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Ex-Yahoo CEO and resume-fudger Scott Thompson has been selected by retail organization ShopRunner to lead its efforts to take on Amazon.

Thompson attracted a lot of attention when he moved from PayPal to being Yahoo’s CEO. But just a few …

How retailers can fight the Amazon Goliath

June 7, 2012 8:06 AM Fiona Dias

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How are Amazon’s sales growing so dramatically — 30 to 40 percent quarterly for the last umpteen quarters — when even the big retailers are struggling to grow 1 to 2 percent? In record time, Amazon has taken on the …

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Disgraced ex-Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson tapped to lead ShopRunner

How retailers can fight the Amazon Goliath