Commerce

More of the products you view on Amazon are coming from ads

By Rani Molla September 16

Uber Eats doesn’t plan on eating its competition — for now

By Rani Molla September 10

Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman says she has to justify her company’s “right to exist” to male investors

By Shirin Ghaffary September 10

The RealReal isn’t buying a department store anytime soon, CEO Julie Wainwright says

By Shirin Ghaffary September 9

Branding is the real reason Schick’s parent company bought razor upstart Harry’s for $1.4 billion

By Rani Molla September 9

In 10 years, every “relevant” company will be a tech company, Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake says

By Eric Johnson July 24

The Amazon dilemma: how a tech powerhouse that fulfills our every consumer need still lets us down

By Jason Del Rey July 22

Postmates has explored a sale to Uber or DoorDash instead of going public

By Theodore Schleifer and Jason Del Rey July 11

Commerce

Inside the conflict at Walmart that’s threatening its high-stakes race with Amazon

Walmart bought Jet.com to compete with Amazon, but Jet founder Marc Lore is feeling the heat as e-commerce losses surpass $1 billion.

By Jason Del Rey July 3

Amazon may soon face an antitrust probe. Here are 3 questions the FTC is asking about it.

By Jason Del Rey June 4

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