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Alibaba has rolled out what it’s calling a “metaverse” ahead of China’s Singles Day, according to RADII, a China youth culture publication founded by a former vice president of Alibaba. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
China’s eCommerce leaders are turning a cautiously optimistic eye toward Singles Day on Nov. 11, touted as the biggest shopping day in the world, despite the specter of slowing economic growth and increasing scrutiny by Chinese regulators about their operations, CNBC reported Tuesday (Nov. 2)....
Increasingly, in the midst of the pandemic and looking beyond COVID-19, consumers are interacting more than ever before across a string of digital touchpoints in any aspect of financial life. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Digital payments company PayPal is offering customers who pay or donate through PayPal the random opportunity to win $10,000 every week, in addition to thousands of other prizes, according to a Monday (Nov. 1) press release from the company. The cash and prize sweepstakes are...
A month ahead of Black Friday and the official start of the holiday season, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Zip saw a 130% year-over-year surge in sales and a 16% month-over-month boost as close to 250,000 shoppers shopped with the Zip app during the...
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Online software-as-a-service (SaaS) commerce platform VTEX has joined forces with online payments infrastructure company Stripe to offer online payment processing capabilities through Stripe, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 27) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Advertising issues associated with Apple iOS 14 privacy changes have made a lot of headlines as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat have reported their earnings, but most of the companies remain focused on what they believe will drive future growth: shopping on their platforms. Get the...
As business models reformulate in double-quick time, eCommerce is having evolutionary effects on the creation and discoverability of consumer goods, from the “push” mentality and limited SKUs of the not-too-distant past to the unlimited assortments found on eCommerce sites. Get the Full Story Complete the...