Kaartje2go was named ‘DHL Best Online Store 2022’ at the annual Dutch Shopping Awards. The shop, which sells personalized postcards, also took first place in the ‘Gifts’ category. Interior design e-tailer Naduvi was named the fastest growing Dutch ecommerce business. Last night, the 20th edition of the Shopping Awards took place in the Netherlands. The […]

The company’s entry into India will be a huge boon for businesses across the country who will also have access to Webscale’s CloudEDGE range of products for boosting performance 1654674776_7AFXJw_webscale.jpg Webscale has launched its Stratus cloud hosting platform targeting ecommerce businesses in India. The platform delivers an enterprise-grade platform designed by developers for developers and […]

Apple: set to take a bite out of the BNPL market Apple has increased its reach into the ecommerce fintech space with the launch of its own buy now, pay later (BNPL) service on its Apple Pay payment platform. Apple Pay Later will be rolled out in the next version of iOS later this summer […]

Amazon is ending its Flex gig economy delivery services in Germany, though the eCommerce giant has not given any reason for the closure, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (June 7). Flex began in the U.S. in 2015 and expanded to Germany in 2017. The service pays drivers to ferry packages in their own vehicles from Amazon warehouses […]

In recognition of her services to both Women in Business and the Economy, Scottish based entrepreneur Ann-Maree Morrison has been awarded an MBE in Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours List 2022. In 2004, Ann-Maree became one of the country’s first entrepreneurs to wholly embrace and thereafter excel in the ecommerce sector, when […]

The Saudi commerce ministry has referred 200 online stores to the E-commerce Violations Committee in the country to impose legal penalties for violating compliance standards. The monitoring covered various online stores, including large, medium, and small businesses who sell different products from cosmetics to furniture and electronic devices. The national authority has announced the obligation […]

Walmart U.S. Chief eCommerce Officer Tom Ward said shoppers have become more reliant on eCommerce since the start of the pandemic, and he sees his company as ready to embrace that transformation, as brick-and-mortar stores have a new place in our lives these days. “The store is becoming a shoppable fulfillment center,” Ward told CNBC […]

Stirling businesswoman Ann-Maree Morrison has been awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to both women in business and the economy. Stirling businesswoman Ann-Maree Morrison has been awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to both women in business and the economy. In 2004, Ann-Maree became one of the country’s first entrepreneurs to […]

How much consumers trust the grocers and retail merchants with which they shop online correlates with how long they have used those merchants’ services, according to “Satisfaction In The Age Of eCommerce,” a PYMNTS and Riskified collaboration based on a survey of 2,153 U.S. consumers. Get the report: Satisfaction In The Age Of eCommerce Consumers […]

KEY POINTS The M-PESA GlobalPay is linked to your M-PESA wallet as a virtual visa card. It lets you make payments to International online merchants for goods and services using card details that are automatically generated, just like the actual visa card. In early May 2021, Visa and Safaricom announced a strategic partnership bringing together […]