Pricing
Which top retailer has the lowest prices? Online sellers know how competitive the Amazon.com marketplace is, but they may be wondering how it compares to other sites on pricing and product assortment. A new report from Boomerang Commerce takes a look and finds that Amazon wins on scores in the consumer electronics category and, surprisingly, Wal-Martโฆ
Matching online prices was once considered a risky proposition for brick-and-mortar retailers. Now itโs the norm. The newest evidence comes from Target, which is about to expand the number of online competitors it will match prices with to 29 from five. The updated policy, which goes into effect Thursday, includes giants like Macys.com and Staples.com as wellโฆ
The US Postal Service will help get Alibaba merchandise into the hands of US consumers more quickly. The agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alibaba's logistics firm Cainiao to work together to develop new international shipping solutions and enhance the logistics-service experience for sellers and buyers. Alibaba said the global B2C cross-border e-commerce marketโฆ
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Jet.com may have the lowest prices on the web, but a lot of people who visit the site still donโt realize it. That's something CEO Marc Lore acknowledged when asked about confusion among people who hear about Jet.comโs low prices but donโt see them displayed clearly when they visit a Jet.com product page. โBelieve me, we haveโฆ
The calendar may still say summer, but retail giant Wal-Mart is encouraging consumers to get in the Christmas spirit now. With Labor Day more than a week away, the world's largest retailer is scheduled to launch its holiday season layaway plan four months before Dec. 25. Starting today, two weeks earlier than it did last season, Wal-Martโฆ
Dozens of the nationโs largest retailers including Macyโs, Amazon.com and Home Depot have quickly moved to disassociate themselves from new discount retail website Jet.com. The retailers complained to Jet after discovering it had placed links to their sites without permission, promising its own members cash back for making purchases after clicking the links. A comparison of Jetโsโฆ
Two skeptical T.J. Maxx customers looked into the retailer's signature "compare at" price tags and found that the retailer basically guesses at what each item might go for at full retail and marks that as the comparable price for each discount item it sells. Law360 reports that they're now suing the company in California federalโฆ
Now that the barriers to price changes are broken down, are all bets off in e-commerce? When retailers started selling online they realized that this new selling channel was going to require an updated strategy. Shoppers no longer had to go across town or hop on the phone to compare prices. The success of comparisonโฆ