Category - Ecommerce News
Alibaba Pictures Acquires India’s Second Largest Ecommerce Ticketing Platform
Alibaba has this week continues its quest to tap the potential of the Indian market by acquiring majority stakes in the online ticketing platform TicketNew. TicketNew is the second largest ticketing platform in India and it is the first big...
Ecommerce Show North Announced For October 2017
The biggest ever gathering of ecommerce companies, suppliers and vendors in the UK ever held outside of London is set to take place on October 11 and 12 at EventCity in Manchester. The event is expected to attract over 120 exhibiting businesses and...
Mary Meeker Releases Her Annual Internet Trends Report
This week has seen Mary Meeker release her annual internet trends report. Comprising a total of 355 Powerpoint Slides the report covers the main online trends in a wide range of sectors as well as a range of countries from China to India. Mary...
Amazon And JD.com Push Forward With Drone Deliveries
With the ecommerce marketplace by continually getting ever more competitive, the world’s largest retailers are always looking for ways to differentiate their offerings and get goods to their customers quicker. Drone delivery is increasingly being...
Weebly Soon To Offer Android Pay
Weebly have announced that will soon be integrating Android Pay into the mobile checkout flow of Weebly online stores. The announcement was made at the recent annual Google I/O conference by Google product manager Zach Koch. Weebly is the global...
The Growth Of Pocket Checkout Technology
Amazon has launched its AmazonFresh Pickup, which lets consumers order their groceries and other essentials online and then pick them up in as little as fifteen minutes. The launch has been small, with just two kiosks in Seattle offering this but...
Amazon Shares Hit The $1000 Mark
Tuesday saw Amazon shares hit the $1000 threshold for the first time ever, marking a milestone for the ecommerce giant. Shares were around the $997 mark in mid-afternoon trading after reaching a peak of $1001.20 earlier in the day. Speaking to the...
Kmart Launches Online Shopping Site In New Zealand
Today has seen Kmart launch online shopping in New Zealand. Promising two to four days delivery for urban addresses, it has opened up its catalogue for home delivery. Talking about the launch, Kmart country manager said that it was a soft launch...
#BOOMStartup Of The Year Won By honestbee
Last week saw the Wild Digital Conference, Southeast Asia’s premier tech conference take place at Le Meridien, Kuala Lumpur on 24 and 25 May. Organised by the Catcha Group, one of Southeast Asia’s leading internet companies, it is a platform for key...
Amazon Opens Its Latest Bricks And Mortar Bookshop
There’s no doubt about it, in its third decade of business, Amazon dominates the world of online shopping. Which makes it rather strange, some would say, to see them opening more and more bricks and mortar stores. This week has seen Amazon open its...
New Partnerships Announced Between Global Access And RevCascade
A new partnership has been announced between Global Access, the leading provider of cross-border ecommerce technology and shipping solutions and RevCascade, the ecommerce marketplace automation platform that is used by many retailers and brands...
150 New Ecommerce Jobs For Ireland
Good news for Ireland this week as two leading tech companies have announced a total of 150 ecommerce and tech jobs. Pitney Bowes, the American provider of global ecommerce solutions has announced that it plans to open a new Operations Centre in...
Dune Appoints Former Ralph Lauren Ecommerce Director Rob Silsbury
Leading British retailer The Dune Group have hired one of the hottest talents in ecommerce in Rob Silsbury, their new Ecommerce and Marketing Director. Silsbury, the former Senior Director, Marketing and Ecommerce (EMEA) at Ralph Lauren has over 20...
Marks And Spencer To Look To Online To Regain Profit Levels
It’s not been a good year for Marks and Spencer whose year end figures show that profits fell by almost two thirds to £174.4 million. Britain’s most famous high street retailer said that higher costs from opening new food stores and a significant...
Amazon Prepares To Take On Coles And Woolworths For A Chunk Of The $3 billion Australian Online Grocery Market.
The Australian supermarket sector has just emerged from its worst period of growth in over 30 years which is why it is not surprising that Amazon seems ready to pounce and gain a foothold in the sector. This week it has been revealed that the...
The One Hour Delivery Battle Hots Up In The UK
Tesco is ramping up its battle with the online retail giant Amazon by launching its own one hour delivery service. Registering the trademark Tesco Now, Britain’s biggest grocer is to launch a pilot scheme that will see it offer shoppers one...
Half Of All Singaporeans Don’t Feel Safe When Shopping Online
With recent reports that the most consumer complaints received in India are against ecommerce companies, it’s no surprise that this trend is repeated across the globe with ecommerce growing at a rapid rate. This week has seen a Mastercard Online...
India Takes Action Against Record Number Of Complaints Against Ecommerce Companies
A new report from the National Consumer Helpline (NCH) in India which is a joint initiative between the Indian Institute of Public Administration and the Consumer Affairs Department has revealed that most consumer complaints in India are against...
eBay To Charge UK Sellers 20% VAT
It has emerged this week that eBay sellers in the UK will soon be made to pay 20 per cent added value tax on their fees from later this year when the world’s most famous auction site and online marketplace has a major overhaul of its corporate...
Amazon Launch Prime Reading In The UK
Taking out an Amazon Prime subscription undoubtedly offers a fantastic range of benefits, from one day delivery to Prime Video where you can watch some of the world’s best TV shows. In the UK however, not all of the benefits that US customers are...