Online food ordering is seen as the next frontier for local online commerce. Two leading sites, GrubHub and Seamless, have attracted more than $ 134 million in funding between them, and the space could bring in more than $ 1 billion a year in commissions from food, advertising and marketing services. In the latest development...Read More

Amazon.com, which is moving in multiple directions vis a vis local, has agreed to buy TeachStreet, the service for matching teachers and students. Amazon’s interest appears to be less in TeachStreet than in the underlying ecommerce platform for SMBs. The platform already is being used by The Washington Post for its Service Alley SMB leads...Read More

Best Buy is one of the brands most known for its use of social media for customer service. The company now employs hundreds of employees that respond to customer questions and concerns via Best Buy’s Twitter feed @twelpforce. But the company continues to struggle with its approach to social media, just like everyone else. And...Read More