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The Dispatch, Episode 5: Amazon's new Echo family

by Molly Wood
Mar 3, 2016
Another episode from Molly's dispatch, this time she tries out the Amazon Echo.
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Wal-Mart posts results, faces headwinds

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 18, 2016
Competition from online retailers weigh on the retailer; wage hikes add to costs.
Competition from online retailers and deep discounters weigh on Wal-Mart.
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France's indie bookstores thrive in the age of Amazon

by Emma Jacobs
Jan 28, 2016
Big retailers can't charge significantly less for a title than a bookseller
Jérôme Cuvelier at his bookstore, La Maneouvre, says he did about a million dollars in business last year. 
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Maybe Twitter is the Bravo of tomorrow

by Mark Garrison
Jan 6, 2016
The social media company has to change to grow. Will tweeters understand?
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Free shipping day: why not year-round?

by Amy Scott
Dec 18, 2015
Many major retailers offer free delivery by Christmas Eve with no minimum buy.
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How the Rain Room may pay off for Restoration Hardware

by Adriene Hill
Nov 18, 2015
The luxury home store is among the new non-traditional players in the art market.
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Angie's List facing a hostile takeover and competition

by Sally Herships
Nov 12, 2015
IAC bid more than $500 million for Angie's List.
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Amazon's company culture: innovative or punishing?

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 19, 2015
Retailer is known for hard-working employees and 'unreasonably high' standards.
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Amazon fires back at NYT about its work culture

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 19, 2015
The internet retailer finds fault with the Times fact-checking process.
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Wal-Mart's stock plunges

by Molly Wood
Oct 14, 2015
The company is reinventing itself, at a high cost
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