Amazon.com is inviting select Chinese merchants to join its newly launched “crazy low prices” platform, Haul, as the leading US online shopping platform competes with Temu and Shein to woo budget-conscious consumers. Recruitment is by invitation only for now, but the Chinese vendor community already appears excited about this new channel. A factory owner surnamed … Read more
AI startup Perplexity has launched a new shopping feature that it describes as a “one-stop solution where you can research and purchase products.” Available initially for U.S.-based users of its paid Pro subscription tier before expanding soon internationally, Perplexity Shopping is a shot across the bows of rival services like Google and Amazon as the … Read more
With the holiday season right around the corner, it’s time to take advantage of Amazon Singapore’s upcoming Black Friday sale to settle your Christmas shopping or snag items you’ve always wanted at lower prices. This year’s Black Friday sale will run from Nov 21 to Dec 2, and will feature deals on the likes of … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As the holiday shopping season approaches, usually lasting from November 1 to December 31, the question arises: how can you make the most of this period? Its peak will hit during the so-called Cyber Five, or Cyber Week, which may generate 16.9% of all holiday season revenue. … Read more
When Alibaba Group Holding held its eleventh Singles’ Day shopping festival in 2019, it culminated in Shanghai that November with a performance by American pop sensation Taylor Swift to help get consumers in a cheerful mood. Five years later, China’s largest e-commerce company decided a party for the world’s largest online shopping festival was no … Read more
Google has been fined of 2.4-billion-pound fine (approximately Rs 21,790 crore) by the European Court of Justice for overshadowing smaller companies in online shopping services. The petition was filed by a UK-based couple – Shivaun and Adam Raff – founders of an online shopping site Foundem which was launched in 2006. The couple accused the … Read more
In 2018, police showed up at a nondescript industrial warehouse in New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard to investigate reported counterfeits. Federal agents were looking for knockoff military gear as part of an investigation into a distributor, called California Surplus, that had secured a $20 million contract to supply the U.S. military with specialized uniforms. They’d … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding claimed progress in the use of its digital marketing tool Quanzhantui – a key measure to boost monetisation of its Taobao and Tmall marketplaces – six months after the company launched the product. Quanzhantui, a digital marketing tool for merchants, has been closely watched since it was rolled out by the Taobao … Read more
Experian’s annual holiday trends report showed some deviation from 2023 and 2022 while buttressing the findings of other consumer surveys. Researchers at the credit ratings firm found that “online spending continues to remain around a third of all holiday shopping spending” and noted that it is “starting to see online shopping slow a little bit … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding has earmarked at least 40 billion yuan (US$5.7 billion) worth of resources to help merchants on Taobao and Tmall during the Singles’ Day shopping festival, as the e-commerce giant fights to protect its core business in an increasingly competitive market. The largest shopping platforms owned by Alibaba, which also owns the South … Read more
