Sears announced that it will close between 100 and 120 Sears and K-Mart stores due to lackluster holiday sales figures. One culprit being blamed is e-commerce. Two others are mobile and social technologies. According to a Forbes’ article...
According to Wikipedia, Groupon – a portmanteau derived from “group coupon” – is a daily deal website that features heavily discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. The principle is simple...
Sears, the leading department store chain, has just launched a new group-buy app in Facebook called WishTogether, essentially the same as Walmart’s CrowdSaver app. With Sears’ WishTogether app, users get to choose the ‘deals’...
In the lead up to holiday season, big US retailers are jumping on the social commerce train. First up, is department store Macy’s, which, taking a cue from Diesel’s Diesel Cam and Jeanswest’s Butt Cam is trialling a Magic Fitting...