Ecommerce
Shopify is winning Salesforce clients, stoking e-commerce rivalry
OVER the past 15 or so years, Shopify has established itself as the go-to for mom-and-pop businesses looking to set up shop online. Now, in a dramatic shift, the...
YouTube and Shopee partner in South-east Asia e-commerce tie-up
ALPHABET’S YouTube and e-commerce platform Shopee said on Wednesday (Sep 18) they were launching an online shopping service in Indonesia and planned to expand it in South-east Asia as...
Chinese e-commerce group JD.com beats profit forecasts in Q2
Chinese e-commerce group JD.com on Thursday (Aug 15) reported forecast beating second-quarter profits, helped by price cuts that attracted cost-sensitive consumers to its platform.JD.com’s US-listed shares rose as much...
China’s e-commerce giants dig deep on pitches to jolt wary buyers
CHINA’S shoppers are getting wooed this week like never before. The country’s biggest Internet firms are pulling out all the stops during the annual “618” shopping festival, in a...
More worries for China, sales at big e-commerce festival drop for first time
SALES fell for the first time ever at China’s blowout mid-year e-commerce sales festival as consumers remain cautious about spending as the economy sputters, according to third-party data estimates...
TikTok pauses e-commerce push into Europe to focus on US
TIKTOK has put on hold plans to launch its fast-growing e-commerce business across major European markets, focusing instead on growth in the US where it’s fighting a divest-or-ban law.
ByteDance’s...
India’s Adani Group plans e-commerce, payments ventures
India’s Adani Group has been considering an application for a licence to operate on the country’s public digital payments network and is in talks with banks to finalise plans...
TikTok shop tops 500,000 US sellers after 2023 e-commerce launch
TikTok reported that more than 500,000 merchants were selling to US users on its app at the end of 2023, more than double the number from three months earlier,...
