online retailers

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.

In the latest of many recent successful Chinese IPOs, E-Commerce China Dangdang -- often called the Amazon of China -- saw its shares soar in its New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday.

Three online retailers will pay as much as $400,000 in penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they failed to post EnergyGuide information on their websites to tell people how much energy their appliances consume. P.C. Richard & Son, Inc., and P.C. Richard & Son, LLC,...

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Friday (last updated at 8:09 a.m. Eastern time): Economic Reports Affirm Slowing: Data released Thursday raised further questions about the robustness of the economic recovery, sending stocks lower on Wall Street. The...

Ka-ching! Shopping over the Internet may soon cost North Carolinians more if e-retailers agree to a sales tax amnesty program. The plan would allow online retailers to avoid paying past sales taxes, provided they agree to start collecting them in the future. But Amazon has issues.

Fueled by the surging popularity of its Kindle reader, effective holiday discounts and free shipping, which we skeptics used to argue would bleed the Seattle-based company dry, online retailer Amazon (AMZN) posted better-than-expected results on Thursday. Net income soared 71% to $384 million, or...

Your local mall may look less like a ghost town this time next year. Expect to see more stores opening in 2010 to replace those lost during the recession. And some of the shopping centers will take on an increasingly international flavor, as a variety of European chains are expanding rapidly into...

Print media may be suffering a decline, but there's one genre within the industry that's still thriving: catalogs. As the Wall Street Journal reports today, catalogs -- 17 billion of which were mailed last year -- will likely be around forever, because people appreciate being able to hold and look...