Walmart (NYSE:WMT) is reportedly abandoning its plans to launch a streaming video service. Walmart had been in talks with media executive Mark Greenberg since last summer, but the retailer wasn’t comfortable with the large investment it would need to make in streaming content, according to CNBC. Meanwhile, Costco (NASDAQ:COST) is still pursuing its own plans […]
Blog: Personal Experience at an Amazon Go in San Francisco – Next Big Future
The Amazon Go stores have been open for two years in Seattle. The Amazon Go Stores in San Francisco have been open for a few months, since October, 2018. The Amazon Go store on Post street is open on Saturday and it is a few blocks from Union Square. Union Square is a major […]
Blog: ‘Bad stores kill retail – not Amazon’ – Independent.ie – Independent.ie
This is baloney, he says, a yarn being pushed “by men in technology companies who don’t like shopping in the first place”. This includes me, he adds. “I’ve read articles you’ve written on this and you’re wrong,” he says, spreadsheets and clippings fanned out on the table. “You’re a technologist. You’re not typical. What you […]
Blog: Why You Should Be Using ‘Amazon Lite’ – Lifehacker Australia
When you’re shopping on Amazon, it’s easy to get distracted by all of the ads and suggestions the site makes. You might get so distracted, in fact, that you end up forgetting what you went to the site to shop for in the first place. For instance, if I go to Amazon’s homepage right now […]
Blog: Six Retail Tech Trends To Watch For 2019 That Go Beyond Competing Against Amazon – Forbes
Cashierless stores, robotic assistants are among the items on retailers’ tech shopping lists at this year’s NRF Retail’s Big Show.Andria Cheng Tech to compete against a disruptive Amazon will continue to be central to the retail play of 2019. But it isn’t the only thing driving what will makes retailers’ tech shopping list. While you can expect […]
Blog: 5 Best Deals On Alexa-Equipped Accessories From Martin Luther King Jr. Day Long Weekend Sales – Forbes
Amazon’s Alexa is widely considered one of the most reliable virtual personal assistants on the market. And for good reason. The service comes with tens of thousands of skills, the opportunity to control your smart home and order pizza, among others, and much more. But in order to take full advantage of Amazon’s Alexa and […]