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Amazon Deliveroo Deal Cleared By UK Authorities

Amazon Deliveroo Deal Cleared By UK Authorities
Amazon Deliveroo Deal Cleared By UK Authorities
June 24, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

A year-long investigation into Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo, the U.K. food delivery service, has ended in favor of the world’s largest online marketplace. Get the Full Story...

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India OKs Facebook Subsidiary’s Acquisition Of Jio Platforms Share
India OKs Facebook Subsidiary’s Acquisition Of Jio Platforms Share
June 24, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given the green light to the acquisition of a roughly 9.99 percent share of Jio Platforms by a...

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Samsung To Roll Out Pay Card For Digital Wallet With Mastercard, Curve
Samsung To Roll Out Pay Card For Digital Wallet With Mastercard, Curve
June 24, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to offer a Samsung Pay Card that will give customers “a simple and flexible way to control their money,” the company...

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Wirecard Catches A $2B Break From Lenders On Loan Repayment
Wirecard Catches A $2B Break From Lenders On Loan Repayment
June 24, 2020  |  Loans

After a week of bad news, the embattled Wirecard AG caught a break from lenders that provided 1.75 billion euros ($2 billion) in credit to the German payment...

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Online Sales Projected To Settle At 16.5 Pct Growth Rate
Online Sales Projected To Settle At 16.5 Pct Growth Rate
June 24, 2020  |  Retail

While web users have harnessed eCommerce in numbers that haven’t been seen before amid the COVID-19 heath crisis, eMarketer forecasts the worldwide retail online shopping...

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Instagram Drives New Social Commerce Momentum
Instagram Drives New Social Commerce Momentum
June 24, 2020  |  Retail

Social commerce continues its pandemic-driven momentum as Instagram announced two major moves in the area and new research shows the platform will see substantial new...

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Taking New Approaches To Retail And Microbusiness Banking
Taking New Approaches To Retail And Microbusiness Banking
June 24, 2020  |  Today In Data

Merchants are focusing on re-engaging shoppers now that brick-and-mortar retailers are reopening across the United States. In eCommerce, in an effort to attract and retain online customers,...

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Retail’s Trust Issue: How To Manage Vulnerability
Retail’s Trust Issue: How To Manage Vulnerability
June 24, 2020  |  Retail

On a recent National Retail Federation webinar Target CEO Brian Cornell was asked about the most important factors facing retailers as they continue to deal...

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Newegg Masters The Art Of The Pivot
Newegg Masters The Art Of The Pivot
June 24, 2020  |  Retail

It’s hard to find a major eCommerce retailer that has evolved more than Newegg. After coming out of the post-internet bubble economy of 2001 as...

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