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Posted March 28, 2013, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Walmart is reportedly considering a new service that would add an unusual twist to the delivery process by crowdsourcing it to customers. Under the plan, which is still in the early planning stages, the company would pay in-store shoppers to…
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Posted March 7, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
For nearly a month now, Google has been testing its own same-day delivery service named Google Shopping Express. This information comes from Reuters' unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Google Shopping Express won't put the search giant in the package delivery business though...
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Posted February 8, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign gained plenty of attention last year when it called out the search giant’s shopping tactics with regards to advertisements. Redmond is back on the offensive with yet another Scroogled campaign, this time taking aim at privacy concerns…
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Posted January 28, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Presenting CompuServe's ancient online "mall" as an example of Precambian prior art, Newegg successfully defeated Soverain Software's supposed patent claim to what is essentially the modern day shopping cart. If Soverain had won the verdict, there's a good chance nearly…
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Posted December 12, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Slowly but surely, it appears Amazon is losing the battle against collecting state sales tax on purchases made through its website. Massachusetts is the latest in a growing list of places where Amazon must charge sales tax on the goods it…
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Posted November 23, 2012, 5:30 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Tech Deals, Industry News
The holiday shopping season has officially started in the US, with several outlets online and retail offering discounts of all kinds to lure consumers. Among some of our favorite stores that are offering Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals are Amazon, Target,…
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Posted October 12, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
As online shopping becomes increasingly popular, it would seem traditional brick and mortar operations anchored down by their expensive store fronts can't truly compete -- or can they? In what seems to be a daring game of commerce chicken, Best…
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Posted July 2, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Google’s VP of Americas Sales Margo Georgiadis has authored a post on the company’s official blog that reinforces the idea that the Internet is where business is done and jobs are created. To back up this claim, Google provided $80…
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Posted April 30, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Amazon has reached an agreement with the state of Texas which will allow them to continue doing business there but at a cost -- Amazon will begin collecting sales tax from Texas residents starting July 1, 2012. Texas is the seventh…
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Posted December 20, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Online shopping is on the rebound in a big way versus the same time last year. For the first 48 days of e-commerce shopping from November through the week ending December 18, consumers spent nearly $32 billion, a 15 percent…
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Posted November 28, 2011, 8:51 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in Tech Deals
All in all, it's been a busier Black Friday and holiday shopping season start that we've seen in recent years, at least from my perspective. As usual online retailers have followed up with special discounts for Cyber Monday.
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Posted September 26, 2011, 12:52 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in TechSpot, TechSpot Weekly Breaking News
For about a year we've been working behind the scenes on our latest project, the TechSpot Product Finder, a comprehensive up-to-date catalog of tech products. We hope this becomes your next destination to make well-informed decisions when you go out shopping for your next laptop, SSD, monitor, digital camera, HTPC, tablet, or even your next media player.
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