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ZDNet (blog) Amazon gets 20 percent of global retail trafficBizjournals.comWhen it comes to shopping online, Seattle-based Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has the largest global audience of retail sites, beating out Walmart, Apple and eBay , as well as China e-commerce giant Alibaba.com. Amazon had 20 percent of the worldwide audience …Think …

Canada Post putting RIM's BlackBerry on stamps honouring Canadian inventionsWinnipeg Free PressOTTAWA – Canada Post is putting Research In Motion Ltd.'s (TSX:RIM) BlackBerry smartphone on a stamp as part of a group of stamps honouring Canadian inventions. You can comment on most stories on winnipegfreepress.com. You can also agree or …

Plain Dealer USPS stamp honors Hollywood director John Hustonabc7.comThis undated handout image provided by the US Postal Service shows the forever stamp honoring film director John Huston, part of the Great Film Directors series. The stamp will be issued in 2012. (AP Photo / USPS) LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Legendary …

Scotland Courier Lead Post Office reroutes in cost-saving effortBlack Hills PioneerLEAD — Changes are in store for the Lead Post Office carriers, but postal officials say impact to customers should be minimal. The US Postal Service will consolidate the carrier pick-up location of the Lead and Deadwood offices to the …

SF Weekly (blog) Q&A: Chef Karl Wilder Talks About Living on Food StampsSF Weekly (blog)He doesn't spend his days cooking up fantastic gourmet food — he has taken the food stamps challenge, which means for the past month and a half, Wilder has limited himself to a budget of $1.33 …

eBay announced that it has officially completed its acquisition of Magento, which it announced in June. eBay has owned a minority stake in the company since 2010. Now, it owns the whole thing. Magento is an open source e-commerce platform. … More: continued here

Got mail? Packaging, shipping firms readyFlorida TodayPostal changes could benefit shipping stores: Shipping stores like Mailman Joey's could see an uptick in sales, especially on weekends, if changes and closures come to the Post Office Dept. By Tim Shortt and Tim Walters Posted Aug. …and more » More: continued here

Looking at the online retail world in June, ComScore found Amazon tops with 20 percent of the global population, while eBay had 16 percent and Apple almost 10 percent. More: continued here

More than 662 million visitors, representing nearly 50 percent of the total worldwide internet audience, visited retail sites Amazon, eBay and Alibaba throughout June 2011, according to a report released August 17 by digital analysts Comscore.    More: continued here

Canada Post honours BlackBerry, other Canadian inventionsVancouver SunCanada Post has put the ubiquitous smartphone on a stamp, as part of a new series of stamps released Wednesday that feature four Canadian inventions. The other three Canadian creations are the electric oven, the electric wheelchair and the cardiac …Canada Post puts …