Here's what happened in e-commerce this week

Facebook is giving out free beacons to retailers; what Alibaba's expansion into the US means for retailers; Online customer service needs more attention

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Business Insider Select   June 14, 2015 Here's what happened in e-commerce this week Facebook is giving out free beacons to retailers; what Alibaba's expansion into the US means for retailers; Online customer service needs more attention Read» Share this story: Here's what happened in payments this week Samsung Pay and Apple Pay updates, Facebook and Shopify in social commerce, Pinterest Braintree partnership, Verifone mPOS booming, Mastercard battles bitcoin in UK  Read» Share this story: THE APP-STORE MARKETING REPORT: User Acquisition, Retention, And Strategies For Getting Apps To Stand Out The cost of acquiring and retaining users is soaring.  Read» Share this story: Here's who the real-life Piper wants her character in 'Orange Is the New Black' to end up with The author has an out-of-the box romantic choice for Piper.  Read» Share this story: Here's your complete preview of this week's big economic events Things have been looking up in the US economy. And the American consumer...  Read» A brief history of Dr. Dre's biggest business deals Dr. Dre was far too cool to attend WWDC, the San Francisco developers'...  Read» Larry Page and Elon Musk attended the most important robotics event of the year — here's what it was like It's surprisingly transfixing watching robots – great, lumbering...  Read» Advertisement Harvard professor: 'Twitter is rapidly becoming the BlackBerry of social media' Just a day after Twitter announced that CEO Dick Costolo was stepping...  Read» Share this story: There's one thing Wall Street interns care about more than which bank they get into Every year, young Wall Street hopefuls jockey for internships at banks...  Read» Share this story: Marco Rubio wants to build a country where regular Americans have a harder time bouncing back from their mistakes On Tuesday, we learned Sen. Marco Rubio is bad with money. When he...  Read» Share this story: 9 things you probably didn't know about cooking the perfect burger Because we can't bear the idea of you cooking a bad (or just shy of...  Read» Share this story: See Also 'Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin reveals the origins of the Targaryens VIDEO: "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin talks about the origins of House Targaryen at a 92Y event.   Read»   Meet the Saudi sheikh who joined and then quit ISIS Saudi Arabia's maximum security Al-Hair prison gets more attention for...   Read»   This conversation about black people in Silicon Valley tech was really awkward In Silicon Valley, we're getting comfortable talking about the fact...   Read»   Here's why the economy has been so sluggish By now, it's old news that the first quarter (Q1) represented another...   Read»   Share: Share: Share: Share: Share this: Email sent to: ipat39@gmail.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011