Commerce

Commerce relates to "the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale". It includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural and technological systems that operate in a country or in international trade.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Social Commerce
Amazon Deals Expands to TikTok, Pinterest
August 08, 2024

Amazon has  partnered with TikTok and Pinterest to let the users of those social media apps buy products from Amazon without leaving those apps. This offering is designed to make it more convenient for Amazon customers to shop on those social media platforms, an Amazon...

Social Commerce
Report: X Working on Adding ‘Payments’ Button
August 06, 2024

X is reportedly getting closer to introducing a payment service. The social media platform and aspiring “everything app” is working on adding a “Payments” button to the navigation bar, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Aug. 6), citing a post on X by independent app researcher Nima Owji....

Social Commerce
Pinterest Adds More Shoppable Video Content; Q2 Revenue Up 21%
July 31, 2024

As Pinterest looks to become a central figure in the social commerce space, the company is integrating more directly shoppable features across the platform to drive sales. In its second quarter 2024 earnings results reported Tuesday (July 30), the company shared that revenue rose 21%...

eCommerce
WTO Countries Sign Global eCommerce Agreement That Would Ban Tariffs
July 28, 2024

Several dozen World Trade Organization (WTO) countries have signed a sweeping agreement governing global eCommerce. The agreement, adopted Friday (July 26), is the first-ever set of global digital trade rules endorsed by the WTO. It calls for a prohibition on customs duties on electronic transactions...

Social Commerce
WhatsApp Reaches 100 Million Users in US
July 25, 2024

WhatsApp said that as of July, it has 100 million users in the United States. “This milestone has been a long time coming and it proves that WhatsApp is the solution to the cross-platform divide in America,” the company said in a Thursday (July 25)...

Social Commerce
LTK Begins Video-First Transformation of Platform for Creators, Businesses
July 24, 2024

LTK, a platform for creators and their businesses, is transforming its app to be video-first. As part of this transformation, LTK has added a new shoppable video feed called Full-Screen Continuous Video and a new content guide called Daily Drops, the company said in a...

eCommerce
TikTok Reportedly Bringing In-App Shopping to Spain and Ireland
July 23, 2024

TikTok is reportedly planning to roll out in-app shopping for users in Spain and Ireland. The launch could come as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say the launch will be smaller than previously...

Social Commerce
LinkedIn Employs AI and Games to Promote Daily User Visits
July 21, 2024

How often do you visit LinkedIn? The platform wants your answer to be “every day.” To that end, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (FT), LinkedIn is offering artificial intelligence (AI)-powered career advice and has rolled out games to get its users visiting more often...

eCommerce
Embedded Finance’s Next Stop Is B2B Commerce
July 17, 2024

Wind the clock back just a few years, and online transactions were a disjointed experience. After filling a cart at a merchant’s site, upon checking out a user would be directed to another website to enter the same payment details. Cart abandonment inevitably followed. Enter...