ecommerce

eCommerce (also known as electronic commerce) is a process of buying and selling of products or services, making money transfers, and transferring data over an electronic medium (Internet). This network allows people to do business with no barrier of distance and time.

Albertsons AI Assistants Drive Immediate 26% Basket Growth Among Early Adopters

Albertsons AI Assistants Drive Immediate 26% Basket Growth Among Early Adopters
Albertsons AI Assistants Drive Immediate 26% Basket Growth Among Early Adopters
August 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Grocery retailer Albertsons Companies found that the customers who begin using its artificial intelligence-powered online shopping experience make larger purchases almost immediately, Jill Pavlovich, senior...

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Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
August 13, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon’s latest Alexa demonstration looked almost trivial: photograph a refrigerator, ask what groceries are missing, and let artificial intelligence assemble the shopping list. Get the...

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Grocers Drop Online Markups to Turn Delivery Into a Habit
Grocers Drop Online Markups to Turn Delivery Into a Habit
August 11, 2026  |  Retail

A grocery retailer can collect an extra dollar by marking up an online order, or it can give up that dollar and try to win...

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Amazon Markets to Student Shoppers With College Campus Locker Additions
Amazon Markets to Student Shoppers With College Campus Locker Additions
August 11, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon has added 750 Locker locations at more than 500 college and university campuses across the United States, the company said in a Tuesday (Aug. 11) press release. Get...

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Rakuten Turns Profit as Ecosystem Revenue Hits Record High
Rakuten Turns Profit as Ecosystem Revenue Hits Record High
August 10, 2026  |  Earnings

Rakuten Group achieved its first quarterly profit in six years in the second quarter as it saw revenue growth across its three segments: Internet Service,...

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Why Merchant-Owned Apps Are Retail’s Fastest-Growing Sales Channel
Why Merchant-Owned Apps Are Retail’s Fastest-Growing Sales Channel
August 10, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Merchant-owned apps are becoming more important to retail growth at precisely the moment when the traditional customer journey is beginning to break apart. Get the...

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CarParts.com and CarGurus Turn Proprietary Data Into Moats
CarParts.com and CarGurus Turn Proprietary Data Into Moats
August 07, 2026  |  Earnings

CarParts.com and CarGurus are each leveraging their own proprietary data to differentiate their platforms from competitors, executives at the two companies said in their Thursday (Aug. 6) earnings...

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AI Is Bringing Retailers Their Best Customers but Not Closing the Sale
AI Is Bringing Retailers Their Best Customers but Not Closing the Sale
August 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retailers this quarter are reporting where artificial intelligence has actually changed how consumers shop, and where it has not. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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