→ The 3-Stock Retirement Blueprint (Ad) Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF Private Advisor Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF ( NYSEARCA:EMQQ – Get Rating ) by 7.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange […]
Grocery Roundup: Ahold Delhaize USA Brands Rethink eCommerce Footprint
As one U.S. brand owned by multinational grocery giant Ahold Delhaize grows its eCommerce fulfillment offerings, another is paring back. The grocer’s Salisbury, North Carolina-based brand, Food Lion, which has more than 1,100 stores across 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, announced Monday (Aug. 29) the expansion of its Food Lion To Go curbside pickup program […]
Asian eCommerce Firm Lazada Heads to Europe to Compete With Amazon
Lazada Group , the eCommerce company owned by Chinese tech giant Alibaba , is preparing to head to Europe to compete with the likes of Amazon and Zalando . How this all plays out depends on macroeconomic and market conditions, Lazada Group Chief Executive Officer James Dong said in an interview with Bloomberg News Thursday […]
Lotus Launches New eCommerce Site
Lotus announced unveiled parts.lotuscars.com , its new online retail platform, as a way to encourage more Lotus owners globally to keep their cars running. Lotus estimates that up to 70% of its cars are still on the road worldwide, many of which are used regularly, the company says. Lotus says its e-commerce site has thousands […]
Avios is starting its own ecommerce business, starting with wine!
Yesterday we told you that British Airways and Laithwaites were severing their long term (20+ years?) partnership . From 30th September you can no longer earn or spend Avios at Laithwaites Wine . BA implied that a new wine partnership was being created, but with which company? After all, most UK mail order wine groups […]
Avios is starting its own ecommerce business, starting with wine!
Yesterday we told you that British Airways and Laithwaites were severing their long term (20+ years?) partnership . From 30th September you can no longer earn or spend Avios at Laithwaites Wine . BA implied that a new wine partnership was being created, but with which company? After all, most UK mail order wine groups […]
Five years’ jail for man behind ‘largest ecommerce fraud by an individual’ in Singapore
The prosecution said Poh’s case involved the largest scale of ecommerce fraud committed by an individual to date in Singapore. — Family photo created by jcomp – www.freepik.com SINGAPORE: A serial conman cheated 396 victims on online marketplace Carousell over 18 months, resulting in losses totalling S$108,693 (RM348,228). The prosecution said Caine Poh Zhenlong’s case […]
Five years’ jail for man behind ‘largest ecommerce fraud by an individual’ in Singapore
The prosecution said Poh’s case involved the largest scale of ecommerce fraud committed by an individual to date in Singapore. — Family photo created by jcomp – www.freepik.com SINGAPORE: A serial conman cheated 396 victims on online marketplace Carousell over 18 months, resulting in losses totalling S$108,693 (RM348,228). The prosecution said Caine Poh Zhenlong’s case […]
Even Ecommerce Enthusiasts ‘Go Physical’ for Holiday Shopping
“Digital champs” — shoppers that go online for 85% of their purchases — change their behavior around the holidays, splitting their shopping trips 50-50 between brick-and-mortar stores and ecommerce sites. However, these shoppers may only be buying a few things in physical stores: average basket sizes online consist of 40 items, compared to just 13 […]
Ecommerce Sellers Witnessed 149% Hike In Revenue: Report
TISS conducted interviews, multi-stage sampling and an all-India sample survey of 361 SMEs across 4 regions and 16 cities Ecommerce users have recorded 1.5 times higher value addition with online businesses enjoying 194 per cent revenue than their counterparts, as per the report by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). The research report titled, “Does […]