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Water Cooler Talking Point: “Snapchat said that this was all a misunderstanding, but you’d have to imagine that a company on the struggle bus to Bankruptcy-ville would be more vigilant about irking their most important clientele. This is exactly why people want to turn ad buys over to machines.”

Somebody should tell Wal-Mart they’re doing it wrong. In what the Wall Street Journal described as an attempt to lure customers back to its brick-and-mortar locations, Wal-Mart has been quietly raising prices for some food and household products sold on its US website, including Kraft Macaroni

Authored by Saeculum Research's Neil Howe, via MauldinEconomics.com, The two firms are aggressively scaling up and branching out: Who will rise as the rest of retail sinks? Amazon turned heads last month when it acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. On the exact same day, Walmart announced

Amazon’s dominance of all things retail-related in the US is starting to effect on how packaged goods are marketed: Big Brands are starting to give up on expensive advertising campaigns because customers no longer see the value in expert branding. Now, thanks to Jeff Bezos and his algorithms,

Authored by Daniel Lang via SHTFplan.com, A lot of people were probably thrilled today about Amazon’s latest announcement. The online retail giant has revealed that they are going to reduce the cost of Prime membership, which provides free shipping for more orders and unlimited streaming for