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China unveiled rules designed to fuel international warehouse construction and expand cross-border eCommerce. The draft rules from China’s commerce ministry cover both incoming and outgoing cross-border eCommerce in an attempt to bolster cross-border data management and the supervision of exports, Reuters reported Tuesday (June 11)....
As beauty brands look for ways to gain digital shoppers without being able to offer in-store product trials, eCosmetics is seeing sampling prove vital to winning over new customers. Alex Irvin, co-founder at the online retailer, which sells beauty and personal care products, explained in...
Pinterest has launched a partnership with composable commerce platform VTEX. The new collaboration is designed to help consumer brands expand their social commerce footprint and connect with more customers, the two companies said last week. According to a news release, VTEX’s platform lets its 2,600...
Alibaba.com has launched a new service in which it does more of the legwork involved in cross-border trade. For products sourced through Alibaba Guaranteed, which was officially launched Thursday (June 6), the global B2B eCommerce platform fulfills the orders itself and handles finance, the company...
Cart abandonment — when online shoppers select items with the apparent intention to buy, only to leave those items sitting in digital limbo — happens on every eCommerce website, but PYMNTS Intelligence data reveals that it is especially common on brands’ sites. As we detailed...
Meta’s recent news that it is seeing a surge in younger users may help set the stage for a rising tide in social commerce. The platform model — not just for Facebook, but for X and for others — connects users and advertisers and merchants....
Shopify has acquired Checkout Blocks, a company offering a no-code solution that lets Shopify merchants customize their checkout. Checkout Blocks founder Gil Greenberg announced the move in a Monday (June 6) post on X, saying that more than 850 Shopify Plus merchants have used the...
Shein has begun extending its resale platform to France, the United Kingdom and Germany. The platform will be expanded in phases. It is now available in France and will be extended next to the United Kingdom and then to Germany, the fashion and lifestyle retailer...
TikTok has reportedly decided to put its plans for expanding its eCommerce business in major European markets on hold. Instead, the ByteDance-owned social media platform will concentrate on growing its presence in the United States, its most lucrative market, where it faces potential divestment or...