Content creation platforms like Instagram are harder to wire into customer shopping habits that one might assume. Geenee is hoping to bridge that gap. Its platform allows users to shop Instagram by taking a picture of the post a shopper likes and uploading it to the...
Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce giant, has seen Morgan Stanley Investment Management Fund cut the valuation of its holdings in the company by 38 percent due to increased competition from Amazon. According to The Wall Street Journal, which cited a Securities and Exchange Commission filing for...
It’s hard to imagine Black Friday without picturing droves of people waking up at the crack of dawn to run through retail stores grabbing up all the discounted items they can. But this year, many consumers opted to “couch shop” on Black Friday rather than...
Adobe Digital Insights has released its latest holiday shopping data. As predicted, this year’s Cyber Monday was one for the record books. Online shopping sales starting at midnight sent customers into a purchasing frenzy, dropping over $3.45 billion online on Cyber Monday — a reported...
Retailers using the Kibo Commerce, BigCommerce, AspDotNetStorefront or Zen-Cart eCommerce platforms now have a new financial support option as of Tuesday (Nov. 29). Affirm, Inc. — the San Francisco-based financial company “for everyday people” started by PayPal Cofounder Max Levchin back in 2012 — announced...
As the holiday shopping season shifted into full gear last week, consumers headed straight for the deals — but showed a strong preference for making their purchases via online and mobile. On Sunday (Nov. 27), the National Retail Federation released data showing that roughly 109...
Vancouver eCommerce software solutions provider Elastic Path is looking toward the future. Founded in 2000, Elastic Path began with the on-premises commerce platform solution, Elastic Path Commerce. Its newly launched product, Commerce Cloud for AWS, gives online markets the flexibility they need to build systems...
Waltham, Massachusetts-based eCommerce solutions company Yottaa has made a big splash in the commerce space in the past few years. Its SaaS platform for accelerating eCommerce has been picked up by major retailers, including Puma, eBags, King Arthur Flour, Jo-Ann Fabric and Moosejaw, to name...
An EU plan to require passwords or codes to authenticate electronic payments is raising the ire of Visa, which said Tuesday (Nov. 22) the rules could hurt online shopping and may not boost security. According to a report, the EU wants the passwords or codes on...
