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Jeff Bezos has a new top adviser at Amazon

by Jason Del Rey

A Kindle vice president is the CEO’s new “shadow.”

Millennials buy more clothes on Amazon than any other website

by Jason Del Rey

Yes, Amazon.

Amazon just confirmed its 10th book store, signaling this is way more than an experiment

by Jason Del Rey

The new Amazon Books location will open in Bellevue, Wash., later this year.

Walmart can beat Amazon once it starts copying what Amazon does best

by Eric Johnson

You can’t beat the Cleveland Cavaliers if you’re not defending against LeBron James, Enjoy CEO Ron Johnson says.

One of Facebook Messenger’s first retail partners has ditched it as a notification tool

by Jason Del Rey

Online fashion retailer Everlane announced the changes to customers today.

JackThreads is trying to find a buyer after its Hail Mary business model failed

by Jason Del Rey

The company has laid off staff in the process.

Surprise! It’s 2017 and Square is thriving

by Jason Del Rey

Remember when Jack Dorsey’s Square was supposedly crumbling? I do.

Walmart’s $3 billion man is coming to Code Commerce in March

by Jason Del Rey

Marc Lore is speaking on March 20 in Vegas during the Shoptalk conference. Be there.

Amazon plans to sell beer and wine at its new high-tech convenience store

by Jason Del Rey

The Amazon Go store in Seattle also carries sandwiches, salads and snacks.

Instacart is playing games with its workers’ pay — and will eventually suffer for it

by Jason Del Rey

Pay cuts, tip reductions and more.

Now you can buy things from Costco, Whole Foods and other stores via Google Home

by Tess Townsend

“Okay Google, order paper towels.”

Full transcript: Jennifer Hyman, CEO of Rent the Runway, is creating the Spotify of women’s clothes

by Recode Staff

Women are spending much more than men on business attire. And they don’t need to, says Hyman.

Jessica Alba’s Honest Company is contemplating a CEO change

by Jason Del Rey

The discussions come as Honest realizes it is a consumer-packaged goods company, not an e-commerce startup.

Breitbart gets to keep using Shopify to sell its merchandise

by Tess Townsend

“We don’t like Breitbart, but products are speech and we are pro free speech,” said CEO Tobias Lütke.

Amazon has at least 66 million Prime members but subscriber growth may be slowing

by Jason Del Rey

Amazon didn’t reveal Prime’s growth rate for the first time since 2013.

Amazon’s holiday sales numbers disappointed investors

by Jason Del Rey

But the online retailer was profitable for a seventh straight quarter.

Alibaba-backed OpenSky has bought defunct furniture website Dot & Bo

by Jason Del Rey

Yes, that OpenSky.

Amazon is building a $1.5 billion hub for its own cargo airline

by Jason Del Rey

The Northern Kentucky facility will eventually employ more than 2,000 people.

Walmart is going after Amazon Prime with free two-day shipping and no membership fee

by Jason Del Rey

The only catch is a $35 order minimum.

One of China’s largest online retailers is adding dozens of drone delivery routes to rural villages in 2017

by April Glaser

Drones aren’t expected to start regularly delivering packages in the U.S. until 2020.

Postmates is planning a big push into alcohol delivery

by Jason Del Rey

Starting in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

This startup raised $20 million to help Uber and OpenTable find customers inside other apps

by Jason Del Rey

Button is betting big on contextual commerce.

Amazon just launched virtual ‘Dash’ buttons for one-click buying from the homepage

by Jason Del Rey

Just let me live in the warehouse already.

Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake and Bevel creator Tristan Walker are coming to Code Commerce in March

by Jason Del Rey

The one-night event is March 20 in Las Vegas during the Shoptalk conference.

Twitter’s ‘Buy’ button is officially dead

by Jason Del Rey

It’s been a long time coming.

To take on Amazon, Walmart is streamlining its retail and web teams

by Jason Del Rey

Can the brick-and-mortar retailer become a tech company?

Amazon just poached one of Target’s rising stars to run Prime in important new markets

by Jason Del Rey

Jamil Ghani, the SVP of strategy and innovation, is heading to Seattle.

Amazon didn’t kill Macy’s. Macy’s did.

by Jason Del Rey

A case study in the risks of complacency.

Amazon just got slapped with a $1 million fine for misleading pricing

by Jason Del Rey

List prices, shmist prices.

Gaza is attracting the attention of Silicon Valley as young tech entrepreneurs push to solve problems themselves

by Christopher M. Schroeder

Tech gurus from Uber, Google, SoundCloud, Microsoft and 500 Startups have visited Gaza on their own dime as volunteers to mentor startups.

Instacart is cutting worker pay again in at least four cities

by Jason Del Rey

More changes at the $2 billion grocery delivery startup.

Alibaba’s Jack Ma is meeting with Donald Trump to discuss creating one million new U.S. jobs

by Jason Del Rey

All the way up.

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