Almost 11 years after opening its first bricks and mortar retail store, Microsoft had 83 stores around the world at the start of this year. Now the company says it’s closing them all and instead shift its focus to online sales through the existing Microsoft.com as well as the Microsoft Store apps for Windows and […]
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Amazon Go is a tech-driven convenience store without cashiers
Amazon is already largely responsible for a change in the way people shop, thanks to the company’s evolution from an online bookstore to an online shop where you can buy almost anything, and have many items delivered the same day, or even within hours. Now Amazon has unveiled a new type of bricks and mortar store that […]
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Newegg Premier offers free shipping for $50 year, isn’t quite Amazon Prime
Just as Amazon is considering raising the price of its Amazon Prime subscription service, competitor Newegg is launching its own subscription-based program that offers free shipping to frequent shoppers. Newegg Premier offers free 3-day shipping or discounts on faster shipping to customers who pay $50 per year. There’s also no restocking fee for returns and […]
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Amazon working on half-hour delivery-by-drone service: Amazon Prime Air
Amazon offers a range of shipping options, including free 2-day shipping for Amazon Prime subscribers and free 5-8 day shipping for customers that spend $35 or more on select items. Soon there may be another option: Delivery within a half hour… by air… by autonomous drone. Seriously. The company is working on a project it […]
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Fireworks retailer uses 300 NOOK Colors with CyanogenMod for product demos
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words… and a video is worth a few thousand more. If you’re trying to sell fireworks, you’re selling a box of sticks with the promise that they’ll blow up in interesting ways. A picture on the box sort of shows what you’re really buying, but a video does […]