A UPS survey shows that shoppers now make 51 percent of their purchases on the web. It’s old news that the surge of online shopping has caused some brick and mortar businesses to close. As book sales ...

The “bricks and clicks” business model represents a modern approach in retail, seamlessly combining the classic brick-and-mortar storefront with the burgeoning sphere of online commerce. This hybrid ...

A Houston-based chain that tried the revolutionary approach of selling custom-made suits over the Internet has ceased operations and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Originally called Express Custom ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The internet has been changing consumer behavior since its earliest days in the 1990s. And, ...

I decided this year to replace my bathroom vanity lights, a pair of decades-old fluorescent sconces that gave off a shrill hum almost as irritating as their bluish hue. With lights like these, there ...

THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING season 2000 may be remembered as the time when brick-and-click retailers came into their own, trumping their pure-play counterparts. Many of the preliminary numbers are in for ...

MANCHESTER, Conn. — Bob’s Discount furniture is gearing up for an expansion in the New York area with the opening of a new experiential location on Staten Island and the purchase of a new distribution ...

Carvana, a company founded on the premise of selling cars online, buys an immense amount of "offline" assets (50 or so ADESA real-world locations). And ADESA, a company with deep roots in those ...

Wal-Mart Stores generates less than 3 percent of sales online, despite opening a Silicon Valley outpost. Even players with a robust Web business such as Staples are struggling to find the right ...

'Bricks and clicks' retailers appear to have had the upper hand over pure-play internet stores in terms of web traffic this Christmas. According to research by credit-checking and information-services ...

When potential U.K.-based home buyers click to RightMove, a real estate listing site, they can search for a home by number of bedrooms, location, and school district – all important variables in a ...