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)

eCommerce
CarParts.com Shifts Focus to New Customers, B2B and Mobile App
March 25, 2025

CarParts.com is working to expand its customer base and reduce its marketing expenses as its traditional customer base has faced economic pressures. The online seller of auto parts and accessories has historically served cost-conscious consumers and used paid search to reach them. However, those consumers...

eCommerce
Radial Debuts Tool to ‘Fast Track’ B2B and B2C eCommerce Fulfillment
March 25, 2025

eCommerce logistics provider Radial has introduced a solution to help brands to optimize their fulfillment operations.  Radial Fast Track, announced Tuesday (March 25) is designed for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) fulfillment, the company said in a news release. “With the volatile economic environment, emergence...

Shopping
UK Consumers Tell Merchants to Go Mobile-First
March 24, 2025

Consumers in the United Kingdom are increasingly mobile-first, constantly reaching for their phones as part of their shopping experience. This goes beyond just making online purchases. The average U.K. shopper shops digitally on their phone almost every day. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest research finds that the...

Social Commerce
Perplexity Proposes Open-Source Version of TikTok Algorithm
March 23, 2025

TikTok’s owner ByteDance has less than two weeks to sell the social media platform. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) search engine firm Perplexity is making the case for why it should become the popular video-sharing service’s new owner, following weeks of reports that the company was...

eCommerce
Ordoro Integrates Logistics and Inventory Management Platform With Mirakl Marketplaces
March 21, 2025

Online merchants selling on Mirakl marketplaces can now sync orders, manage inventory and automate fulfillment through Ordoro. This capability follows the integration of Ordoro’s eCommerce logistics and inventory management platform with Mirakl’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for marketplace and dropship platforms, Ordoro said in a Friday...

eCommerce
Australia’s eCommerce Merchants Want Help as They Battle Chargebacks
March 19, 2025

Chargebacks are a fact of life in commerce. Customers dispute transactions, money is kept back from merchants amid the dispute, and the card issuer determines whether the money should be kept by the merchant or returned to the cardholder. But for merchants, and specifically eCommerce...

Social Commerce
Proposed TikTok Solution Would Have Oracle Provide Data Security
March 18, 2025

One of the deals being considered to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. reportedly involves Oracle taking a small stake in the company and working with U.S. buyers to ensure that no user data would be accessible to the Chinese government. That is one of...

Shopping
Capturing the Mobile Window Shopper Key to Growing Small Business Sales
March 17, 2025

Competing against eCommerce behemoths can be an uphill battle for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, those players can level the playing field by adopting a digital-first strategy and embracing the right third-party partners. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest research shows that, on average, SMBs generate lower...

Shopping
Merchants Look to Acquirers as Key Partners for Payment Innovation
March 13, 2025

Successful merchants provide what consumers want: seamless, feature-rich shopping across channels and devices. This is where acquirers enter the picture. For smaller acquirers especially, this can be a tall order — and merchants seem to know it. Data shows that many merchants choose to work...