday gift baskets. All gift baskets and pantry ...
Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion in 2017, and Gartner sees ...
Tags: UNIX, Computer Products, software
Rackspace Hosting, the open cloud company, announced it has entered into the Magento Hosting Partner program as a platinum level partner. Rackspace and Magento, a division of X.commerce, an eBay Inc. company, will work collaboratively to ...
The most popular toy products and retailers during Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US have been listed. During the last two weeks of November, nearly 24 million consumers shopped online for toys, a rise of 18 per cent year-on-year, ...
PayPal is set to launch a chip-and-pin-based mobile payment service in the UK later this year, the firm has revealed, ahead of showcasing the technology at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This statement comes after the eBay-owned ...
Tags: PayPal, mobile payment service, mobile tech
Privalia, the online leader in fashion "flash sales," with operations in Spain, Germany, Italy, Brazil and Mexico, is working with IBM to boost its expanding online sales business through mobile and social channels to meet the dynamic needs ...
Tags: IBM, Privalia, online sales business