E-Commerce

Eric Jackson has been posting obsessively about Opendoor as part of an effort to spark a rally in shares of the online real estate service.

Asked about Meituan's thoughts on its rivals' subsidy programmes including Alibaba's pledge, Wang said it was “definitely an irrational competition”...

Leave it to an online bazaar to sell a creative financial swap. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba just raised $1.5 billion with a zero-coupon bond...

A Meituan executive said the company had no choice but to join the latest round of what he called “irrational competition” against rivals JD.com and Alibaba Group Holding in China’s instant delivery sector, even though the blizzard of discounts being offered to woo buyers had become disconnected from business fundamentals. “We didn’t want to take part in [the price war], as we don’t think it makes sense,” Wang Puzhong, head of Beijing-based Meituan’s core local commerce business, said in an...

Ocado Group Plc posted a rare pretax profit helped by the valuation of its grocery delivery joint venture with Marks & Spencer Group Plc.

Coinbase is looking to reach a new subset of consumers who aren't necessarily interested in buying or trading crypto, the company's core business.

Amazon.com Inc.’s carbon emissions rose for the first time in three years in 2024, driven by data center construction and fuel consumption by its delivery providers.

A leading Chinese state media outlet has expressed support for the nation’s internet platform operators, emphasising their importance alongside hard-tech companies like chip manufacturers, as it adopts a positive tone that reflects Beijing’s friendly stance towards e-commerce companies. According to the editorial published by the Economic Daily on Wednesday, food delivery and “hard-tech” breakthroughs – such as advances in high-speed trains and aerospace technologies – represented two key...

Alibaba Group Holding will roll out a programme called “Super Saturdays” over the next 100 days to lure more consumers to its platform, while escalating a price war against Meituan and JD.com in the mainland’s on-demand delivery services market. Under Alibaba’s instant commerce brand Taobao Shangou, “Super Saturdays” would offer consumers up to 188 yuan (US$26) in subsidies for the purchase and delivery of low-cost goods such as milk tea and breakfast meals, according to a report by state-owned...

Amazon's Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic...

German commercial property prices are at risk of further declines as structural changes such as the shift to online shopping and home office as well as stricter energy requirements weigh on the sector, according to a regular report from a government-led commission.

Alibaba Group Holding tied its own record of 80 million on-demand deliveries on Saturday, the e-commerce giant reported on Monday, as it wages an...

The eCommerce giant announced Saturday (July 12) that its yearly summer sale produced record sales and savings in its newly expanded four-day form...

China's 'instant commerce' sector is experiencing a cut-throat price war with companies launching massive subsidy programs and other promotions.

The so-called Magnificent Seven firms — Apple Inc., Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia Corp., Meta and Tesla Inc. — are expected to post a 14% rise...

Online spending soared $24.1 billion across U.S. retailers during the stretch from July 8 to 11 – dubbed "Black Friday in Summer", outpacing Adobe...

Retailers recorded online sales growth of 30.3% during events that included Amazon Prime Day, Adobe said on Saturday, compared with its projections of...

... Amazon Prime Day: shop '. First, the sales themselves have a relatively modest impact on the company's bottom line. Amazon's ecommerce business may...

Market research company Numerator said July 11 the average household spend during Amazon's Prime Day sales event reached $156.37.

A protracted battle in China's food-delivery market has chopped $100 billion in market value from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., with no end in sight...

China's 'instant commerce' sector is experiencing a cut-throat price war with companies launching massive subsidy programs and other promotions.

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Last month, Amazon began asking staffers who came to the U.S. under humanitarian immigration programs to provide updated work permits.

Amazon Vice President, Amazon Prime Jamil Ghani told Bloomberg ... ecommerce, Momentum Commerce, News, Prime Day, PYMNTS News, Retail, What's...

... eCommerce, retail, Amazon Prime Day, Walmart+ Week. Highlights. Prime Day 2025 is seeing a shift from impulse electronics to practical essentials...

Rakuten Group Inc. hired banks for a yen bond offering of about 150 billion yen ($1 billion), according to one of the underwriters on the deal, Daiwa Securities Co.

A streaming device can be much faster than using the apps built-in to your TV software, according to experts. This Amazon Fire TV Stick supports...

Amazon.com Inc took a big gamble this year by expanding its annual Prime Day summer sale to four days from two, betting the extension would give shoppers more time to navigate the millions of deals on its sprawling web store.

Amazon is hosting its longest-running Prime Day sales event this year, while other retailers have responded with competing sales.

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