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Amazon Expands Seller Assistant With Agentic AI to Become Always-On Partner
... eCommerce giant as a more active partner to the millions of independent merchants on its marketplace. Mary Beth Westmoreland, vice president of...
CNBC
Chart Master: Trim longs in Alibaba - CNBC
Carter Worth, Worth Charting, joins 'Fast Money' to share his technical take on Alibaba's recent moves.
The Verge
Amazon is creating more tools to fill its site with AI ads | The Verge
Amazon is launching a new AI tool that lets sellers generate a static or video ad just by describing it to a chatbot.
TechCrunch
Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses
The company is updating Seller Assistant, its AI tool for third-party sellers, to help handle tasks on the seller's behalf.
Bloomberg
Used-Car Unicorns Slim Down to Raise $1 Billion Via India IPOs
Some of India’s biggest online vendors of used cars are trimming costs and quitting secondary ventures to prepare for potential stock listings that could raise more than $1 billion combined, according to people familiar with the development.
Used-Car Unicorns Slim Down to Raise $1 Billion Via India IPOs
CNBC
StubHub slides 6% in NYSE debut after ticket seller's long-awaited IPO
StubHub sold shares in its IPO at the middle of the expected range after the company twice delayed its offering.
CNBC
StubHub CEO says recent change to all-in ticket prices will dent revenue
The Federal Trade Commission earlier this year initiated new rules around hidden "junk fees" and deceptive ticket prices on online marketplaces.
CNBC
StubHub's stock opens at $25.35 in NYSE debut after ticket seller's long-awaited IPO
StubHub sold shares in its IPO at the middle of the expected range after the company twice delayed its offering.
CNBC
StubHub prices IPO at $23.50, valuing company at $8.6 billion
StubHub is poised to hit the public market after twice delaying its IPO, most recently due to market volatility following President Trump's sweeping tariffs.
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eCommerce Lifts Retail Sales as Consumers Seek Deals Online | PYMNTS.com
Amazon and Walmart, ahead of the holiday season, at least in those categories and particularly as Black Friday and other promotions loom. The...
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Amazon Brings Back Big Deal Days to Kick Off Holiday Shopping | PYMNTS.com
Amazon is bringing back its Prime Big Deal Days shopping event, returning Oct. 7 and 8, the eCommerce giant announced Sept. 15.
South China Morning Post
Alibaba's Tmall merchants enter Southeast Asia through subsidiary Lazada's platform
The new programme reflects Alibaba's commitment to bring a wider array of products to Southeast Asia's fast-growing internet economy.
CNBC
Amazon introduces AI agent to help sellers with tedious tasks
The agent is being added to Seller Assistant, an AI tool for merchants that the company debuted last year.
Bloomberg
Amazon Revamps AI Agent for Online Sellers Roiled by Trade War
Amazon.com Inc. has revamped its artificial intelligence agent for online merchants, an upgrade that could help sellers navigate a holiday shopping season clouded by the trade war between the US and China.
Amazon Revamps AI Agent for Online Sellers Roiled by Trade War
TechCrunch
Amazon to host Prime Big Deals Day sales event on October 7 and 8 | TechCrunch
Amazon is betting that shoppers will embrace various AI tools during the event, such as its shopping assistant Rufus, along with visual search...
SCMP
Alipay, Weixin Pay embrace China’s new cross-border payment system
China’s two largest mobile payment services, Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings’ Weixin Pay, have adopted a new cross-border payment system designed to facilitate cashless transactions made by foreigners in the country. Alipay, along with Ant Group’s overseas spin-off Ant International, and Weixin Pay said in separate statements on Wednesday that they were expanding support for foreign e-wallets through China’s Cross-border Interconnection Payment Gateway scheme. Ant is affiliated with...
CNBC
Alibaba's shares jump after it lands a major customer for its AI chips - CNBC
The move underscores China's efforts to boost the use of its own domestic semiconductors for AI ... Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes,...
CNBC
Amazon CEO Jassy says company is reducing bureaucracy, which is ‘anathema’ to innovation
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he's working to root out bureaucracy from within the company's ranks as part of an effort to reset its culture.
CNBC
StubHub to price IPO at $23.50, valuing company at $8.6 billion
StubHub is poised to hit the public market after twice delaying its IPO, most recently due to market volatility following President Trump's sweeping tariffs.
Bloomberg
Augusta National Adds Amazon Prime to Broadcast 2026 Masters
Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Video has become the first major tech streamer to strike a deal with Augusta National Golf Club, airing the early rounds of the Masters Tournament in 2026.
Augusta National Adds Amazon Prime to Broadcast 2026 Masters
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Alibaba’s Tmall merchants enter Southeast Asia via subsidiary Lazada’s platform
Alibaba Group Holding is looking to ramp up its cross-border e-commerce strategy by getting merchants on its premium Tmall shopping site to sell to consumers in Southeast Asia through subsidiary Lazada. “This is the first time that Tmall has established a direct connection to Lazada’s platform to facilitate the seamless onboarding of sellers,” a representative from Singapore-based Lazada said on Tuesday, adding that this initiative started last month. Alibaba owns the Post. The cross-border...
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eCommerce Marketplace Packable Nets $1.5B Value in SPAC Merger - PYMNTS.com
Third-party online marketplace Packable, which operates across a half dozen eCommerce platforms, including Amazon, Walmart, eBay and Google Shopping,...
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Jack Ma Is Back and Making Bold Bets at Alibaba - Bloomberg.com
Days after publicly slamming Chinese lenders as “pawn shops,” regulators blocked plans to take Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group public. Weeks later,...
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Watch Jack Ma Returns to 'Make Alibaba Great Again' - Bloomberg
Jack Ma is back on Alibaba's campuses and more directly involved in the company than he has been in half a decade, according to people familiar...
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Jack Ma Returns With a Vengeance to 'Make Alibaba Great Again' - Bloomberg.com
During China's yearslong crackdown on the tech sector, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s internal messaging boards lit up with dreams to “MAGA” – Make...
Bloomberg
Alibaba Looks Refocused With Jack Ma Back in the Fold
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Luz Ding explains how China’s ecommerce pioneer has steadied the ship, with a hand from its iconic co-founder.
Alibaba Looks Refocused With Jack Ma Back in the Fold
Reuters
Online marketplace Fiverr to lay off 30% of workforce in AI push | Reuters
... AI and incorporating the technology into the company's platform. ... Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world's...
Bloomberg
Meet the Man Who Wants to Run Latin America's Most Valuable Company Like a Startup
Ariel Szarfsztejn is inheriting the mantle of the e-commerce and fintech giant at a time of mounting competition and talent constraints. 
Meet the Man Who Wants to Run Latin America's Most Valuable Company Like a Startup
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Amazon Employing AI to Help Shoppers Comb Reviews - PYMNTS.com
Among the advantages here, the report added, is that artificial intelligence (AI) ... News, PYMNTS News, Voice AI, What's Hot. Google's AI Overviews Hit...
CNBC
Can an Amazon AI voice guide you better than customer product reviews? It's starting to try
... AI version, and AI-fatigue is a risk as well. In this article ... Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis.