Packaged goods company Unilever now has online sales outpacing the world’s eCommerce market, The Drum reported yesterday (Oct. 15), noting that this significant growth is fueled by the U.K., Ireland and France. The company confirmed its eCommerce sales exhibited 40 percent growth, which is double...
In an important move towards protecting Internet users against cyberexploitation, the attorney general of California has partnered with tech companies in Silicon Valley and has passed new laws to power local authorities to take action. The partnership, which includes tech giants like Microsoft, Facebook, Google...
Facebook just got more serious about its Messenger team. And just like last year, the social networking giant has snagged a top player at PayPal to continue its payments and commerce push. TechCrunch confirmed that Christina Smedley, who was PayPal’s VP of global brand and communications, will...
A major account authentication flaw might have exposed as many as 23,000 customers of Halifax and Bank of Scotland to fraud and data theft for over six years. The design flaw potentially exposed customer data, including savings, loan and credit card details, to fraudsters without them...
Apple CEO Tim Cook has mentioned many times in the past few quarters how important China has been for its earnings. Now, with the figures about its iOS App Store available for third quarter, it’s apparent why China is such a major market for Apple....
Target made its name off of aggressively priced yet mainstream chic apparel selection, but a new partnership with a forward-thinking startup could add an even more affordable category of clothes to its stores. In a post to its website, online consignment startup thredUP announced that...
As in so many areas in life, "The Godfather" can offer up a few nuggets on how to wrangle with the ad-blocking mafia.
“Used” and “secondhand” are usually dirty words in the world of high fashion, but one luxury apparel startup thinks the average consumer has a goldmine of unused haute couture in their closets. In a post to its site, luxury consignment startup Material Wrld announced that it...
Though there are more ways to interact on the Internet than time to count them all, retailers and consumers usually only connect through social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook. However, one startup in India is proving that more direct methods can work just as...
