Stories from around the Web

>> Key Zappos exec departs (Fortune)

>> Shoppers are loving and using apps (WSJ)

>> Walmart expands pickup but Amazon does it better (TheStreet)

>> Starbucks backs off booze sales in San Francisco (SF Gate)

>> H&M could be more disruptive to apparel than Amazon (Forbes)

And Finally... IKEA's new steel receipt (PSFK)

 

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