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Swiping Right on Personalization: How an Ex-Tinder CEO Is Growing an Online Nursery Business 
April 24, 2023

Plant enthusiasts, gardeners and landscapers consider visiting a nursery in person as a necessity when it comes to selecting plants, shrubs, and trees. It allows them to inspect the plant up close, examine the leaves, and check for any signs of damage or disease. They...

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eBay-Backed Cudoni Shuts Down, Highlighting Growing Competition in Luxury Resale  
April 24, 2023

Back in January, Cudoni, a startup based in London, added eBay to its roster of investors with a $9 million fundraise. Today, the company no longer exists. The company stated that the present economic situation has made it unfeasible to continue its operations. The move...

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Türkiye Is Open for Global eCommerce, but New Regulation May Be a Hurdle
April 24, 2023

The Turkish eCommerce market is currently the 18th largest globally, with experts projecting more than $22 billion in sales this year. Throughout the next four years, this growth is expected to continue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.5%, fueled by a continuing...

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P&G Invests in Digital as Consumers Shift CPG Spending Online
April 21, 2023

As consumers shift from supermarkets to eCommerce channels, Procter & Gamble is driving digital sales. The consumer packaged goods (CPG) giant shared on a call with analysts Friday (April 21) discussing its third-quarter 2023 financial results that it is turning its focus toward promoting its...

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MercadoLibre Adds 13K Jobs Amid Tech Firm Layoff Wave
April 20, 2023

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...

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Will Amazon’s New Returns Policy Stoke Fires of Consumers’ Ire?
April 18, 2023

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...

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Headless Commerce Rises as Checkout Becomes Competitive Advantage
April 05, 2023

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...

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eGrocery Falls Flat When Startups Try to Reinvent the Wheel
April 04, 2023

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...

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Boxed, Inc. Files For Bankruptcy Following SVB Collapse
April 03, 2023

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...