Online Shopping Is About to Get More Expensive - Wall Street Journal

Best Buy Co. notified workers this week that it was cutting some jobs at its big-box stores, according to people familiar with the situation, as the retailer adapts to a world where more shopping happens online......»»

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc., the two largest U.S. card networks, said Wednesday that they’re planning to drop their longstanding initiatives to get online shoppers to use dedicated payment buttons......»»

Wall Street JournalGoogle Invests $550 Million in Chinese Online Shopping Site JD.comWall Street JournalSHANGHAI— Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGL -0.07% Google unit is investing $550 million .....»»

Wall Street JournalBlack Friday Shoppers Beware: Online Shopping Gets More ComplicatedWall Street JournalAs Americans gear up for the year-e.....»»

Wall Street JournalAmazon Primed to Boost Property Prices in Winning HQ2 CitiesWall Street JournalThe “Amazon effect” of easy online shopping has.....»»

A surge in online shopping and higher spending by low-income Americans gave a lift to the start of the holiday season, even as initial reports showed that foot traffic to traditional stores continued its long decline......»»

Wall Street JournalStore Traffic Falls Again on Black Friday but Not All News Is BadWall Street JournalA surge in online shopping and higher spending by l.....»»

Americans are shopping for cars in near-record numbers, but the world’s computer-chip shortage has left dealers with the fewest offerings in decades......»»

Visa Inc is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, its top boss said on Tuesday, as a surge in online shopping helped the world's biggest payment processor beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and counter sluggish travel spending......»»

The 35% jump in valuation comes ahead of the company’s expected public listing that is likely to happen as soon as the second half of this year, according to people familiar with the company’s plans......»»

Sports-media outlet the Athletic is in merger talks with news startup Axios, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a plan to build a larger online-publishing company that could include going public through a blank-check firm......»»

Lucid Motors Inc, which is going public through a merger with the special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE: CCIV), has committed to building a potentially expensive plant in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal read more.....»»

Shutterfly Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with a blank-check company, according to people familiar with the matter, less than two years after Apollo Global Management Inc. took the online-photo-book maker private......»»

New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. that accuses the online retailer of not doing enough to protect workers in the state from the coronavirus......»»

After gaining 5% last week, most actively traded silver futures rose as much 8% from Friday’s close......»»

Most students at California’s public universities won’t be returning to classes this fall......»»

Online auto retailer Vroom Inc. is seeking to go public as soon as June, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. read more.....»»

Online used-car seller Vroom Inc. has filed confidentially for an initial public offering it hopes to stage in June, according to people familiar with its plans, a move that will test the ice-cold tech IPO market......»»

Online travel services company Expedia Group Inc is in advanced talks to sell a stake to private-equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Apollo Global Management Inc for about $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday......»»

Expedia Group Inc. is in advanced talks to sell a stake to private-equity firms Silver Lake and Apollo Global Management Inc. after the widespread travel bans caused by the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the online-booking company’s business......»»