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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 […]
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China’s economy is the only country with a positive GDP in 2020. Economic growth in 2020 is rare as economies are under pressure due to job losses, market contraction, and secondary effects from COVID-19. If you work in commerce, we assume that disposable income is available in all […]
Aramex streamlines Middle East deliveries with launch of My Address, Zulily to spend heavily to fill mid-level manager gap, sparked by insane growth rate, Alibaba resorts to mobile app platform to keep afloat, eBay M&A History and Trends, Central European ecommerce to grow to €93.3bn, Amazon raises the cost of Prime by $20, A pivotal […]
Last week was dominated by 2 stories – eBay posting disappointing results and Amazon unveiling a “all you can read” Kindle package. The eBay news is not surprising – Google hit the company with a search penalty based on low quality content and also eBay is still battling with the after effects of being hacked. […]
Amazon has entered Singapore in a new fashion that should put new countries on alerts. As I wrote in my newsletter last night that this is potentially a very big future indicator. By using Prime Now Amazon is leveraging local assets (local logistics, staff) to enter Singapore. This past week Amazon entered Singapore via their […]
I have been thinking about eBay over the last 6 weeks. The primary reason for it is “why did eBay repratriate $6 billion?” but also other news such as – David Marcus leaving Paypal into a newly created role at facebook, eBay being hacked and not saying much about it and the continued focus on […]
eBay invests into Snapdeal, Lazada’s big bet on Southeast Asia, How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation, Tencent to invest in JD.com?, Copycat Business Model Generates Genuine Global Success for Start-Up Incubator, Google ups the importance of commerce, Rakuten has big plans for Europe and much more. There are 2 stories that […]
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 […]
Amazon Misunderstood?, fab buys assets and announces a massive change, Chinese ecommerce continues to show no sign of slowing down and much more Is Amazon misunderstood? Eugene Wei wrote a very insightful post on his previous employer. I understand what he says in terms of Amazon’s goals being out in the open but my question […]
Despite the cascade of store closings, liquidations and bankruptcies, there are strong indications that pure-ecommerce, not stores, may be the endangered model. 13D Research This was an article I highlighted in my weekly ecommerce newsletter and this quote from 13D Research has been sticking in my mind. We are in a new phase of commerce in […]
Square gets a cup of coffee from Starbucks, Maelle Gavet from Ozon.ru, Multiply pivots to ecommerce, ShopGo enables ecommerce in the Middle East and mobile commerce is the week in a few words. The summary of the 10 e-commerce stories for the past week highlights just how global ecommerce is. Let me start by saying […]
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 […]
Over the past two weeks, I have sat in meetings and have heard executives discuss commerce unflattering. Retail is dead, and commerce is a zero-sum sector, and it left me dumbfounded. As I have realized, commerce is a sector that has two parts that consumers use to interact with it. In-person (retail) and via technology […]
Having read George Taylor’s interesting article on “The battle over global commerce: Amazon vs Rakuten“, I feel a bit of perspective is needed. Amazon is a true giant that spans over many different business and Rakuten is the challenger trying to catch up. However, they are not the only commerce companies that want to be […]
Pinterest shows it’s ecommerce aspirations, Amazon does an experiment with Collections, Insights into rural China ecommerce and much more. The week that ended on Friday can just as well be called the “week of competitors”. Across the ecommerce landscape competitors had Mexican stand offs with one another. The eBooks saga with Apple has taken a […]
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 […]
I had the opportunity to meet Sina Afra while I was in Turkey. Afra is the Co-founder and CEO of Markafoni a flash sales commerce business that was acquired by Naspers in July 2011. Markafoni is after Ventee-Privee the number 2 flash sales business in Europe. Sina Afra, is one of the few CEOs of […]
We are a week or 10 days away from the Alibaba IPO. Alibaba’s IPO is currently driving the ecommerce industry as companies ensure that they are best prepared after Alibaba raises billions. One company clearly working hard to combat Alibaba’s potential impact is Rakuten. Rakuten has been acquiring US based businesses which they will add […]
The week for ecommerce was a quiet one in terms of news but some news stories are going to be driving the ecommerce landscape in the next 18 months. The one company not involved with the Alibaba IPO, Alipay struck a deal with Stripe, the new hot payments startup. Alipay is the company that is […]
Every few weeks, an article on the future of commerce makes an appearance in my research. The problem is that these articles are still referencing to retail and e-commerce. The future looks very different, as commerce needs to be entertaining and relevant. Live-Streaming is already active, and smart devices leveraging voice commerce seems distant. Live-Streaming […]