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When news broke Friday that Walmart plans to test the delivery of groceries via Uber and Lyft, Forbes retail contributors had some sharp reactions. We decided to evolve our email debate into a round-robin of posts on the experiment and where it fits in Walmart’s attempts to formulate a winning strategy in a harsh retail environment.... Read more

Mary Meeker, a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, released her 21st annual report on the biggest trends in technology and the Internet on Wednesday. The report covers a wide swath of issues, from slowing smartphone sales to photo sharing and online advertising.... Read more

Big Data is everywhere. But to harness its potential, businesses must understand the challenges that come with collecting and analyzing Big Data. One frequently proposed model focuses on the “Three V’s of Big Data”—namely, volume, velocity, and variety. ... Read more

Mary Meeker, a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, released her 21st annual report on the biggest trends in technology and the Internet on Wednesday. The report, which is embedded in its entirety above, covers a wide swath of issues, from slowing smartphone sales, photo sharing and online advertising.... Read more

The CDC listed use of insect repellent as one of its mosquito bite-prevention methods in response to the growing Zika virus outbreak. New research from analytics company 1010data suggests Americans are taking the recommendation to heart.... Read more

The Zika virus isn’t yet on the U.S. mainland but that hasn’t stopped fearful consumers from making a run on insect repellent.... Read more

Those Zika-bearing mosquitos aren't only a serious health menace -- they're also costing people money. The average price for bug spray purchased online has jumped to $12.66, up 23 percent over the last year, according to data analytics firm 1010data.... Read more

It's the virus that looks like it'll be a pest all summer. On Friday, Tarrant County Public Health identified another case of the Zika virus. It's the fourth case reported in the county this year.... Read more

It may cost you more to protect yourself from the Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitoes, and fear of the disease is spawning scams that could also cost you. Sales of mosquito repellent are up 35 to 37 percent over last year, especially in Latin American and Caribbean countries, the center of the Zika outbreak. Because of that increased demand, prices are also up in some places.... Read more

The fear over mosquitoes that could be carrying Zika or West Nile virus is leading to huge sales of bug repellents, but some work better than others.... Read more

The Zika virus isn’t yet on the U.S. mainland but that hasn’t stopped fearful consumers from making a run on insect repellent.... Read more

Legacy food and beverage manufacturing executives are increasingly investing in e-commerce, including direct-to-consumer efforts, to match consumer trends. The market is burgeoning in retail, but the food and beverage industry has other issues that beg more pertinent attention (think FSMA implementation and nutrition labeling).... Read more

Beacons are one of the most important new in-store technologies. These small, inexpensive pieces of hardware, which communicate with smartphone apps via Bluetooth, are helping brick-and-mortar retailers enhance customer loyalty, gather data about their customers, and provide an entry point for in-store shoppers to become more digitally engaged.... Read more

Logi Analytics and 1010data announced the release of a connector which enables Logi Analytics' self-service analytics to run on 1010data's ready-to-use massive data sets.... Read more

Zika woes have caused a spike in bug spray sales, according to online shopping statistics from New York-based 1010data.... Read more