Journeying through the Gap

By focusing on having trusted products and a good user experience, Verishop can compete, say experts.

PayPal is rolling out a new e-commerce platform that gives small businesses the same access to the online shopping infrastructure as tech giants like Facebook.

Facebook is buying a stake in Indian e-commerce start-up Meesho, the head of the U.S. tech giant's Indian business said on Thursday, looking to deepen its ...

Export councils feel that staying out of the plurilateral group can adversely impact trade relations with markets such as the US.

Chewy.com, the online pet product retailer owned by PetSmart, priced its IPO at $22 per share Thursday, above the expected range, according to a person ...

Walmart Inc on Wednesday announced a sweeping overhaul at Jet.com, an online start-up it acquired in 2016 for $3.3 billion, after it failed to live up to the ...

FedEx and Dollar General announced an alliance that will put FedEx package pickup and dropoff services inside more than 8000 Dollar General stores by the ...

Walmart unit Flipkart has settled a legal dispute with an Indian startup that alleged it suffered losses because its products were sharply discounted on the global ...

In its first-ever equity investment in an Indian start-up, Facebook on Thursday announced an investment in Meesho, a platform that enables Indian entrepreneurs ...

No longer just in Africa, but in Europe and America too.

It's possible to make money doing what you love. Here's how one designer took her hobby from an Etsy shop to a licensing deal with a national retailer.

Andrew Zhao makes about $80000 a year between his full-time job in sales and the e-commerce business that he runs on the side. Over the next year, he wants ...

An Amazon Flex delivery partner can earn ₹120-140 an hour delivering packages, working four hours a day.India is the seventh country where Amazon Flex ...

People are venturing into familiar and not-so-familiar areas. Take the example of PurpleTeal, which operates Tweak & Eat, an AI-powered wellness app for ...

By Pauline Leoncio. The SFU student founders of technology start-up Novion have won third place in the global Enzen Hackathon after competing against more ...

Ashley Biden designed the staff uniforms for the Hamilton Hotel, has a do-gooder fashion brand and is navigating the inevitable scrutiny of her dad's run for the ...

While you may have seen many of your friends and colleagues bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and maybe you aren't yet in a position to quit your 9 to 5.

If you're looking to become an internet entrepreneur, you may be tempted to get into e-commerce. After all, it's easier than ever today with simple website ...

E-commerce plays a huge role in today's marketplace. Here are 8 trends to keep an eye on this year.

The increased ownership of phones besides a very successful mobile money market is helping spur the nascent sector.

Starting a business online can be relatively simple and affordable. These are the typical startup expenses and rough cost estimates.

Kroger's had a rough time adapting to grocery's transition to e-commerce, staying focused on in-store sales even as competitors shift online.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex announced that it will block United States-based users from trading in 32 cryptocurrencies.

A U.K. insurer has turned to Amazon's services to launch what it claims is the first blockchain system for bulk pension deals. According to a Reuters report ...

Social media giant Facebook may be about to drop the secrecy surrounding its in-the-works cryptocurrency. According to a report from The Information on ...

The venture capital arm of the U.S. National Association of Realtors (NAR) has bought a stake in blockchain-based real estate startup Propy. Second Century ...

A lot of e-commerce stores are opening these days, but most of them fail because the core idea behind them isn't appealing to their audience.

As SVP of Walmart's global e-commerce supply chain for five years (until 2018), I had a front-row seat to how brick-and-mortar retailers were responding to ...

Online retailers with multiple outlets run less risk of business collapse than those who depend solely on a single platform.

Starting an e-commerce business in midlife may be easier and less costly than you think. Here are eight ways to do it and advice from experts.

The UK is the third largest e-commerce market in the world and for good reason. The internet has allowed innovative small businesses to reach a much wider…

Over the past 10 years, I've been a part of at least that many startups. The tools of the trade have changed rapidly, but the core elements of successful ...

