December 02, 2014
Amazon Delivers Pressure To European Postal Firms
December 02, 2014
Crowdfunded Space Poses Payments And Product Security Risks
There are plenty of niche markets in the payments world. And then there’s examples of the niches among niches — crowdsourced funding payment options available through major payment providers such...
December 02, 2014
Amazon Eyes Travel Market
Amazon’s cart is getting bigger as the company wants to compete in the travel space. This would position the e-Commerce giant against companies like Expedia, The Priceline Group and Booking.com...
December 01, 2014
What Do The God Particle, Yodeling and Knights Have To...
“Vague but exciting.” These three words could be used to describe just about any early-stage idea when it’s first presented. I’ll bet every investor or strategic partner has had the...
December 01, 2014
Five Ways “Webrooming” Is Changing Holiday Retail This Year
Two years ago “showrooming” was something of a boogey-man for brick-and-mortar retailers. In 2012, analysts were writing the early drafts of Best Buy’s obituary, mostly centered on the big box...
December 01, 2014
What Really Happened On Black Friday (By The Numbers)
The official kick-off the holiday shopping season, Thanksgiving, Black Friday (and Small Business Saturday, and “Needs A Marketing Guru To Name It” Sunday represent what is expected to be the...
December 01, 2014
China Black Friday Falls Short of Singles Day
Black Friday is often scoffed at across the globe, viewed as a frenzied shopping event for Americans still digesting their Thanksgiving turkey and foolishly fighting over children’s toys. And while...
December 01, 2014
Amazon Competitor Raises $250M
Rocket Internet’s Lazada has raised a whopping €200 million — almost $250 million — that it will use to nail down its position as a dominant force in ecommerce in...
November 28, 2014
The Marketplace Masters: CEOs Of Alibaba, Amazon and eBay
The retail eCommerce space is crowded and it’s a space crowds of companies want to be part of. What does it take to be a master of this marketplace? A...
