Online Commerce

The Shopify Unite event was held this week highlighting new launches from the company and how it can help its partners in the growing e-commerce market. Shopify Unite: Shopify Inc (NYSE: SHOP) saw more than 450 million people complete checkouts in 2020. The company processed around $120...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s focus on long-term growth has been a signature trademark of its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. In fact, Bezos' desire to achieve growth at the expense of profits and margins is now showing signs of success. What You Need To Know Amazon reported its fourth...

eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) reported fourth-quarter results Wednesday that included a slight revenue miss and in-line earnings. But digging beyond the headline numbers reveals four reasons why investors can turn aggressive on the stock, according to RBC Capital Markets.  The Analyst...

Retailers are making a strong statement in their earnings report that they are far from dead, so says CNBC's Jim Cramer. Many of the companies who reported their earnings in the past few days made it clear they're putting up strong defenses against Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Cramer...

There is little doubt that e-commerce continues to gain traction and is becoming a preferred method of shopping for more consumers. But there is one problem few investors are discussing, a CNBC report noted: the surging cost of warehouse and distribution centers. Industrial real-estate rates close...

CNBC's viewers had an opportunity to direct retail related questions to one of the Street's most notable analysts, Morgan Stanley's Kimberly Greenberger earlier this week (check out her track record). L Brands Versus Amazon Greenberger was asked by a viewer to comment on L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB)'s...

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are trading within striking distance of the $1,000 per share mark and the company's CEO Jeff Bezos deserves a "trophy," at least according to Gene Munster. Munster, the ex-Wall Street analyst turned venture capitalist, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk on the...

One of the handful of issues plaguing retailers is the fact that there are simply too many stores for consumers to chose from. CNBC's Jim Cramer explained Friday that he personally shops at J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) but at its core the department store doesn't necessarily bring...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) announced on Wednesday a new strategy it believes will win over customers from rival Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): pay consumers to visit stores. Sort of. According to a CNBC report, Wal-Mart will give customers a discount for ordering an item online and having it...

The rise of ecommerce has most certainly changed the way we shop. According to Sharon Zackfia of William Blair, online commerce now represents 10 percent of all retail sales in the U.S. (excluding auto and gas) and growing at a pace approximately three times that of the broader retail index. Few...

CNBC's Courtney Reagan conducted a test involving Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT). Regan placed an order at all three retailers for an identical set of eight different goods. Among the products ordered included diapers,...

Warren Buffett displayed an appreciation for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s CEO Jeff Bezos during a segment on CNBC. Speaking as a guest during CNBC's Squawk Box segment, Buffett expanded on comments he made earlier in the weekend during Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B)'s...