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North Texans will get a close-up look at Amazon.com’s push into physical retail with the opening of a new type of shop. The online-retailing giant Wednesday will open “Amazon 4-star” at the Stonebriar Centre, a large mall in Frisco that sits.....»»

Big tech companies have found varying degrees of success with cloud services.  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), with its Amazon Web Services is often viewed as the pioneer in cloud computing. The online retail giant made a prudent decision when it.....»»

Best Buy Co. Inc. is offering free next-day delivery on thousands of items for the holiday season, but exclude.....»»

Oracle is continuing its campaign for dominance in the cloud against rivals like Microsoft and Amazon — this time by ramping up hiring. Reuters reports that Redwood City-based Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) plans to add about 2,000 new workers world.....»»

Amazon.com Inc's Prime Day is now a major marketing opportunity and shopping event in the annual calendar for other U.S. retail companies, rivaling the Thanksgiving holiday's Black Friday as a driver of sales......»»

Twitch Prime is celebrating Amazon Prime day this year. The celebrations, however, will begin much earlier with users getting exclusive in-game content for Ape.....»»

Are traditional retail pharmacies and insurance companies worried about Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s push into their respective territories? read more.....»»

Walmart is rolling out free next-day delivery on its most popular items, increasing the stakes in the retail shipping wars with Amazon......»»

Walmart is rolling out free next-day delivery on its most popular items, increasing the stakes in the retail shipping wars with Amazon......»»

Weeks after Amazon officials said they planned to offer free one-day Prime shipping, Walmart said it would roll out "NextDay" delivery without .....»»

With this upgrade to Amazon Prime, the online leader has thrown down the gauntlet to its two biggest retail ri.....»»

Ain't capitalism grand: much to the chagrin of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and AOC, when companies actually compete, it's the consumer who winds up getting the benefit. In this case, online re.....»»

With this upgrade to Amazon Prime, the online leader has thrown down the gauntlet to its two biggest retail rivals......»»

ALCOHOL BY AMAZON? Amazon.com Inc. is looking for a booze business policy and lobbying expert, and it could portend a push into more alcohol sales for the online retail giant. The manager of alcohol public policy will be based in the Washington D.C. a.....»»

Amazon.com Inc. is looking for a booze business policy and lobbying expert, and it could portend a push into more alcohol sales for the online retail giant. The manager of alcohol public policy will be based in Greater Washington, D.C., and “will.....»»

Healthy competition makes every single one of us better. It allows us to come to terms with our limitations and challenges us to push ourselves t.....»»

Jim Cramer explains why Home Depot's tech-focused hiring spree will help it continue to buck Amazon's retail takeover......»»

Online retailer Amazon is surging to new highs Friday following a strong first quarter and tech giants Microsoft and Intel are also climbing, but U.S. stocks are just modestly higher overall......»»

Online retailer Amazon is surging to new highs Friday following a strong first quarter and tech giants Microsoft and Intel are also climbing, but U.S. stocks are just modestly higher overall......»»

Many of America’s biggest retailers, under assault from Amazon, have been slashing staff even faster than they have been closing stores, a dynamic that has left fewer clerks and longer checkout lines......»»