Jack Ma, Alibaba’s ambitious founder and executive chairman, has some equally ambitious plans for the future of his eCommerce giant. He wants Alibaba’s sales to become the equivalent of the world’s fifth-richest country in four years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Every good driver knows to check their blind spots — those pesky areas you may not notice are dangerous until it’s too late. Well, overcoming the challenge of checkout conversion is really no different. Scott Fitzgerald, SVP at BlueSnap, joined Karen Webster to discuss what...
Any retailer who has not already invested heavily in a mobile-friendly interface and in-house app might be wishing they had. Demandware, an eCommerce software provider, claims that “mobile-first” is long gone, and we are now “on the fast track to mobile-only.” Get the Full Story...
In case retailers and merchants need more evidence about the power of mobile, Demandware, the eCommerce software company acquired by Salesforce earlier this month, has found that 45.1 percent of web shopping traffic happened on a smartphone in the first quarter of 2016. What’s more,...
There are certainly no shortage of online marketplaces out there, but only one of them has attached itself to the epithet of “Amazon killer.” For better or worse, that honor over the last 12 months has gone to Jet.com, and as it celebrates its first...
Doing some work to counteract the image that eBay is struggling with since its amicable divorce with PayPal, eBay has posted its second straight quarter of sales gains. The market surely took the results as a sign of a corner being turned, as stocks were...
It looks like StubHub is getting an upgrade – care of parent company eBay’s latest acquisition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
After four years running Alibaba-backed eCommerce platform ShopRunner, Scott Thompson is stepping down from the role of CEO to pursue a new entrepreneurial venture. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Blue Acorn, the company that says it uses “data to turn eCommerce into science,” is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs but says its business is still growing, according to The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
