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Maghan McDowell

San Francisco Correspondent, Technology

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New BigCommerce Chief Product Officer: Merchants Are Not Technologists

Jimmy Duvall, who has worked at Magento, eBay and Yahoo, shares his thoughts on being an online retailer.

Fossil’s Misfit Expands Wearables Offering

Misfit adds leather and stainless steel options that more closely resemble jewelry.

Twitter Markets Itself as Breaking News Source

Twitter's new marketing campaign helps users understand why and how to use the service.

With Yahoo, Verizon Becomes 1 Billion Stronger Media Company

Verizon will pay $4.83 billion, with aims to become a media business with an audience of two billion, and $20…

Victoria’s Secret, Sephora Dubbed Digital Geniuses by L2

In L2's annual report card of digital winners and losers among specialty retailers, Sephora, Victoria's…

Launchmetrics Expands to Japan With Futaba

The company has partnered with Tokyo firm Futaba Tsushinsha, whose clients will have access to Launchmetrics'…

In Time for Rio Olympics, Apple Makes Patriotic Watch Bands

Apple has created a collection of woven nylon bands representing 14 different countries, and they'll only be…

Poshmark Adds Kids’ and Men’s Categories

Users can buy and sell both pre-owned clothing and accessories, and wholesales merchandise, for women, men…

Birkenstock CEO: No More Amazon

Birkenstock will no longer authorize the sale of products on Amazon due to "unacceptable business practices"…

Making Sense of Pricing on Amazon Fashion Items

Research firm L2 studied the pricing of various fashion items for sale on Amazon in an effort to understand…

Macy’s and IBM Watson Bring Artificial Intelligence to Shoppers

"Macy's On Call" is a web site that can be accessed on a mobile browser and provides shoppers with answers to…

Facebook’s Holiday Shopping Insights

Facebook IQ analyzed Facebook and Instagram data from the 2015 holiday season for shopping insights.

Yahoo Marches On Ahead of Sale

Yahoo steep losses on revenue of $1.31 billion as it seeks a buyer for its core business.

Facebook Seeks to Help Brands Promote Apps

Facebook's advertising product helps advertisers who are promoting an app by finding people most likely to…

Mastercard Brings Masterpass to Physical Retail

This makes the Masterpass digital payment service available online, in mobile applications and in physical…