After years of trying to expand its online presence through organic growth, giant drug store chain Walgreen has decided to buy a bigger Web footprint, acquiring drugstore.com, the country’s eighth-largest e-tailer — and it’s p…
Is your state considering imposing an Internet sales tax? Faced with staggering budget deficits, many states are proposing legislation that will force out-of-state retailers to collect state sales tax from online shoppers.
Continue reading States, E-Tailers Clash Over Sales Tax
States, E-Tailers Clash Over Sales Tax originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:00:00.
Filed Under: Amazon.com, Taxes, Barnes & Noble
After a long, painful transformation from an online auction site to a mobile-focused e-commerce hub, eBay is finally staging a comeback, online and on Wall Street. But auction sales don’t account for its rousing recovery. For t…
After a holiday season that marked a return to some form of normalcy, merchants are bracing for a year of mild sales growth and more stable operations. Whether that momentum holds is an open question, given the state of the hou…
The online retail giant functions like two stocks: One is speculative and volatile, with unusually high valuations — and high demands for returns. The other is for long-term investors, who get rewarded for buying and holding w…