ecommerce

Dressbarn To Shut Down

To concentrate on the company’s more profitable brands, Ascena Retail Group is planning to shutter approximately 650 Dressbarn stores. The company also owns...

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Authentication

Vaping Retail Faces Its FDA Moment Of Truth

A multi-part, high-stakes race is underway in a fast-growing part of online and brick-and-mortar retail — a race to stay ahead of...

eCommerce Sales Jump 12.4 Pct In Q1

Sales done digitally continue to gain ground across U.S. commerce. The Commerce Department reported Friday (May 17) that eCommerce sales were up...

Amazon Investors To Vote On Facial Recognition

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Amazon Investors To Vote On Facial Recognition Measures

In an environment where lawmakers and civil liberties groups are scrutinizing facial recognition software, Amazon is facing pressure from shareholders: Investors will...

How eTailers Aim To Reinvent Shampoo With Eco-Friendly Bars And Subscriptions

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How Eco-Friendly eTailers Aim To Reinvent Shampoo

To provide consumers with an eco-friendly alternative to shampoo in single-use plastic packaging, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are providing the product in a...

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Mobile Commerce

Wallets Versus Stored Credentials: How Consumers Shop And Pay With Smartphones

Mobile commerce might just be the key to saving brick-and-mortar stores. Consumers use their smartphones to shop for everything, everywhere – including...

Carrefour Mulls Selling Off Part Of China Business

Carrefour is reportedly looking into selling a minority stake in its business in China, and has already started speaking to potential buyers....

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Ecosystems

Google Takes On Amazon With New eCommerce Features

Google managed the surprise of the week with the announcement that it was dramatically and quickly leveling up its eCommerce capability by...

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: The Race For One-Day Shipping Dominance

When Amazon announced about two weeks ago that Prime’s free two-day shipping was about to become Prime’s one-day shipping, it certainly got the...

How DTC Brands Showcase Furniture In Real Life

Showcasing DTC Furniture #IRL For Netflix Bingers

Many entrepreneurs are inspired to start companies because of their own real-world experiences. Kyle Hoff co-founded Floyd after living in a number...

eCommerce Sizzle Boosts Brick-and-Mortar Sales

Sizzle/Fizzle

eCommerce Sizzle Boosts Brick-and-Mortar Comp Sales

In this week’s sizzles, Walmart digital sales increase, Visa says contactless checkout is on the rise and Buffett’s Berkshire invests in Amazon....

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Regulation

How OnBuy Is Tackling SCA Compliance

Most consumers have come to expect a one-stop, one-click shopping experience, and merchants want to deliver. eCommerce innovations have been focused on...

Smaller US Cities Foster Payments Innovation

Innovation

Smaller US Cities Foster More Payments Innovation

The next chapter in the history of digital payments and commerce is being written in technology incubators – but not only those...

Walmart Goes Big With Grocery Pick-Up, Delivery

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Earnings

Walmart’s Q1 Earnings Driven By Grocery, eCommerce

Despite a recent string of disappointing news updates out of the retail sector, Walmart managed to surprise investors with better-than-expected earnings when...

Online Retailers Face New Threats From Hackers

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Online Retailers Face New Threats From Hackers

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers...

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B2B Payments

How APIs Customize The B2B Buying Experience

The B2B eCommerce landscape is nearing a $1.8 trillion valuation, as corporate buyers begin to demand the same online purchase experience in...

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Regulation

How Marketplaces Are Prepping For SCA

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem....

Earnings

Digital Delivers An Earnings Beat For Macy’s

Today’s news is something of a departure from the more mournful tone of Macy’s Q4 earnings release, when a holiday shopping season...

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Delivery

Whole Foods And Instacart Officially Call It Quits

In a move that’s been anticipated since 2017 when Amazon acquired Whole Foods, the grocer and delivery firm Instacart have parted ways,...

Grofers Raises $200M In SoftBank-Led Round

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Investments

Grofers Raises $200M In SoftBank-Led Round

Grofers, the Indian online grocery startup, has raised more than $200 million in a new round of fundraising. According to a report...

Alibaba Beats Street; Core Commerce Up 54 Pct.

Earnings

Alibaba Core Commerce Sales Rise 54 Pct.

Amid a trade war between China and the U.S., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported headline numbers that topped the Street, with double-digit...

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Authentication

Staring Down The Sharing Economy’s Big Trust Moment

One of the more interesting – and perhaps even amusing – parts of human nature comes from the assumptions we attach to examples...

