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.

Grocers Drop Online Markups to Turn Delivery Into a Habit

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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Retailers Steer AI Traffic Back to Own Checkouts
Retailers Steer AI Traffic Back to Own Checkouts
August 07, 2026  |  Retail

Retailers are looking to market their products through artificial intelligence platforms while bringing the transactions and data that come with them to their own platforms,...

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Live Commerce Platform Whatnot Raises $545 Million to Speed AI Expansion
Live Commerce Platform Whatnot Raises $545 Million to Speed AI Expansion
August 07, 2026  |  Investments

Whatnot raised $545 million in a Series G funding round to grow its live commerce platform, the company said in a Friday (Aug. 7) press...

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