CTA
Retailers’ Insider Guide To 4K UHD TV: A Free Webinar
Sales strategies for 4K UHD TVs and the full ecosystem of 4K products
Retail
CES
Retailers Are Sold On Smart Home; The Trick Is Convincing Their Customers
The trick is convincing their customers
Retail
Toys‘R’Us Liquidation Likely: Report
Bankrupt playthings chain Toys“R”Us may be preparing for liquidation.
Retail
Target Ups Its Online Fulfillment Game
The discounter is rolling out a host of online and in-store initiatives.
Retail
Retail Retrenchment To Continue Into 2019: Tiger Group
In retail, as in baseball: It ain’t over ’til it’s over
Retail
Liberty Interactive To Become Qurate Retail Group
Name change reflects concentration on TV, online retail
Retail
Best Buy Hanging Up On Stand-Alone Phone Stores
The retailer will pull the plug on its small-format Best Buy Mobile shops before June.
Retail
Best Buy Q4 Comps Soar, But Profits Fall 40%
Same-store sales rose 9 percent on mobile phone and video gaming gains.
CE Financial Strategies
Case Study: Protecting Orders in an Unpredictable Retail Environment
Keeping up with the Joneses — much less keeping ahead — is an ongoing challenge for all consumer technology companies. If you’re going to...
Retail
Sam’s Club Offering Same-Day Delivery Thanks To Instacart
Initially offered in three markets with more to follow
Products
Do AR & VR Have Real Shots In Retail?
Tom Campbell, corporate director for Video & Audio Center, discusses the retail prospects (and hurdles) for virtual reality and augmented reality.
Retail
Walmart Previews Website Redesign
Walmart's giving a peek at what it called a glimpse of a broader website redesign.
Retail
First Data Discerns Top 5 Retail Trends Of 2018
If last year was transformational for retail, better hold on to your endcaps in 2018.
Home Automation
Watch: How Brick-And-Mortar Is Crucial In Selling The Smart Home
What retailers are doing right
Retail
Circuit City Launch Delayed
Circuit City CEO Ronny Shmoel has postponed the planned Feb. 15 debut of his e-commerce site due to a deluge of pre-launch traffic.
Retail
Sam’s Club Upping Its E-Commerce Efforts
Sam’s Club is catching the digital wave that sister chain Walmart has been riding of late.
Retail
Tech, Appliance Dealers Start The Year Off Strong
The Census Bureau reports solid retail sales in January.
Retail
If Sears Goes Away, These 3 Retailers Will Benefit Most
There are still plenty of greenbacks up for grabs.
Retail
GameStop Management Shuffle Continues
Three days after naming a new CEO, GameStop cut loose two other senior execs.
Retail
Retail Sales To Rise 4% This Year: NRF
The forecast mirrors CTA's outlook for 2018 tech revenue.
Accessories
Michael K. Mauler Tapped As New GameStop CEO
Replaces J. Paul Raines, who stepped down in November
Retail
Pricing Shootout, Round 2: Amazon Vs. Walmart
The world’s top two discounters go head-to-head.
Retail
Best Buy Exiting CD Biz: Report
Packaged media will take another step toward tech-stinction this summer when Best Buy pulls the plug on CDs.
Retail
Bezos: Amazon To ‘Double Down’ On Alexa After Record Q4
The company pointed to historic holiday volume and widespread Alexa adoption.
Retail
Sears Trimming HQ Staff
Sears Holdings is eliminating about 220 corporate posts, with the majority coming out of its Hoffman Estates, Ill., headquarters.
Retail
Inside Video & Audio Center’s New Bleeding-Edge Super Store
An answer to the question 'Is brick-and-mortar still valuable?'
Retail
RC Willey Opens 2nd Sacramento Store
The new 170,000-square-foot mega showroom is the retailer’s 12th full-service location.
Retail
Amazon Super Bowl Ad Asks: What If Alexa Lost Its Voice?
None other than founder/CEO Jeff Bezos makes a cameo appearance in this year's Super Bowl spot.
Retail
Walmart Entering e-Book Biz Through Rakuten Alliance
Walmart is looking to blunt Amazon’s Kindle e-reader business through a new alliance with Internet conglomerate Rakuten.
Retail
As Online Retail Condenses, Big-Box Hangs In There
Digital retail models are shifting CE retailing in favor of online-only retailers as well as vendor-direct models.
Retail
Colorado’s Appliance Factory Hearkens hhgregg For Ohio Launch
The Colorado retailer marked its first venture outside the state, choosing a former Dublin, Ohio, hhgregg store as its new beachhead.
Retail
Amazon Announces HQ Finalists
Amazon has whittled down the list of 238 contending townships to just 20 finalists.
Retail
This Is What Shopping Could Be Like Real Soon
Four retail tech trends stood out at this week's NRF "Big Show" in New York.
CES
Q&A: Alibaba’s Zhang Kuo Sheds Light On U.S. B-To-B Strategy
Also talks global commerce in a connected world
CES
Circuit City To Relaunch Feb. 15
Circuit City CEO Ronny Shmoel has set Feb. 15 as the launch date for his iconic retail brand.