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.

Thrasio Seeks Bigger Acquisitions After Landing $500 Million In New Financing
Thrasio Seeks Bigger Acquisitions After Landing $500 Million In New Financing
January 13, 2021  |  eCommerce

Digital consumer goods company Thrasio said it plans to go on the hunt for even larger eCommerce companies to acquire on the heels of its...

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Auto1 Online Car Marketplace Plans To Go Public
Auto1 Online Car Marketplace Plans To Go Public
January 13, 2021  |  IPO

Berlin-based Auto1 Group said on Wednesday (Jan. 13) that it plans to go public in the first quarter of this year. Auto1 serves both consumers...

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Today In Retail: Walgreens To Launch Co-Branded Cards; Big Lots Reports Rise In Quarter-To-Date Comp Sales
Today In Retail: Walgreens To Launch Co-Branded Cards; Big Lots Reports Rise In Quarter-To-Date Comp...
January 13, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Walgreens is growing its financial services offering with the help of Mastercard and Synchrony, while Big Lots, Inc. said it...

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Target Doubles Holiday Digital Sales; In-Store Comps Up 4.2 Percent
Target Doubles Holiday Digital Sales; In-Store Comps Up 4.2 Percent
January 13, 2021  |  Retail

Target reported Wednesday (Jan. 13) that comparable digital sales more than doubled during the holiday period, while in-store sales also surprisingly grew despite the pandemic....

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Swap.com Uses Data Analytics to Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge
Swap.com Uses Data Analytics to Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge
January 13, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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Shipt Says Shortened Delivery Times The New ‘Normal’
Shipt Says Shortened Delivery Times The New ‘Normal’
January 13, 2021  |  Retail

If there are any certainties in online commerce they may boil down to these statements: Contactless is here to stay, and the last mile might...

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Adobe: Holiday Online Shopping Topped $188.2 Billion
Adobe: Holiday Online Shopping Topped $188.2 Billion
January 12, 2021  |  eCommerce

The 2020 holiday season was rife with online shopping, which hit a record $188.2 billion, or two years’ worth of growth, according to an analysis...

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Today In Retail: Dollar Shave Club Names New CEO; Albertsons Registers Digital Sales Growth Spike
Today In Retail: Dollar Shave Club Names New CEO; Albertsons Registers Digital Sales Growth Spike
January 12, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Dollar Shave Club (DSC)’s board of directors have named a new CEO for the brand, while Albertsons Companies registered a...

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Opportunities And Hurdles In The Evolution Of Retail 
Opportunities And Hurdles In The Evolution Of Retail 
January 12, 2021  |  Today In Data

Outstanding Foods is developing non-meat equivalents of bacon seasoning, pork rinds and other piggy products for the direct-to-consumer (D2C) and retail markets. In subscriptions, Amazon Prime and Walmart+ saw declines in U.S....

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