Starting today, Amazon Prime members in Baltimore can have orders from Whole Foods Market delivered within a couple of hours, according to a news release from the companies.
Amazon is moving ahead with plans for a distribution center in Sparrows Point that will employ 1,500 people, the online giant announced Wednesday morning.
While most would-be auteurs still dream of having a major release and getting studio backing, more and more are taking advantage of the internet’s availability as a low-to-no-cost (and low-risk) distribution platform.
To help entice a second Amazon headquarters to Maryland, a state board has voted to waive a 12-month residency requirement to qualify for in-state tuition for
Borrowing a pizza delivery motto, online retail giant Amazon told Congress Wednesday it is developing the technology to use drones to deliver packages in 30 minutes or less, a broad expansion of unmanned flight that is raising concerns about safety, security and privacy.
A new door to employment in Baltimore is about to open wider. The gateway is the latest variation in online job listings and uploaded resumes called Apploi. Using desktop, laptops, smartphones and free-standing tablet screens in the city and elsewhere in Maryland, the business is poised for expansion.
Business is brisk this time of year for the Washington-based technology company Optoro, which processes and re-sells returned merchandise for some of the biggest retailers in the country.
After a lackluster Black Friday weekend — spending fell 11 percent from Thanksgiving through Sunday, according to the National Retail Federation — some big retailers were under more pressure to have a sales blowout.
Video advertising technology company Videology is weighing an IPO, but it faces stiff competition from rivals that have seen mixed results on the stock market or been bought up by tech giants.
Construction, some of it speculative, has returned to the industrial market around the country, and in the Baltimore region, as demand for warehouses hits developers from both sides.
Many of the nation's biggest retailers plan to sharply increase hiring for the holiday shopping season as consumers are looking to spend more, according to reports out today.
Maryland consumers who shop online at Amazon.com after Tuesday will find be paying more — 6 percent of the sale. Yet most shoppers will click "place your order" anyway.
Tribune is just the latest multimedia news company to split up its broadcasting and publishing assets, joining Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and E.W. Scripps, which completed such a spinoff just last week. Such separation is gaining momentum as traditional media seek to adapt to the fast-evolving digital landscape.
A hodge podge of companies -- grocery chain Albertsons, home furnishings e-tailer Wayfair, sportswear brand Under Armour and discount store Five Below -- made the top 10 list of fastest growing retailers, according to an annual report from Stores, a magazine of the National Retail Federation.
Oracle Corp. is reportedly nearing a deal to buy Columbia-based Micros Systems Inc., which supplies information systems to the hospitality and retail industries.
Commercial real estate company Duke Realty is moving forward with plans for a second Amazon distribution center next to the major facility announced last fall.
Amazon and L.L. Bean tied for best in consumer satisfaction during the holiday season, while Priceline.com came in last in an index released today.
The ForeSee Experience Index (FXI): 2013 U.S. Retail Edition
Online retailer Amazon has partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to provide Sunday package delivery at no extra cost in two key cities, and plans to expand the program dramatically in the next year.
Netflix changed the way people rent movies. Amazon upended the big-box bookstore. Other online retailers have grabbed market share in niches as diverse as contact lenses and pet medications. Why not disposable razors? That's the question posed by a Catonsville-based firm — along with about half a dozen other online upstarts.
When Amazon.com opens a huge distribution center next year in Southeast Baltimore, consumers across the state who buy books, electronics, toys or anything else from the online seller will no longer be able to avoid the state's 6 percent sales tax on those purchases.
As the nation prepared for the launch of Obamacare, Maryland was touted as a leader in adopting the president's signature program. Obama himself used a community college in Maryland as a backdrop to promote his plan — and to praise Maryland as a model.
Tech savvy millennials may be used to buying almost anything online, but they still do most of their shopping in stores, especially those that keep their offerings fresh and make the experience social, according to research from the Urban Land Institute.
The life of an independent bookstore owner is perilous these days. Still, you wouldn't imagine that an indie owner could end up near the top of the Central Intelligence Agency. Until Avril D. Haines came along.
Gift cards continue to top lists of most popular purchases this season, spurring billions in sales for merchants. And the category is growing fast, moving toward a day when some believe the plastic cards could be replaced by electronic ones