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Yandex adds a clothing comparison shopping engine, More investment into Rocket’s fashion empire and more. The week that concluded on Friday was the last administrative day of September. Google Shopping is on the horizon and it seems that the comparison shopping industry is also full of news. Let me be clear, Google Shopping has the […]
Google vs Amazon, eBay changes their logo, Google goes ecommerce local in China and Alibaba claims that they are the world’s biggest ecommerce business in terms of value of sold items. Phew, what a mouthful. The week has sped by but the above is only a smidgen of ecommerce news. Let me say this once, […]
Ma announces his successor at Alibaba, eBay says paid search has no effects, Google make plenty of changes and more. Middle of March is normally the start of news that relates to end of quarter information. SEC filings, quarterly results and lots of press coverage is the norm. The point is we are almost done […]
The past week contained events that might not be seen again soon. Three companies (Rocket Internet, Zalando and Wayfair) that have a connection to ecommerce that has gone public. Rocket Internet and Zalando went public in Europe and across the Atlantic, Wayfair went public as well. The public companies will experience very different environments and […]
Amazon vs Walmart – A heavyweight fight coming to an Internet connection soon, Naspers further invests in Indian ecommerce, An overview of opportunities in BRIC nations and some news in relation to South African ecommerce. The week past was a busy one for me, but is one that I think signals a head on battle […]
Foundem starts legal proceedings against Google in the UK, Bezos does not care about profit margins and 2012 was a good year for South African ecommerce The first real working week of 2013 is in the record books and the news from across the ecommerce globe confirms it. Legal issues is starting to make news […]
Walmart has a Polaris moment, 360Buy blocks eTao, JadoPado sees big potential in the Middle East and more It is the last day of August 2012 and this past week has been nothing short of a ecommerce hotpot. So many stories, story lines and ideas that makes my head spin (it feels like I don’t […]
Amazon interested in Europe, WeChat disrupts the shopping experience, Netshoes builds a mobile empire, Fab downsizes their New York operation and much more. The first week of October is in the record books and it contained a lot of ecommerce news. In weeks gone by, I have had time to think and it is pretty […]
Amazon acquires GoPago, MTN enters the commerce race, eBay wants to help retailers, Social Network Odnoklassniki Shuts Down E-commerce Marketplace, Alibaba to enter Brazil and much more It is the second last week of 2013 and on reflection it has been a massive year for ecommerce. Amazon continued to show the lead for all ecommerce […]
LivingSocial raise more funding, Egyptian commerce grows, Google Shopping vs Amazon Product Ads and much more The past week has had some interesting stories which will have interesting story lines for the rest of the year. LivingSocial has been the topic of quite a bit of press the last week and in all honesty I […]
AmazonFresh to open in San Francisco, Amazon and Drones, Wayfair to hit $1 Billion after a massive year, Zalora raises more capital and much more The week that contained Cyber Monday had a story that dominated the press for the entire week. Drones, drones and drone delivery by Amazon is the easiest summary after Jeff […]
Subscription e-commerce / commerce is something that I find fascinating. When I wrote about it in September 2011, I must confess I wondered whether the vertical would be making an appearance in South Africa. (The change in date to my initial post is related to an issue I had in middle January 2012) Globally the […]
Cobone acquired by Tiger Global Management, Google selling cars?, Hybris raises money and much more I missed writing last week’s summary and boy this week has been full of news. Google is rumored to be building a Amazon Prime competitor. I find this interesting, how does it fit into the commerce value chain at Google? […]
It is the time of year when summaries are written about what happened during the year past. 2015 was a fascinating year full of intrigue. I cant remember any year in which fluctuations occurred in a specific market. To summarise ecommerce in a few thoughts is very difficult as the industry is large but through […]
UPS fails to deliver, Jingdong has 16 billion reasons to celebrate 2013, the hidden side of ecommerce returns, Alipay flexes its financial muscles, Line partners with Rakuten’s Tarad.com and much more The festive season is over and one company got badly burnt by the bad weather and lateness of orders – UPS. UPS has been […]
Google unveils Shopping express in San Francisco, Amazon acquires Goodreads, Walmart does Lockers as well and much more. It is April fools day which leads to a complete lack of trust in news today. Readers, my post today is what was news last week and no funny stuff. Last week was an interesting week and […]
The past week my mind has been focused on curation based commerce (Fab.com, onekingslane.com) and the emerging rocket ship called Pinterest. I love Fab and their emails and think that curation based commerce is a vertical that will expand. (The only problem is that they need to scale internationally, cough South Africa.) Let me be […]
One Kings Lane raises money (almost a billion dollar valuation), Gilt offers logistics to a competitor, PayPal pitching Apple on Payments, Walmart trying to gain ground from Amazon, Amazon posts results, JD.com to IPO, leaked Twitter commerce screenshots and much more. Phew – what a week of ecommerce news with lots of permutations for the […]
The last 2 weeks has been full of news, so much has happened globally that is takes a while to make sense of all of the news. In terms of the importance of news – I am going to highlight a few stories that has big implications for the next 12 months. The second biggest […]
Logistics is now a battleground, Apple and Google fighting over mobile, Amazon says a lot but it has no meaning and news from China, India and Malaysia. As far as I am concerned 2012 is now in the record books. One working day left until 2013 and all the challenges it brings with it. Let […]