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.

Furniture, Large Home Goods B2B Platform GigaCloud Closes $41M IPO
Furniture, Large Home Goods B2B Platform GigaCloud Closes $41M IPO
August 22, 2022  |  IPO

Large-parcel B2B eCommerce platform GigaCloud Technology has closed a $41 million initial public offering (IPO) as well as a full over-allotment option of about 3.4...

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Walmart, Target, Kohl’s Look to Cut Amazon’s Apparel Lead
Walmart, Target, Kohl’s Look to Cut Amazon’s Apparel Lead
August 22, 2022  |  Retail

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Chinese Online Marketplace Pinduoduo Expands to US
Chinese Online Marketplace Pinduoduo Expands to US
August 22, 2022  |  eCommerce

Mostly known in China for connecting agriculture products to consumers, eCommerce marketplace Pinduoduo is reportedly expanding its platform globally, with the first launch in the...

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Merchants’ Digital Shopping Features Losing Fight Against Friction in Mexico
Merchants’ Digital Shopping Features Losing Fight Against Friction in Mexico
August 22, 2022  |  Shopping

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Stripe Lays Off Some TaxJar Employees
Stripe Lays Off Some TaxJar Employees
August 21, 2022  |  Personnel

Digital payments platform Stripe has reportedly laid off some employees who worked at tax compliance startup TaxJar, which it acquired in 2021. Get the Full...

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Nigerian B2B eCommerce Firm Omnibiz Raises $15M, Plans to Expand
Nigerian B2B eCommerce Firm Omnibiz Raises $15M, Plans to Expand
August 19, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Nigerian B2B eCommerce company Omnibiz has raised $15 million in a pre-Series A funding round and said it plans to expand further in the region....

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Wayfair Clips 5% of Global Workforce After Growth Sputters
Wayfair Clips 5% of Global Workforce After Growth Sputters
August 19, 2022  |  eCommerce

A pandemic surge in growth that unexpectedly sputtered post-COVID prompted online home goods retailer Wayfair to lay off 5% of its global staff, affecting 870...

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Footlocker’s CEO Pick Reflects Retail’s Shift to D2C
Footlocker’s CEO Pick Reflects Retail’s Shift to D2C
August 19, 2022  |  Retail

When your consumers skew digital and your major vendors go direct to consumer (D2C), the store and mall formats that have worked in the past...

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Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Bring on the Season of Deals
Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Bring on the Season of Deals
August 19, 2022  |  Retail

When Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told investors “we’re building a different business” this week, the part he left off was that the business is going...

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