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Target Confirms Encrypted PIN Theft After All
The retailer says that debit accounts remain secure thanks to strong encryption.
The Target Credit Card Breach: What You Should Know
40 million shoppers could be at risk for credit and debit card fraud.
Tech Retailing May Be Getting Better, but It’s Also Getting More Fragmented
The trouble with the trend toward manufacturer-operated stores.
Sadly, the PC Industry Doesn’t Deserve a Place as Nice as the Microsoft Store
Microsoft’s answer to the Apple Store is wonderful. But PC buyers apparently don’t want wonderful.
The 5 Best Sites for One-Stop Online Shopping
Here are five excellent sites that let you consolidate your virtual shopping trips by bringing different items—and even different stores—together in a single place.
Amazon Prime Air: 5 Predictions About the Retailer’s Delivery Drones
Delivery drones are coming, bringing a whole host of challenges with them.
4 Price Trackers That Can Save You a Fortune
Here are four great price tracking apps, websites and services that can help you figure out the best times to buy.
Amazon Now Selling Digital Download PlayStation Games
In case you haven’t noticed, physical media is disappearing.
Amazon Rounds Up Its Favorite Funny Product Reviews
Not content to let regular people handle the funny-products-on-Amazon roundups, Amazon itself has gotten in on the action.
Google Retail Stores? Makes Sense.
Google might be planning to open standalone retail stores in the United States, where it can show off its Nexus phones and tablets, Chromebooks and other creations.
Why PC Companies Fear Amazon
Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market-intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to Big Picture, an opinion column that appears every Monday on Techland.
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