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Online retailing is big business, and growing. As virtual storefronts become major revenue generators, many retailers are realizing the value of free shipping, which has the potential to greatly increase sales. Consider these seven promotional strategies, good for consumers and investors.

Some Street-related dispatches from last week's entry in the Human Comedy: Kim Kardashian filed a silly sounding but well-grounded lawsuit against Old Navy's use of a lookalike; gaming magnate Steve Wynn went all FOXNews on a conference call; and Barnes and Noble surged, nonsensically, on Borders' liquidation.

Following Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Borders now plans to liquidate its remaining stores. But there's a bright side to the big box bookseller's death: Its long and tragic tale provides plenty of fodder for investors. Use these lessons to ensure that your future investments have a happier ending.

Many of America's best-known retailers, including Walmart, Home Depot and JCPenney, will be stepping into the earnings spotlight this week. Their reports come on the heels of disappointing January retail sales numbers from the Commerce Department.

Savvy shoppers know the drill. Before plunking down your dollars, you do your homework and comparison shop, which usually involves surfing a retailer's Web site to check out online deals. While that practice can prove fruitful for BestBuy customers (I scored a personal DVD player when buying a...

Amazon.com released a statement Monday saying that November was so far the "best sales month ever" for its portable electronic reader, Kindle. Does that mean that Amazon actually released sales numbers? Well, no. Despite phrases in a press release like "flying off the shelves" and "#1 bestselling...

Barnes and Noble is offering free MP3 downloads of nine audiobooks. The audiobooks are short stories by authors that include The Babysitter's Code by Laura Lippman, Great Day: An Unabridged Story from Armegeddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut, and Merrano of the Dry Country by Louis L'Amour. Tom...

On the heels of my post last week about video how-to sites comes word that Barnes & Noble is jumping into the fray with its own product, Quamut.com. What differentiates this site, though, is that B&N claims that all advice and tutorials are created by experts, fact-checked, and...