E-Commerce

PYMNTS.com
Amazon Business Now Serves 8 Million Companies in 11 Countries | PYMNTS.com
... Amazon, Amazon Business, B2B, B2B Payments, ecommerce, News, PYMNTS News, What's Hot, What's Hot In B2B. China Weighs Yuan-Pegged Stablecoins in...
Bloomberg.com
Amazon Shares Pay the Price of Remaining 'Show-Me' Story With AI - Bloomberg
In a stock market obsessed with artificial intelligence, Amazon.com Inc. is losing ground.
PYMNTS.com
Startup Brings Mathematical Precision to Amazon's Gen AI | PYMNTS.com
A new technique called neurosymbolic AI, now used by Amazon and offered by Citi-backed Imandra, uses generative AI and symbolic reasoning.
Bloomberg.com
Amazon Shares Lag Behind in Stock Market Obsessed With AI - Bloomberg.com
According to Eric Clark, portfolio manager of the Rational Dynamic Brands Fund, Amazon's stock price is being held back by not being strictly an AI...
SCMP
Alibaba, Ant combine forces to take on Meituan in instant commerce market
Alibaba Group Holding and its fintech affiliate Ant Group, both co-founded by Jack Ma, have joined forces to create an army of delivery service workers to defeat Meituan in the instant commerce market. A total of 22 businesses operated by Alibaba and Ant, including domestic online marketplaces Taobao and Tmall, Ant’s Alipay payment service and Alibaba Cloud, have pledged to improve the conditions of millions of delivery riders. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Alibaba’s move to pool...
CNBC
Shein reportedly weighs moving back to China to gain approval for Hong Kong IPO
Shein is reportedly considering moving its headquarters back to China in a bid to facilitate its Hong Kong initial public offering plans.
South China Morning Post
Temasek fine tunes Chinese stock portfolio as PIF exits Alibaba in sovereign fund tweaks
Temasek slashed its holdings of JD.com by 87 per cent, cut its Alibaba stake by two-thirds and cut NetEase by 38 per cent, according to its 13F...
CNBC
Opendoor CEO resigns following investor pressure campaign
Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler said on Friday that she's resigning following "weeks of intense outside interest" in the online real estate company.
CNBC
Opendoor stock pops 10% as CEO resigns following investor pressure campaign
Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler said on Friday that she's resigning following "weeks of intense outside interest" in the online real estate company.
CNBC
Hedge fund giant Bridgewater pares China bets, offloading stakes in Alibaba and Baidu - CNBC
Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates divested from U.S.-listed Chinese stocks in the second quarter, signaling a clear pullback from the...
South China Morning Post
Alibaba's new AI agent to 'revolutionise' how merchants source goods online
Alibaba Group Holding's international commerce arm on Thursday released an artificial intelligence agent to help merchants source products and...
PYMNTS.com
Amazon and Walmart Make Same-Day Grocery Delivery Retail's New Battleground
eCommerce Price Wars Turn Strategic. Gone are the days when brand loyalty alone was enough to ensure consistent customer engagement. Summer 2025...
The Information
Walmart Backing Away From Trade Desk, an Amazon Ad Tech Rival - The Information
Catherine Perloff is a reporter covering the intersection of...
PYMNTS.com
Amazon Begins Adding Perishable Groceries to Same-Day Delivery in US - PYMNTS.com
... Amazon, ecommerce, grocery, News, PYMNTS News, same-day delivery, What's Hot. Refold Raises $6.5 Million for AI Agents That Perform API...
SCMP
JD.com quarterly sales beat expectations but food delivery foray slices profit
JD.com’s revenue grew a faster-than-anticipated 22 per cent in the June quarter, benefiting from government-directed consumer subsidies as well as an aggressive drive into new arenas such as food delivery. The Nasdaq-listed shares of China’s top online retailer by revenue rose about 1 per cent in pre-market US trading. The Beijing-based company reported sales of 356.7 billion yuan (US$49.7 billion) for the quarter ended June 30, about 6 per cent above projections. Net income halved to 6.2...
