As the tech world undertakes layoffs, MercadoLibre is in hiring mode. The Latin American eCommerce giant plans to add 13,000 jobs this year, Chief People Officer Sebastian Fernandez Silva said in an interview with Bloomberg News Thursday (April 20). The hiring will focus on logistics...
One way to keep customers within an eCommerce ecosystem is to charge them if they stray. That’s one way to do it. But it begs the question as to whether there may be some backlash for Amazon. Last week came news that Amazon customers will be charged fees...
The headless commerce space is becoming increasingly competitive, as more and more businesses are seeing the benefits of this approach and seeking out solutions that can help them provide a better customer experience. Many established eCommerce platforms — including Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce — have...
From Instacart’s increased valuation to Boxed’s bankruptcy filing, online grocery is seeing major changes. While players that attempt to drive adoption of their own digital grocery stores are struggling to make the economics of the model work, Instacart is benefitting from its status as a...
After warning last month that it could declare bankruptcy, eGrocer Boxed has made it official. The company announced late Sunday (April 2) that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and was looking to sell Spresso, its software business. “This was an incredibly difficult...
What was once old is new again (and again) as brands and consumers fully embrace the potential of preowned. The resale trend has been steadily growing for years, with preconceived notions about buying used first tempered with eBay’s early internet popularity. It continued as more...
Polish eCommerce platform Allegro plans to launch its third-party marketplace in the Czech Republic this year. That will be the first step in the firm’s plan to expand its marketplace model internationally, having shown in the Polish market that it can deliver both value and...
To win in contextual commerce, Giada De Laurentiis’ direct-to-consumer shop has learned, content is king. In an interview with PYMNTS, Lindsey Galey, chief marketing officer of Giadzy, the De Laurentiis-founded publication and D2C retailer, explained that the company’s contextual commerce business benefits from the trust...
Grocers’ efforts to drive digital engagement have led to a surge in online food purchases. The Context Leading grocers have been expanding their digital businesses, both investing in their consumer-facing platforms and building out their internal fulfillment capabilities. Take, for instance, Kroger, which has been driving...
