The physical grocery landscape in Seattle is taking another turn in a space once connected to Amazon. A former New Seasons Market in the Ballard neighborhood, which closed in 2019,… Read More
In the heart of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood on Sunday, the streets were busy with people visiting a variety of shops, bars and restaurants as well as the popular Farmers Market.… Read More
The news: DevHub, the Seattle software-as-a-service startup that is used by more than 179 brands and/or their agencies to build websites and landing pages, has acquired New York-based Brickwork, a… Read More
Amazon is taking its physical retail ambitions and grocery store technology overseas, opening an Amazon Fresh store in the United Kingdom on Thursday. The store will be Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar… Read More
Fry’s Electronic’s, the big-box chain that was a longtime, one-stop shop for tech enthusiasts, is shutting down after 36 years in business. The company cited “changes in the retail industry… Read More
Amazon is popping open the doors on its latest brick-and-mortar retail concept Friday in Seattle with the arrival of Amazon Pop Up, a rotating shopping experience where customers can go… Read More
Another chapter in Seattle’s storied literary and retail history is coming to a close on Saturday. Barnes & Noble is vacating its downtown location after 22 years, leaving the core… Read More
Diana Naramore is all smiles. Maybe it’s contagious, since she’s surrounded all day by so many Amazon packages with that familiar smile logo. Naramore is owner and CEO of Sip… Read More
In the age of Amazon, and the get-what-you-want-now mentality of online shopping, there are certainly still plenty of people who seek out a brick-and-mortar retail experience. Stocking shelves and staffing… Read More
Armoire aims to help women access new clothes without having to enter a physical store. But now the Seattle startup is testing a brick-and-mortar strategy to compliment its online fashion… Read More
LAS VEGAS — You don’t typically find juice bars, voice-activated fans, virtual reality headsets, and a nightclub vibe inside a wireless carrier’s retail location. But that’s exactly what’s going on… Read More
A new section of Amazon’s quarterly earnings report reflects the company’s growing ambitions for physical retail. RELATED: Amazon crushes profit expectations, sales rise 34% to $43.7B, stock up 7% The… Read More
It’s been another rough year in the brick-and-mortar retail world, as retailers of all sizes search for answers to deal with Amazon’s online retail disruption and its burgeoning portfolio of physical… Read More
Amazon Go, the online retailer’s “Just Walk Out” convenience store in downtown Seattle, is still in private beta mode three and a half months after its unveiling – and some… Read More
The battle between digital and analog is a David and Goliath match. But peddlers of antiquated products do have a magic slingshot: Nostalgia. It’s a powerful weapon, one that made the… Read More
Amazon is planning to open a drive-up grocery store in Seattle, newly discovered planning documents suggest. Permit filings uncovered by GeekWire show plans to renovate the former Louie’s Cuisine of China site, at 5100… Read More
Amazon is planning to open a brick-and-mortar bookstore in New York City’s Hudson Yards, according to The New York Post. An unnamed source told the newspaper that the bookstore, scheduled to open… Read More
AreaMetrics, which uses location and other data to help stores optimize their layout to match customer preferences, has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by two Silicon Valley venture… Read More