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JD.com Continues To Automate Logistics With $55M Stake

JD.Com, the Chinese Amazon-like online marketplace, has invested further into its logistics network with a 376 million yuan (about $55 million) investment...

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Adobe, Amazon Team Up For D2C Selling

Adobe and Amazon have teamed up to ride the next wave of online shopping — direct-to-consumer (D2C) selling, according to a report...

Google Rolls Out New Shopping Experience

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Google Makes Search More Shoppable

Google is going shoppable – everywhere. That is the takeaway from a newly published blog post, in which the online search giant...

Amazon Unveils Package Pickup Counters In Europe

Amazon Unveils Package Pickup Counters In Europe

With the popularity of click-and-collect offerings in Europe, Amazon is rolling out the option for shoppers to pick up their packages from...

MSTS Adds AP Financing To Magento B2B eCommerce

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B2B Payments

MSTS Adds Purchase Credit Tools For Magento B2B eCommerce

B2B financial technology firm MSTS is introducing a plug-in that enables invoicing for corporate buyers using the Magento B2B eCommerce platform. In...

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Walmart

Walmart To Expand One-Day Delivery To More Homes

Walmart is expanding its next-day delivery to more areas of the U.S. as it pushes back on Amazon’s one-day delivery expansion plans....

Adobe Magento Adds Google, Amazon Functionality

Adobe’s Magento Adds Google And Amazon Functionality

About two months ago, Adobe launched Commerce Cloud, which was an extension of its $1.68 billion acquisition of Magento in May of...

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Investments

Shares In Jumia Technologies Tumble After Q1 Results

Shares in African eCommerce company Jumia Technologies took a dive on Monday (May 13) after Q1 losses were reported to be bigger...

Packing Robots Coming To Amazon Warehouses

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Amazon Delivery

Packing Robots Coming To Amazon Warehouses

Amazon, which has been adding automation to its shipping and delivery services, is mulling deploying packaging machines at warehouses, which would scan...

Jumia's Shares Slide On Claims By Short Seller

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Investments

Jumia’s Shares Slide On Fraud Claims By Short Seller

Following a claim of fraud by a short seller, shares in eCommerce firm Jumia fell by almost 25 percent by midday New...

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International

Walmart Pivots On Brazil eCommerce Strategy

Walmart Brasil has announced it will shutter its eCommerce division in Brazil and focus on physical stores, according to a report by...

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News

Real-Time Payments, Mastercard And Visa Deals Dominate This Week’s News

At the end of another busy week, it can pay to look back at some of the biggest recent news in payments...

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Klarna Powers Alipay ‘Pay Later’ Option

Three popular payment companies, Alipay, Adyen and Klarna, have teamed up to allow AliExpress shoppers to use Klarna’s “Pay Later” option for...

Enriching Experiences For Sellers And Managers

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: Enriching Experiences For Sellers And Managers

While both Amazon and Walmart tout an obsession with consumer experiences, this week the race for the customer’s whole paycheck saw the...

eTailers Look To Give Instant Coffee A Jolt Via Subscriptions

After moving to Oregon, Voila Coffee Founder Kent Sheridan saw a craft coffee culture bubbling up. He fell in love with specialty...

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An Off-The-Beaten-Path Approach To Selling Bags

The internal frame backpack — beloved by students, hikers and itinerant types all over the world — first entered the market in...

Edgewell Personal Care Plans To Buy Harry’s

In one of the biggest recent cases of an established firm buying an eCommerce rival, Edgewell Personal Care reportedly plans to buy...

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Amazon Innovations

Amazon Launches Lending Referral Program In China

Amazon has launched a new lending service in China dubbed Lending Referral Program, which is open to select merchants that sell products...

Sellers' Money Stolen In Amazon Cyberattack

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Security & Fraud

Amazon Merchants Affected By Cyberattack

Amazon was the target of an “extensive” cyberattack in which hackers stole money from merchant accounts and funneled them into their own,...

Amazon Helped SMBs Earn More Than $160B In 2018

Amazon Helped SMBs Earn More Than $160B In 2018

In the digital age, Amazon has reportedly aided millions of small businesses in flourishing. The eCommerce retailer claims it has helped 1.9...

When Subscription Merchants Innovate With Plan Features

To make life easier for their customers, many businesses are adopting the subscription business model. From consumer goods and hardware to eCommerce...