Chances are you haven’t shopped at Jet.com lately. Jet, an online store that Walmart bought for $3.3 billion in 2016, is hoping to change that with a brand relaunch that debuted on Thursday. The store’s website got an overhaul, its grocery service was revamped and the company plans to double down on urban customers, its …
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Jet will start selling Nike products in October as part of an effort to draw in more young, urban customers. The new deal coincides with the Walmart-owned online retailer’s brand relaunch that debuted Thursday. The Jet website got an overhaul and its grocery service was revamped as the company aims to double down on urban customers, its target audience. The Nike partnership will “bring …
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has some thoughts about the hierarchy of streaming video services. “I think of Netflix kind of as the Walmart of [subscription video on-demand services]. HBO is kind of the Tiffany,” Stephenson said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference on Wednesday, CNBC reported. In June, AT&T completed its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, the high-profile entertainment company behind networks …
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Happy Monday, cheeps! A few quick housekeeping notes before we dive in, starting with a recently updated Cheapskate FAQ page. It includes all the different ways you can receive my deals (including a Flipboard magazine!) and answers to all your Cheapskate-related questions. Next, if you live in the metro-Detroit area, there are two opportunities to come see me this week. …
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Whenever I talk about cheap phone service — which is often — readers jump in to champion Tello, a Sprint-powered carrier with some of the lowest rates around. Want to try it yourself? For a limited time, new Tello customers can get two months of service for free. Regular price: $19 per month. (That link should automatically apply the necessary …
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Have you noticed some regular household items you want to buy on Walmart.com are out of stock? There may be a good reason for that. Walmart changed its e-commerce systems to avoid orders deemed too expensive to ship and started telling customers those items are “out of stock,” according to The Wall Street Journal. If the item is stored in …
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Remember when every consumer electronics company hyped 3D TV as the next big feature? Or started pushing curved TVs? Yeah, I barely do, either. That’s because those supposedly hot TV features eventually faded away. The latest TV “must have” that you actually don’t really need — at least right now — has arrived at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. …
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School is already back in session for some lucky students, while others have just a few precious days of summer vacation left. Either way, you’ve missed all the back-to-school bargains, right? Not quite. Walmart has a smattering of school-friendly items on sale — most of them focused more on leisure time than study, but a relaxed student is a successful …
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Break open your piggy banks, cheeps. This might be the TV deal you’ve been saving for. Ending Sunday, World Wide Stereo has the Samsung UN55LS003 4K UHD smart TV (aka “The Frame”) for $1,397 shipped with promo code FLASH. That’s at least $200 lower than you’ll find it elsewhere — and $600 less than when it debuted last year. See …
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Walmart wants to become your new go-to store for digital books. The big-box retailer said Tuesday it’s opening its first-ever e-books storefront, thanks to a partnership with Rakuten Kobo. Kobo’s library of 6 million digital titles will now be available on Walmart’s US website, supplementing Walmart’s existing selection of physical books. Walmart is also offering an audiobook subscription service for …
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