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Jessica Alba’s Honest Company has been in talks to sell to a big consumer product giant

M&A is heating up in the online consumer packaged goods category

This startup will give you money when you shop on other apps

And it thinks it has solved the big tech obstacle to making that happen smoothly.

GOAT is a sneaker app that should be dead — but is making millions instead

It has a new $5 million investment and a cult following among sneakerheads.

How long before Amazon forces its Indian rivals into a merger or sale?

Pressure is mounting on Flipkart and Snapdeal.

Why the chip-card transition in the U.S. has been such a disaster

Still confused about EMV cards? You’re not alone. There was little formal or official education about the shift, and actual adoption has been piecemeal.

One Kings Lane sold for less than $30 million after being valued at $900 million

In the wake of two huge e-commerce acquisitions, a reminder of the tough ones.

Yeah, everyone calls us ‘an Airbnb for dogs.’ No, we’re not a tech company.

Advancements in technology have had an amazing impact on the world of business, but that doesn’t make every new startup a tech company.

If you can’t hire black and Latino tech workers, you’re not really looking, says Walker & Company CEO Tristan Walker

Those who say talented techies of color don’t exist are spouting “complete bullshit,” Walker says on the latest Recode Decode.

E-commerce is still really hard — even after Jet and Dollar Shave Club fetched $4 billion

Sorry!

Walmart’s e-commerce growth has started accelerating just in time for its Jet.com deal

A nice change of pace after five subpar quarters of online growth.

Home Depot’s stock is flying high. Is it a good time to buy a startup like Houzz?

Sometimes big acquisitions come from a position of strength.

Meet the low-profile VC firm that invested in tech’s last two billion-dollar sales

Forerunner Ventures has had a very good month as an investor in both Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com.

Could Jet give Walmart customers a smart alternative to Amazon?

Ben Sun, an early Jet investor, writes about his optimism for the e-commerce site's sale to Walmart

The digital identity dilemma

Virtual ID “cards” will dramatically change how quickly and easily we use web services, make online transactions and more, while dramatically decreasing the potential for fraud and identity theft.

Walmart was the only bidder in $3 billion Jet.com acquisition

Competing bidders weren’t why Walmart paid a premium.

Walmart is buying Jet.com for $3 billion

Jet.com CEO Marc Lore will also run Walmart.com

Dollar Shave Club just sold for $1 billion to Unilever

That’s a lot of razors.

Silicon Valley is already buying art. Online, of course.

For every Mark Zuckerberg, there are hundreds if not thousands of wealthy tech veterans buying reasonably priced art.

Are Amazon’s latest private label offerings part of a China strategy?

Chinese consumers have a huge unsatisfied demand for Western goods like electronics, shoes, shampoo/beauty, diapers and nuts. Sound familiar?

Here's how Amazon decides when to kill new projects

Hint: It's not when people call it crazy.

India's Snapdeal loses key Silicon Valley vet Anand Chandrasekaran as it battles Amazon

The former Yahoo exec moves into the startup world.

Amazon is going to launch its Fresh grocery delivery service in new markets including Boston and the U.K.

After an 18-month launch hiatus, AmazonFresh is expanding once again.

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.