June 20, 2013
Lazada, ‘Southeast Asia’s Amazon,’ Raises $100M
Malaysia’s premier online shopping destination Lazada has brought in an additional $100 million from investors, according to Yahoo. The funding was provided by former donors such as Holtzbrinck Ventures, Kinnevik...
June 20, 2013
Online Platforms: Retailers, Genuine Agents or None of the Above?
Jun 20, 2013 CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) presents: Online Platforms: Retailers, Genuine Agents or None of the Above? by Matthew Bennett (Charles River Associates)...
June 18, 2013
Can AmazonFresh Avoid The Ghosts Of Webvan’s Past?
While everything from change collection to funeral home reviews have gone the way of web, one notorious holdout remains: grocery shopping. Despite many attempts, online grocery businesses remain a risky...
June 16, 2013
Fancy Founder Sees Future Through Google Glass
Despite millions of dollars from VC investors and billions of users across hundreds of platforms, social media still hasn’t made the leap to fulfilling its commerce promise. But, that isn’t...
June 13, 2013
US: The e-books trial’s latest – war of words with...
Among one of the most discussed pieces of evidence the US Department of Justice was rumored to be introducing was an email by Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs, which allegedly...
June 12, 2013
June 2013 Blog o’ Blogs
CPI Blog o’ blogs – June 2013, Volume 3, Number 6 Lots of fun stuff this month – a spirited debate on loyalty discounts started by Josh Wright, Obama...
June 11, 2013
Slyce Aims For Instant eCommerce Gratification
The payments industry is constantly abuzz with news surrounding the point of sale. If Canadian startup Slyce has its way, we’ll be talking about the “point of interest” plenty, too....
June 10, 2013
Amazon Unveils Fresh Take On Prime Membership
Amazon is adding a new “Prime Fresh” membership option with the expansion of its AmazonFresh online grocery business, Reuters reported. The new membership option costs $299 a year and includes...
June 06, 2013
Unless You’re Cash, You Can’t Fight Change
Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days as...
