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  • Gap appoints digital exec as new CEO

    Gap has appointed a new CEO. Art Peck, currently president of the company’s growth, innovation and digital division, will succeed Glenn Murphy as the company’s next executive chief, effective Feb. 1, 2015.

    The company said that after seven years in his role, Murphy made the personal decision to leave the company at the end of the fiscal year. Under Murphy’s stewardship, the company acquired new brands and globalized its business by expanding store locations from 10 to 50 countries, including China.

  • Amazon launches 1-hour delivery in N.Y.

    Manhattan residents now have the opportunity to receive Amazon deliveries faster than ever before.

    Prime Now, the newest benefit for Amazon Prime members, offers one-hour delivery on tens of thousands of products through a mobile app. Prime Now is powered by Amazon’s network of fulfillment centers that utilize high-end technology to speed up order delivery times for customers.

  • Amazon makes customers an offer they can refuse

    Amazon.com is rolling out a new haggling feature on its website as the company looks to further cement its low-price reputation among consumers.

    The new “Make an Offer” feature allows sellers to accept or reject bids on more than 150,000 items across the categories of Sports and Entertainment Collectibles, Collectible Coins and Fine Art.

  • Amazon launches one-hour mobile delivery in Manhattan

    Seattle – Manhattan residents have the opportunity to receive Amazon deliveries faster than even before.

  • Jeweler Charles Krypell to open on Long Island

    North Shore, Long Island, New York - Faith Hope Consolo, chairman, and Joseph Aquino, executive VP, of Douglas Elliman's Retail Group are the exclusive leasing and marketing team for the newly named Krypell Plaza at 15 Northern Boulevard, a two-building retail center being completed at the corner of Glen Cove Road.  The center will be anchored by international jewelry designer Charles Krypell in a multi-level location.  

  • $42.5B spent online so far this holiday season

    Consumers are doing even more holiday shopping from their desktop computers this year, according to a new report from comScore.

    The Internet analytics company reports that U.S. consumer spending from desktop computers for the first 44 days of the November-December 2014 holiday shopping season is up 15% from last year, to $42.5 billion.

  • Shopping app Piccing launches with $3.6M

    Piccing, a “social-shopping” platform, has raised $3.62 million from undisclosed investors, the company announced.

    The company’s web and iOS app lets users upload or bookmark images — the latter, Pinterest-style — wherein they can add up to five hotspots tied to items found in each image, thereby helping to make those images “shoppable.”

    Users browsing or searching via the platform can click on any image’s hotspots — dubbed “piccs” — to buy the product or see similar items.

  • American Apparel's Dov Charney is out for good; fired "for cause"

    New York - In a long-awaited decision handed down late Monday, Dov Charney, the controversial founder of American Apparel, has been fired "for cause" as CEO. He was suspended as president and CEO of the hipster apparel chain in June for alleged misconduct and violations of company policy, American Apparel said in a statement. The decision was made by the board’s “suitability committee,” which was formed in the wake of Charney’s suspension to oversee an internal investigation.
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