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Cashback News: Which US retailers are winning the e-commerce race?

Cashback News: Which US retailers are winning the e-commerce race? | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

It’s no secret bricks and mortar retailers are struggling to maintain profitability and manage expenses for their retail stores. As the importance of omnichannel grows, who are the US retailers finding success with e-commerce? Today’s retail and e-commerce roundup answers that question.


According to the US Department of Commerce, Q2 2016 e-commerce sales grew 16%. Walmart announced  positive Q2 earnings and an 11.8% jump in its e-commerce business.Target had a strong first half 2016 with e-commerce sales for pickup in-store up 50%. While Perry Ellis online sales grew 35.6% in Q2, it also plans to close 15 US stores, 20% of its retail locations.


Overall revenue decreased at Bon-Ton but sales on mobile devices were up 129% after enhancements to the mobile shopping site and simplifying its checkout for customers.


Q2 2016 total sales for Nordstrom.com grew 9.4% to reach $683 million. Revenue was up 6.6% at Home Depot and it fulfilled 42% of online orders in-store. Staples saw online revenue grow to more than 50% of sales in its B2B e-commerce business....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Retailers struggled to grow in-store revenue but e-commerce shone brightly for many US retailers, up 16% in Q2 2016 according to the US Department of Commerce.

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Wal-Mart reportedly in negotiations to acquire Jet

Wal-Mart reportedly in negotiations to acquire Jet | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Wal-Mart is in talks to acquire web retailer Jet, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sources said the deal could be worth as much as $3 billion.


Acquiring Jet could help Wal-Mart in its efforts to mount a serious threat to Amazon’s e-commerce supremacy. Its Walmart.com site offers about 11 million products, compared to about 260 million on Amazon, and attracted 88 million online visitors in February, compared to more than 1.7 billion for Amazon, according to comScore.


Year-old Jet, led by Diapers.com founder Marc Lore, has drawn more than $500 million in financing capital from venture firms New Enterprise Associates and Accel Partners as well as mutual-fund company Fidelity Investments and bank Goldman Sachs Group.


Dive Insight:
Just a few days past Jet’s first birthday comes the bombshell news that Wal-Mart is closing in a deal to purchase the e-commerce upstart.

Late last month, CEO Lore told Fortune that Jet sold $90 million in merchandise in May, compared to $33 million in December, and scoffed at the notion that the company might never be profitable, citing the support of deep-pocketed (not to mention patient) investors....


Via Douglas G Hall
Jeff Domansky's insight:
This is a bombshell in US retail and e-commerce news if a deal proceeds.
 
Doug Hall's curator insight, August 3, 2016 2:16 PM
This is a bombshell in US retail and e-commerce news if a deal proceeds.
Diane Dennis's curator insight, August 5, 2016 10:55 AM
When you are the biggest on the block and start to engage in unfair practices, in marches the competition.