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Amazon stopped giving refunds when an item's price drops after you purchase it

Except for TVs.

Amazon just raised its warehouse fees because it ran out of room last holiday season

If its warehouses are as full as they were during the 2015 holidays, Amazon's profit will suffer.

Tony Hsieh may sell Zappos' radical corporate culture as a service

No, it's definitely not a cult. Never mind the "people points."

A special casualty of the 2008 financial crash: Full-price fashion

Consumers want value more than ever, The RealReal's Julie Wainwright says.

What Target learned from its embarrassing Cyber Monday slowdown

Onward and upward!

Amazon launches restaurant delivery in Manhattan with more than 350 eateries

Free delivery, but the fee for restaurants to participate is steep.

Amazon is going to sell its own lines of food, detergent and diapers, and it's going to be a really big deal

As if Amazon needed more power.

Amazon Echo can now track your Amazon packages

A cool, if obvious, new feature.

Why Amazon loses big on apparel (and how to fix it)

The company needs to make a few changes before it can truly become a home for high-end designers.

Amazon wants to dominate India. But the typical Amazon playbook will not work.

New rules suggest Amazon will have to change its business practices in India.

Columbia House of Horrors: How Not to Run a Subscription Business

Companies like Fabletics and Adore Me have recently come under fire for poor management of their subscription businesses, based on the "negative option" model pioneered by Columbia House.

StubHub Will Use Virtual Reality to Let You Preview Your Seat

It's the first of many "experiments," eBay President Devin Wenig said in an interview.

Looking to Turn Crowdfunding Into Digital Commerce, Indiegogo Adds an eBay Exec

Joe Martin used to run eBay's rating system.

Fab Co-Founder Bradford Shellhammer Lands at eBay

Shellhammer is joining eBay's innovation team after selling his startup Bezar in a small transaction.

The Code/Commerce Series Is Coming, With Tony Hsieh and The RealReal’s Julie Wainwright

Vegas!

Uber India Is Working on Offering Ride-Booking on Snapdeal

Uber India and Snapdeal are discussing a deal that would allow Snapdeal users to hail an Uber in the e-commerce company's app.

Facebook's Trojan Horse Commerce Strategy

Think about what you’d need to have in place to build a successful e-commerce business.

Amazon's Clothing Line Is Definitely Happening

WWD reports that the wheels of the plan have just gone into motion.

Pinterest Nabs Google VP Jon Kaplan to Lead Global Sales

The Googler is taking the job vacated last June by media exec Joanne Bradford.

A Scary E-Commerce Earnings Season for Companies Not Named 'Amazon'

The companies orbiting the commerce giant are not going to have pretty Q4 reports, most likely.

Tech Arrivals and Departures

What ends up becoming substitution very often looks like complementary or coexistence for an awfully long time at first.

In Defense of Food (Technology)

Investing in the future of food is possibly one of the hardest -- and most important -- investment opportunities of our time.

Snapdeal Hopes to Go Public in India, but Offering Could Be Years Away (Video)

Snapdeal would like to do a stock offering in India so its sellers and customers can also become shareholders.

China's JD.com Invested Around $50 Million in Shopping Startup Wish

The investment is believed to be the company's first in a U.S. e-commerce startup.

Lululemon Gets More Digital With Hire of Former Top Target Executive

Alan Wizemann is the new VP of guest experience and digital product management.

Fab Co-Founder's Shopping Site, Bezar, Is Running Out of Money

New fundraising efforts have been unsuccessful for the 10-month-old site.

The Post-Mobile Era

The smartphone has laid the foundation on which the future will be built and will eventually give birth to that which displaces it.

Amazon's India Rival, Flipkart, Changes CEOs

Co-founder Sachin Bansal will be replaced by Flipkart COO Binny Bansal.

5,000 Geeks, Entrepreneurs, and Innovators Came to Cairo to Change the Middle East and the World

Silicon Valley showed up big-time for RiseUp Egypt 2015, but Western media was nowhere to be found.

Amazon's Complete Retail Domination in One Tiny Chart

Daunting.

Jet.com Misses Last-Minute Christmas Sales and Shows Downside of Its Model

The e-commerce startup began notifying customers 10 days before Christmas that it could not guarantee delivery by the holiday.

Google Ventures Owns Part of Several Unicorns, but the Biggest (And Trickiest) Is Uber

With $2.4 billion on hand and payoffs to come, Google Ventures could be a prized asset for Alphabet.