E-commerce
The latest in E-commerce
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Survey sites recruit respondents with the promise of a reward, which may lead to bogus answers. That doesn’t mean the data is unusable.
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Castor oil won’t dissolve cysts and tumors. Some creators on TikTok Shop are earning commissions by suggesting otherwise.
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The new Shop feature appears to be transforming the entire app experience.
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After the largest corporate layoffs in its history, the tech giant is at a crossroads.
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Few things are actually scarce on the internet — but marketers don’t want you to know that.
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After 48 hours of chaos and silence from top company leaders, many employees still don’t know if they’ll have jobs next year.
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Inside the under-the-radar business that makes more money than Amazon Prime.
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A former Amazon employee found that, in large areas of Washington state, Prime deliveries can take four to five business days.
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A $250 billion question.
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Despite what conservatives say, Joe Biden is not trying to ruin the holiday shopping season.
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The site famous for handmade goods is going after Gen Z.
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The collapse of America’s middle class crushed department stores. Amazon and the pandemic are the final blows.
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A report on Amazon from the Wall Street Journal appears to contradict statements made under oath by a top company lawyer during a congressional antitrust hearing.
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Soon, when you buy Nike stuff on Amazon, it will no longer come directly from Nike.
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Its social app Neighbors makes Ring more effective on criminals — and customers.
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Amazon is sending a warning shot to competitors.
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DST, the venture capital firm founded by Yuri Milner, is expected to lead the deal.
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Some investors balked at the price tag for the direct-to-consumer men’s health brand.
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Consumer goods represent Alexa’s best chance at getting voice sales off the ground.
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The upstart is taking share. Can it build from there?
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Third-party data puts its sales and customer retention below its peers.
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The days of Wish building its company on the back of artificially low shipping rates may be over.
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Is an Amazon Prime alternative for the fashion industry on the horizon?
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Customer feedback is very important.
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“The shopping experience is even more broken and lacking for beauty products than what we initially believed.”
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But: “When I read about Elon Musk, I think sometimes maybe not.”
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The founders of Framebridge and Away share the latest from the digital-native commerce world.
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Tobi Lütke thinks giving your business data to Amazon might not be a good idea.
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If it feels like Amazon’s site is increasingly stuffed with ads, that’s because it is.
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Will it last?
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Nineteen percent of these merchants grossed more than $1 million in sales, up from 10 percent last year.
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There’s a whole bunch of data in Walmart’s corner that supports the risk it’s taking.
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A new chapter begins in its rivalry with Amazon.
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Zeisser disagreed with Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai over investment strategy, sources familiar with the situation said.
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But GrubHub is still by far the biggest food delivery company.
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The U.S. has been trying to figure out how to tax out-of-state transactions since before the internet.
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The Berlin-based company’s acquisition of organic meal-kit startup Green Chef pushed it past the homegrown Blue Apron.
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It also has way more customers.
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The delivery partnership is picking up steam.
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The online retailer’s acquisitions by the numbers.