Pinch yourself if this sounds crazy. Amazon, the world's undisputed online retail champ is said to be considering a move into retail with a pilot store in Seattle that'll focus primarily on selling the Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablet alongside exclusively published books and e-books.
Apple's known for its striking store designs, but what it's got cooked up for Santa Monica's upcoming Apple Store looks to be one of its most bold designs yet.
Apple's flagship cube store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan may be fancy-looking, but it's about to get even more fancy-looking, as Apple is planning to replace the glass with fewer, bigger panes.
London has been a bit of a mess the past few days, as roving band of rioters have been looting and setting fires across multiple neighborhoods. As the Metropolitan Police tries to get things under control, the Liverpool Apple Store has taken the precaution of removing everything from its shelves.
We've all heard this story: retail is drowning and online sales are booming. Shoppers are voting with their wallets, going online for savings, interactivity and convenience. At the same time, rising rent costs are forcing retail stores to pack up and go digital or risk staying in business and staying relevant. Shopping online just offers more options that retail can't stock. It's only a matter of time before the digital and physical shopping experiences clash in a big way, and Intel's already trying to figure out how that's going to look.
Read on for three ways on how Intel and its partners plan to save (or at least stave off the destruction of) retail.
IGN, the site that notes squids aren't animals, announced the following data point from its "Are You Game?" survey of 2,000 gamers: Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is also king when it comes to videogame sales. To prove it,...
Wait, hold on! Don't buy an Xbox 360 today! Phew, that was close. Did I get you in time? I just wanted to make sure you knew the Xbox 360 gets $50 cheaper tomorrow. The one with the big...