We've had app stores for awhile now, and they've become the primary way to buy software for many of us. When they first became popular, however, they drew quite a bit of criticism. Now that we have ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, DIY computer company Kano announced a mass North American rollout into more than 4,500 retail stores, stocking its creative computing kits in every Best Buy and Target, ...

Being a software retailer these days is a lonely business. Dozens of such stores have closed shop in recent years, unable to compete with discount prices at mass-market chains, software bundled onto ...

The pandemic has further tethered us to our screens. From board meetings to birthday parties, our computers are more essential than ever. If you need to replace or add a device, think hard about what ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached proposed settlements with a software vendor and seven rent-to-own stores after the agency accused them of installing spyware on rented computers that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I do mergers & acquisitions in retail/consumer and write about trends. If you haven't been to an Amazon go store, it's a ...

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, if someone wanted to buy a personal computer, they had to make a trip down to a local computer store to physically check out what was available. Once there, ...

The portion of computer stores that sell illegal software has dropped from 14 percent to 10 percent since 2008, according to a recent study conducted by the Dive Eesti customer service analysis ...