SCMP
Alibaba’s new AI agent to ‘revolutionise’ how merchants source goods online
Alibaba Group Holding’s international commerce arm on Thursday released an artificial intelligence agent to help merchants source products and supplies, a development that could change the way online business is conducted. The Accio Agent unveiled by Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group (AIDC) was designed to “revolutionise international commerce” by automating 70 per cent of the traditional time-consuming work, including product ideation, prototyping, compliance checks and supplier...
Bloomberg
JD.com’s Sales Rise Though Food Delivery Foray Slices Profit
JD.com Inc.’s revenue grew a faster-than-anticipated 22%, benefiting from government-directed consumer subsidies as well as an aggressive but costly drive into new arenas such as meal delivery.
JD.com’s Sales Rise Though Food Delivery Foray Slices Profit
Bloomberg
Adyen Shares Plunge After It Scales Back Annual Growth Outlook
Adyen NV shares sank as much as 20% after the payments processing company walked back its projections for faster revenue growth this year.
Adyen Shares Plunge After It Scales Back Annual Growth Outlook
TechCrunch
Amazon rolls out same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 1,000 US cities | TechCrunch
Anthropic's product lead for the Claude platform, Brad Abrams, told TechCrunch in an interview that he expects AI coding platforms to get a “lot of...
CNBC
Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities
The service is launching in more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, with plans to expand to at least 2,300 locations by the end of this year.
Bloomberg
Amazon to Offer Same-Day Groceries Delivery in 2,300 Cities
Amazon.com Inc. plans to offer same-day grocery delivery in 2,300 cities by the end of the year, more than doubling the current number and marking its latest attempt to muscle into the $1 trillion grocery industry led by its top retail competitor Walmart Inc.
Amazon to Offer Same-Day Groceries Delivery in 2,300 Cities
PYMNTS.com
Loyalty Takes a Back Seat in the Summer Discount Wars | PYMNTS.com
Yet the eCommerce giant's execution was more sophisticated than ever. Amazon deployed real-time app notifications, dynamic homepage banners and a...
South China Morning Post
Alibaba tops Meituan's China on-demand delivery, fuelled by 1 million cups of tea daily
After Meituan stopped its subsidies, Alibaba topped the daily delivery volume on Friday and Saturday, LatePost reported.
Bloomberg
Paytm Shares Surge After RBI Grants Payment Aggregator License
Shares of One 97 Communications Ltd. surged to the highest level in over three years after its unit received approval from India’s central bank to operate as an online payment aggregator.
Paytm Shares Surge After RBI Grants Payment Aggregator License
SCMP
Alibaba beats Meituan’s delivery market share, fuelled by subsidies
The daily delivery volume of Alibaba Group Holding briefly surpassed rival Meituan last week after it offered free drinks to customers who ordered through its on-demand service amid the industry’s cutthroat competition, according to a report by the technology media outlet LatePost. Orders on Alibaba’s instant commerce channel Taobao Shangou topped 100 million on Thursday, 20 million fewer than Meituan. After Meituan stopped its promotion on Friday and Saturday, Taobao’s orders overtook...
Bloomberg
Western Union Mulls Its Own Stablecoin as Payments Rivalry Grows
Western Union Co., the 175-year-old remittance giant, is considering launching its own dollar-backed stablecoin, as a growing number of cryptocurrency projects compete with its core business of moving money across international borders.
Western Union Mulls Its Own Stablecoin as Payments Rivalry Grows
Bloomberg
Sea Sales Top Estimates as Online Shoppers Keep Spending
Sea Ltd. second-quarter sales beat analysts’ estimates as more of Southeast Asia’s consumers turn to online shopping for anything from iPhones to daily groceries.
Sea Sales Top Estimates as Online Shoppers Keep Spending
Reuters
Hong Kong's cash pool tightens as Alibaba primes for $13 billion listing | Reuters
Alibaba Group's $13.4 billion Hong Kong listing is shrinking cash levels in the protest-wracked financial hub, with short-term borrowing...
CNBC
Gen AI comes for online checkout, seismic shift for internet shopping - CNBC
"For ecommerce players who've relied on 'watch time' to keep users browsing, like Amazon, Etsy, or even Shopify storefronts, this is an existential...
PYMNTS.com
Amazon and Walmart Vie for AI Super Agent Status | PYMNTS.com
The other is logistics. Who can deliver faster, cheaper and more conveniently? Retail innovation, long focused on eCommerce platforms and omnichannel...