Commerce

Amazon wants to pay the New York Times and BuzzFeed to expand so it can reach more shoppers outside the US

By Peter Kafka May 6

The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program

By Jason Del Rey May 3

Amazon employees rarely speak out publicly against their company. But 3,500 just did.

By Jason Del Rey April 10

Amazon is slashing prices at Whole Foods again — and shoppers are noticing

By Jason Del Rey April 4

Instagram just took advantage of Amazon’s biggest weakness

By Jason Del Rey March 20

Instagram will now let you buy products directly inside the app

By Kurt Wagner March 19

Full Q&A: Hudson’s Bay CEO Helena Foulkes on Recode Decode

By Eric Johnson March 9

Amazon ousted thousands of merchants with no notice — showing the danger of relying on the shopping platform

By Jason Del Rey March 8

Tim Armstrong wants to create Coachella, but for retailers. What does that mean?

By Kurt Wagner March 4

Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra credits Marie Kondo and the social experience for his company’s boom

By Theodore Schleifer March 4

Lord & Taylor lives in retail’s “middle” ground — and that’s a hard place to survive

By Kurt Wagner March 3

Amazon wants to sell “every genuine product in the world.” That’s a mistake.

By Jason Del Rey February 28

Recode’s Code Commerce event returns to Shoptalk with Tim Armstrong, Poshmark, and the CEO who is reinventing Saks

By Jason Del Rey February 20

Amazon has canceled its NYC headquarters plans in a stunning defeat

By Jason Del Rey February 14

This Super Bowl, you’ll be able to buy your favorite team gear on Walmart.com — not Amazon

By Jason Del Rey January 29

Full Q&A: Glossier CEO Emily Weiss on the “art and science” of the beauty business

By Eric Johnson January 16

A new $100 million investment values Postmates at $1.85 billion ahead of its IPO

By Theodore Schleifer and Jason Del Rey January 10

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie are getting a divorce

By Jason Del Rey January 9

Full Q&A: DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and COO Christopher Payne on Recode Decode

By Eric Johnson January 9

Our favorite Recode stories from 2018

By Recode Staff December 28, 2018

What’s next for virtual assistants like Alexa? Maybe buying stuff for you automatically.

By Eric Johnson December 26, 2018

Why Sweetgreen thinks like a tech company

By Eric Johnson December 17, 2018

Amazon has officially killed the Whole Foods-Instacart partnership

By Jason Del Rey December 13, 2018

New York City council members railed against Amazon in the hope of renegotiating the HQ2 deal

By Shirin Ghaffary December 12, 2018

Procter & Gamble has acquired the startup aiming to build the Procter & Gamble for people of color

By Jason Del Rey December 12, 2018

An Amazon revolt could be brewing as the tech giant exerts more control over brands

By Jason Del Rey November 29, 2018

Jeff Bezos has confirmed the HQ2 decision and it’s the embodiment of Amazon’s emotionless practicality

By Jason Del Rey November 13, 2018

Amazon is dominant online, but local retail still has advantages Jeff Bezos can’t replicate

By Kara Swisher November 12, 2018

Snap’s former No. 2 executive Imran Khan is building a shopping startup

By Kurt Wagner November 12, 2018

Two workers have died at an Amazon warehouse in Baltimore

By Jason Del Rey November 3, 2018

Amazon’s booming ad business is both a blessing and a risk

By Jason Del Rey October 26, 2018

New York City’s first Amazon Go cashierless store will open near the World Trade Center

By Jason Del Rey October 22, 2018

Resy is winning newer, cooler restaurants away from OpenTable

By Sayer Devlin October 19, 2018

Trump’s latest China threat could crush the $8 billion Amazon competitor Wish. Here’s its plan to fight back.

By Jason Del Rey October 18, 2018

Instacart’s new $7 billion valuation is a bet on the future of grocery delivery — not a wager against Amazon

By Jason Del Rey October 16, 2018

Square CFO Sarah Friar is leaving to become the CEO of Nextdoor — which means she won’t become the CEO of Square

By Kurt Wagner October 10, 2018

Elon Musk’s summer of bad behavior hasn’t affected Tesla’s sales, but it has hurt its reputation

By Rani Molla October 10, 2018

SoftBank is betting the Vision Fund on WeWork

By Theodore Schleifer October 9, 2018

Amazon’s pay-raise backlash highlights a reality: People see the worst even when Amazon thinks it’s doing its best

By Jason Del Rey October 9, 2018

Michael Rubin’s ShopRunner plans to acquire the e-commerce startup Spring

By Jason Del Rey October 5, 2018

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