Wal-Mart to expand online savings tool nationwide
Wal-Mart is expanding its online tool that compares prices on thousands of products with those of some of its competitors to cities nationwide in the next few months.
Business
Jun 4, 2014
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Study: Altruism and reciprocity in online transactions
Researchers have looked at why anonymous traders using eBay auction sites bother to give feedback on one another, given such transactions are usually one-offs.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2013
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E-commerce's future is in creating 'swift guanxi,' or personal and social rapport
Despite the reputation of online marketplaces being distant and impersonal, through social technologies such as instant messaging, they can create the sense of personal and social relationships between buyers and sellers, ...
Economics & Business
Jun 14, 2013
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Google 2012 revenue hits $50 billion, profits up (Update)
Google reported Tuesday that its profit climbed and its annual revenue hit an unprecedented high last year as it evolved to stay in tune with people using smartphones and tablets.
Business
Jan 22, 2013
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Facebook, Google dip their toes in sale of physical goods
Google and Facebook made their names by helping people find information or friends online. But in recent weeks the two rivals have made some surprising moves in a different direction - the business of selling and delivering ...
Business
Dec 27, 2012
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New 'virtual' tape measure could give online clothes shoppers the perfect fit
A ground-breaking web-based system that takes unprecedentedly detailed measurements of the body could revolutionise online clothes shopping.
Software
Nov 21, 2012
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California to target Web retailers for sales taxes
The California tax man cometh, and he's headed for the Internet.
Business
Sep 3, 2012
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Make me an offer, say online shoppers
Online shoppers would rather receive an offer for a product or service than make their own offer, according to a study led by a Michigan State University scholar that has implications for the fast-growing e-commerce industry.
Economics & Business
Jun 26, 2012
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Tale of two e-retailers: study finds U.S. online consumers bigger risk-takers, more trusting than Korean shoppers
U.S. online shoppers more likely to be risk-takers compared to their Korean counterparts, says Professor Frances Gunn, Ted Rogers School of Retail Management. She is the Canadian co-author of an international study that examined ...
Internet
May 1, 2012
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Estonian robots boost global online clothing market
Fashion fans have one more reason to swap brick-and-mortar shops for online retailers: a company in tech-savvy Estonia has come up with a way to let you try on new clothes on your own computer.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 15, 2012
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