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Corporate Governance

  • Blue Nile makes another move to win with Webrooms

    Leading online jeweler Blue Nile is set to open its first physical location outside of New York City in an ongoing effort to reimagine the jewelry buying experience.

  • Overstock partnership to offer exclusive merchandise

    Overstock.com is partnering with fashion company Andrew Charles on an exclusive line of home goods and fine jewelry.

    “We are excited to announce this exclusive partnership, and to offer our customers these original products,” said Overstock.com President Stormy Simon. “Andrew Charles is a beautiful line, and we are looking forward to adding it to our designer collection.”

  • Tech Guest Viewpoint: Digital convergence gets interesting

    RSR has been tracking retailers' e-commerce strategies for more than five years. During that time we’ve seen interest in a major platform refresh, the introduction of mobile and social as e-commerce considerations, as well as convergence – where retailers increasingly view mobile and other non-commerce online activities in the context of their overall "digital" strategy, with their e-commerce platform as the centerpiece.

  • Gap is exclusive winner of inclusion award

    Gap Inc. CEO Art Peck was in New York on March 16 to receive the 2016 Catalyst Award from an organization focused on accelerating progress for women through workplace inclusion.

  • Ikea plans more expansion in California

    Ikea had submitted plans to build its ninth store in the state of California, in the Bay Area suburb of Dublin.

    Pending approvals, Ikea could begin construction of the store in spring 2017, with an opening in summer 2018. The retailer plans to evaluate potential on-site power generation to complement its current U.S. renewable energy presence at nearly 90% of its U.S. locations.

  • Best Buy adds Silicon Valley heft to board

    The board of directors at Best Buy Co. is losing a longtime board member and gaining a new voice with experience in forming relationships with top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

    The retailer announced that former CEO Brad Anderson will retire from the board of directors and that the company has appointed corporate venture capital leader Claudia Fan Munce to the board.Anderson will serve the remainder of his term through the end of the annual shareholder meeting on June 14. Munce will stand for election at that time.

  • Report: Amazon wants to patent selfie payment

    The struggle to dominate leading-edge mobile payment technology may be taking an even more competitive turn. According to Re/Code, Amazon.com has filed a patent application for a process that would allow consumers to authenticate mobile transactions with digital photos of themselves, rather than with passwords. MasterCard recently announced it will roll out a similar-sounding technology called “Selfie Pay.” [Re/Code]

  • Starbucks opens first-of-a-kind store in Queens, New York

    Starbucks on Monday opened a store in the Jamaica section of Queens, New York, which has a strong job training component.

    The location is the first in a nationwide initiative Starbucks announced last summer to open stores in at least 15 diverse urban communities across the United States by 2018, with the aim to create new jobs, engage local women and minority-owned vendors and suppliers, and collaborate with local nonprofits to support training opportunities for youth in the individual communities.

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