A recent study says that U.S. eCommerce will exceed $506 billion this year. By 2022 online retail sales will go beyond $712 billion. According to news from Retail Dive, the study, released this week by Forrester Research, shows that 98 percent of American adults already go...
Walmart, continuing to take on Amazon in the world of eCommerce, unveiled its overhauled Walmart.com website, which Marc Lore, president and chief executive of Walmart U.S. eCommerce, said was a “cleaner” and a “more modern digital shopping experience” for customers in a blog post. According...
Wherever and whenever consumers shows up to shop, the merchant’s goal should always be the same: Make sure they buy and then turn them into repeat customers. But two decades into the digital era of payments and commerce, PayPal president and COO Bill Ready told...
More than 40 states are asking the Supreme Court to reconsider a rule that allows a business to skip collecting a state’s sales tax if it is shipping to a state where it doesn’t have an office, warehouse or other physical presence. The rule means...
Amazon is apparently rolling out its Prime Wardrobe service to more customers. The eCommerce retailer confirmed the expansion after two tweets — one from an Amazon account and one from a reported staffer — mentioned the service, TechCrunch reported. The Amazon at UCI account posted...
Walmart is expected to ink a deal with Flipkart, India’s largest eCommerce player, by the end of June, marking what may be its largest purchase of an online retailer ever. Reuters, citing two people with direct knowledge of the matter, reported that acquiring a stake...
Amazon could make a rival offer for Flipkart, the India-based eCommerce company that is in talks with Walmart about a deal. Reuters, citing local media, reported that while Amazon has had talks about purchasing a controlling stake in the leading eCommerce company in India, a...
New data shows that online alcohol-delivery revenue grew almost 33 percent last year, increasing at an average rate of 3 percent month over month. According to Slice Intelligence, the growth of alcohol-delivery service Drizly helped give the market a boost, with revenue that grew by a...
FedEx made some waves today (March 27) with dual announcements highlighting its evolutionary path forward into an environment rapidly realigning around the digitization of society. The shipping and logistics firm announced its acquisition of P2P Mailing Limited — a global provider of eCommerce transportation solutions...
