Time was running out, and my fear of missing out was going up. With just a few hours left in Amazon’s Prime Day last night, I was looking at a… Read More
Amazon said it delivered billions of products globally this holiday season as it wraps up what is expected to be a record fourth fiscal quarter amid the ongoing pandemic. In… Read More
Flexe is raising more capital ahead of schedule as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom spurs faster-than-expected growth for its warehousing technology platform. The Seattle startup announced a $70 million Series C… Read More
Walmart’s ecommerce business in the United States grew 97% in the company’s second fiscal quarter, ended July 31, the retail giant reported Tuesday morning. That amounts to more than $10… Read More
Amazon has been quietly piloting an “enhanced vetting” process for prospective third-party sellers on Amazon.com, supplementing the normal online submission process with video calls to verify the identities of applicants… Read More
There’s a whole cottage industry of startups eager to help retailers crack the e-commerce code. Two of those startups — Seattle-based Ideoclick and Replenium — just landed a total of… Read More
Ecommerce is known for its waves of innovation. From the rise of pure-plays to the advent of multi-channel and subscription commerce, we’ve seen the category disrupted more than once. Now,… Read More
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Just in time for the holidays, Amazon launched a new gift shop for its Handmade shopping portal, offering a selection of handcrafted items in a variety of categories. It’s the… Read More
Sometimes, brick-and-mortar retail can still flex its muscles. Walmart is taking advantage of the fact that it has thousands of stores around the United States as it launches a speedy… Read More
Starbucks is always happy to attract customers to its physical stores, but things are changing for shoppers online as the Seattle-based coffee giant announced this week that it will be… Read More
Amazon is making a $5 billion play to became the top e-commerce site in India, and it seems the investment is paying off. According to new data from data intelligence… Read More
On Monday, Facebook announced Marketplace, an internal one-to-one e-commerce division, setting up the Silicon Valley giant for fierce competition with services like Craigslist, eBay and Bellevue, Wash., based OfferUp, possibly… Read More
Two of Amazon’s biggest online shopping competitors, Walmart and Jet.com, may be looking to team up. The Wall Street Journal reports Walmart is in talks to buy the Hoboken, N.J.-based discount online… Read More
Competing in e-commerce can be a challenge for small businesses. Many turn to third parties like Shopify or BigCartel, but those services can reduce customer retention and make it difficult to… Read More
You may soon be able to buy those shoes your friend is wearing in her profile picture without leaving Facebook. The social networking site is testing a feature that would allow… Read More
Google is close to launching “buy” buttons to enable customers to pay and check-out for products without ever having to leave the search engine, according to The Wall Street Journal. The… Read More
Amazon today launched its new Amazon Business marketplace with “hundreds of millions of products” and what it calls business-only pricing and selection, free two-day shipping, and a number of other new… Read More
During the four years Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Hallerman spent working in a Hong Kong-based design and production studio, he observed a pain point in the retail business. Hallerman and his team… Read More
Portland-based startup Your Brandlive formally launched today, announcing a new video social commerce platform designed to help make the retailer-customer relationship more personal. Essentially, Your Brandlive is a project of Cascade… Read More
Ken Moss, who spent 20 years at Microsoft before going on to co-found the Seattle startup CrowdEye, has landed a new job as vice president of managed marketplaces technology at… Read More