For those not familiar with the term, an e-commerce business is one that primarily sells products online – they typically don't have a physical location from which ...

CCN, one of the top crypto media sites globally, has announced that they are shutting down.

Not that the major chemical companies didn't make a go of it, individually and in partnerships, in the early 2000s. But efforts to launch Amazon-like web catalogs ...

The global retail world is shifting rapidly and ecommerce is driving this changes. Here are the five major trends in global ecommerce today.

"Fintech unicorn" Brex launches its first corporate credit card for e-commerce start-ups.

Get the DealBook newsletter to make sense of major business and policy headlines — and the power-brokers who shape them. ______. The start-up Coupang ...

There's new and staggering data that support the fact that retailers should increasingly be scared of Amazon dominating e-commerce.

The world's largest retailer was slow to catch on. Now, it's testing innovative ideas about how people may shop in the future.

Europe is a hotbed of fintech and e-commerce promise, underpinned by revolutions in open banking, apps and blockchain.

E-commerce has forever changed the way consumers shop. Here's how investors can best capitalize on this macro trend.

On almost every occasion after his return home, he'd experience travel withdrawal symptoms and nostalgia remembering the scents, the foods, the music, the ...

The MENA region is going to be the next big growth market for e-commerce. The Gulf region especially is being touted as the market that's set to grow ...

Liability issues, data protection and fraud management can present significant legal challenges for e-commerce businesses.

Looking forward to 2019, we can see that technology and the way in which it is implemented in the daily functions in the e-commerce industry.

The Amazon effect is real, but small businesses can adapt to survive. It's time to start selling your products online.

As the markets get crowded, the potential of your e-commerce business to expand and make more profit increases.

As a retailer that started its e-Commerce business relatively late, only launching its web site in 2008, specialty apparel retailer Express ...

Worldwide, e-commerce sales are expected to grow to $4 trillion by 2020 and the Indian e-commerce market is expected to surpass the United States to become ...

Data privacy startup Enigma is officially launching its second test network for ethereum developers. While the code for the second testnet developer release has ...

If you're at all interested in starting your own online business, there's no time like the present. We live in a golden age of wealth. As much as the media tries to ...

So-called lightning network “watchtowers” — a much-anticipated next step for securing the network — are coming soon. Watchtowers have long been ...

Social media giant Facebook is set to roll out its own cryptocurrency dubbed “GlobalCoin” in 2020, according to a report from the BBC. The news and ...

Social media has become central to the customer shopping experience, and it's all due to the value consumers place on social media *content*. According to ...

Lazada was the most visited e-commerce platform in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

On a journey towards digital entrepreneurship, one will face #5 common challenges to start their business online.

The giants of E-Commerce are yet to capitalize on this market, thus clearing the grounds for small to mid-level companies.

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd's retail arm—Reliance Retail Ltd—is testing its food and grocery app among its employees before the commercial launch of its ...

The social network recently surpassed 1 billion monthly active users. Here's how e-commerce startups and SMBs can grow their brand through Instagram.

There's a new class of retailers to pay attention to in 2019. And some of them could soon be opening up shop in your neighborhood.

One thing I've learned as a team member and leader for three B2B distribution e-commerce build-outs is that building a successful B2B distribution e-commerce ...

Walmart this morning posted strong holiday sales growth for its holiday quarter, with U.S. sales up 4.2 percent over the same time last year, and a 43 percent rise ...

AmCham Shanghai recently published an article I wrote on China's new E-Commerce Law, titled, Implications of China's E-Commerce Law, and I urge you to.

As brands strive to remain competitive, efficiency and customer experience are top priorities in marketing today. With so many tools on the market, marketers ...

The *fresh* attempt at regulating the e-commerce sector in India, whilst well-intended, leaves scope for work-arounds and potential manipulation, experts and ...

If I told you that you could launch an e-commerce business this week, would you think I was crazy? Well, it's true -- you can. Thanks to the internet, there is ...

