• best-buy
    Offline shopping? Best Buy wants to send a salesperson to your home

    Currently being tested in markets such as Atlanta, Austin, and San Antonio, Best Buy is trying out a free service in which a salesperson is sent to your home in order to provide recommendations about products to purchase. Basically,...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Amazon launches ‘The Hub,’ delivery lockers for apartments

    Originally developed for retail locations like 7-Eleven, Amazon has announced the creation of a delivery system for apartment buildings that don’t have any secure way to store packages when delivered. Called The Hub, this set of lockers is...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Walmart to add giant online order Pickup Towers to 80 more stores

    Rolled out during 2016 as a trial run in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is building online order Pickup Towers in 80 more stores this year. Currently installed in 20 stores around the United States, the towers completely automate the...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Prime Day Deals: $90 Echo, $399 4K HDTV (55″) and more

    Prime Day will be kicking off in less than 12 hours, specifically 6 p.m. PT on July 10. Running for a full 30 hours this year, Amazon released information this morning on the barrage of deals that...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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  • Amazon may build giant beehives for drone deliveries

    Detailed within a patent application, Amazon may build large structures resembling beehives in order to house a fleet of package-delivering drones. This type of building design would be ideal for large, congested cities. At the moment, Amazon positions...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Amazon launches “Try before you Buy” model with Prime Wardrobe

    Copying the business model of services like Nordstrom’s Trunk Club or Blackcart, Amazon Prime Wardrobe is a new prime perk that lets shoppers try clothing from Amazon Fashion before actually purchasing anything. After a shopper receives a shipment, they simply keep whatever...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Amazon wants to drop packages near your house using parachutes

    Detailed in a new patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday, Amazon is considering airdropping packages from drones and guiding those packages to a destination near your home. Hypothetically, this will keep the drones from colliding with...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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  • holiday-shopping
    All the Stores with Free Shipping During the 2016 Holiday Season

    Want to find out which stores are offering free shipping for the holiday shopping season? We can help. We’ve compiled a master list of free shipping stores that will be updated constantly through November, Black Friday and...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Target launches free holiday shipping, Walmart disappoints

    Detailing plans for holiday shopping (both online and in-store), Target announced that free holiday shipping (and returns) started this week with plans to run through January 1, 2017. Rather than limiting free shipping to just before Christmas...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Best Buy Brings Back Free Shipping on Everything, No Minimum

    Announced with little fanfare this year, Best Buy is now offering free shipping on all products between October 23, 2016 and December 24, 2016. Prior to this promotion, all orders had to reach a $35 minimum threshold in order to qualify for...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    New Amazon Prime Perks: Free e-books & Twitch streaming perks

    Rolled out within the last couple weeks, Amazon is adding onto the existing set of Prime perks offered by the online retail giant. Most recently, Amazon added the Prime Reading section; a subset of books and magazines...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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    Amazon wants to deliver packages inside your home, not outside

    Possibly pairing with Amazon’s fleet of white delivery vans in metropolitan areas, the online retailer is currently beta testing package delivery that’s left inside your home or garage. Running a test in Seattle, Amazon is linking up...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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