Robust economic growth in the U.S. and United Kingdom, combined with a gradual recovery in the Eurozone, should help strengthen global economic activity over the next year, according to the latest HSBC Trade Confidence Index. However, rising geopolitical tensions could weaken such projections. Get the...
Online B2B marketplace Kinnek, which enables thousands of small businesses to find suppliers and manage purchasing, on Monday (Sept. 15) announced its has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round. The New York-based company says it plans to use the new funds to...
With $30 billion in annual sales and operating in more than 70 countries, 3M has an active global B2B commerce program, selling products to a wide range of international wholesalers, retailers, distributors and dealers. Moreover, with its global enterprise resource planning system and a new...
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With 49 percent of securities professional looking to own a piece of the world’s largest e-commerce conglomerate, Alibaba is what we are going to be talking about for the next few weeks. Some analysts are beating the crowds, and PYMNTs has organized the top 15...
While many commentators are describing the Alibaba IPO unfolding on Wall Street today (September, 18) as the emergence of the “Chinese Amazon,” BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier and economist Vanessa Zhang of the Global Economics Group agree that Alibaba is quite a bit more than that....
Procurement specialists within B2B and other companies drive considerable value for their organizations, especially when they do a good job controlling spending and manage supplier relations and the payment processes well. However, only about 10 percent of procurement staffs have captured the respect of their...
While e-commerce giant Alibaba is enjoying the largest IPO in history today, it’s B2B e-commerce model struggles to find a foothold in what should be a natural jumping off point in its international expansion–India. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Fake invoiving and inflated export figures that it yielded have lead to slower growth rates in China’s trada data this year, which means Beijing is likely staring down missing its full-year external trade growth target of 7.5 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