An e-commerce marketplace entity cannot mandate any seller to sell any product exclusively on its platform only. India Corporate/Commercial Law NovoJuris ...

Delegation will sit with Israeli importers of fashion and electronics to discuss fees for listing products on new Israeli site, Calcalist says.

The trio announced this morning that their B2B e-commerce startup Udaan had raised $225 million in Series C funding. The cash infusion, according to Indian ...

For startups, 2009 was a good year. More than 20 companies launched at that time, including Uber, Slack, Pinterest, and Blue Apron, eventually achieved $1 ...

UAE-based crypto asset exchange and custodian Arabian Bourse — a joint venture from GMEX Group and Arshad Khan — has received initial approval from ...

There is a proven sequence of steps you can follow to guarantee your success when you're starting a small business online. I've seen thousands of people start ...

SHANGHAI, China — China's history as the world's factory for low cost, low quality goods long made the country a magnet for the words 'counterfeit' and 'copy.

Walmart's investments in e-commerce are paying off. The retailer today announced its U.S. e-commerce sales grew by 37% in the first quarter, largely thanks to ...

The changing e-commerce trends will transform the way merchants sell online. Learn how these will increase your sales and reduce the bounce rates.

When I decided to completely self-fund my business, I quickly learned how to stretch my dollar.

The most visited e-commerce platforms on desktop and mobile web in Malaysia and Southeast Asia in 2018 was Lazada, commanding the largest market share ...

There are so many different opportunities out there to start businesses online. Here are 50 online business ideas you can hop on right away.

Analysis of more than one million code commits on Github found that less than 5% of contributions are made by women.

Imran Khan's new retail venture, Verishop, takes direct aim at Amazon.

The commerce ministry along with one of its wings, Business Promotion Council, has taken up a plan to train up about 5000 e-commerce entrepreneurs in ...

In the *content*-riddled world we live in, it's no secret that standing out as an e-commerce brand is no easy task. Despite the difficulty, there are a handful of proven ...

The former chief technology officer at 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Hanno Basse, has joined Live Planet as the president of its Decentralized Media ...

Are you finally ready to start selling online? Here are the top ecommerce platforms to consider using for your small business.

As virtual reality and augmented reality become more mainstream, small businesses should look for ways to tap into these types of technology.

Hong Kong's economy is the fastest growing among developing countries as it ranks 15 in the world e-commerce index.

Tomorrow when you open your favourite e-commerce app, ideally you won't be seeing the discounts for which you prefer one platform over another or the ...

Last December, the Indian government effectively banned Amazon and its local competitor, Flipkart, from selling products from companies in which they have an ...

At the start of June 2019, reports emerged that Binance DEX's website was blocking users with IP addresses from 29 countries. This news immediately caused ...

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani today said group companies Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm ...

Coming off a solid Q3 that saw overall top-line revenue growth, department stores are finally reaping the rewards of their e-Commerce investments. The...

These social start-ups are riding on the user bases of social media platforms like WhatsApp or traditional media platforms to build e-commerce solutions for the ...

Matthew Lepre had no intention of staying at university — nor did he have any interest in persuing a dentistry degree at the University of Melbourne.

Read about the 11 best online business ideas, decide which one matches your strengths, and learn how to get started on your journey to success.

KUCHING: Shopee University has collaborated with FPX, the official online payment partner for Shopee, to empower more Malaysians to kick-start their ...

If you are in an industry where you can sell your product or *service* online as an e-learning course, then you should start researching this business model now.

The Internet economy in Southeast Asia “hit an inflection point in 2018,” and is likely to be worth $240 billion by 2025, which is $40 billion more than earlier ...

We are nearing the end of the year, which means you need to start preparing next year's SEO strategy now.

Sears for years led the way in omnichannel retailing by offering convenient curbside pickup of online orders, opening Sears.com to marketplace sellers, ...