There’s no question that eCommerce is booming on a global scale. But of the billions the world spent online last year, only a relatively small fraction came from grocery sales. While some outlier markets like South Korea and Japan pulled in higher online grocery orders, global...
The problem with exponential growth, Recurly CEO Dan Burkhart told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, is that it is hard to actually understand, even when it is going on all around you. Burkhart will be one of many innovator CEOs on Innovation Project’s The Future...
For the average customer in the developed world — i.e. Europe or the United States — shopping for something online is something of a no-brainer. They see something they want, they click it into a basket, hit buy — and poof — whatever the widget,...
JackThreads, the online menswear retailer that was once a part of the Thrillist Media empire, announced last week that it has laid off most of its staff and is now up for sale, according to Fortune. The startup was purchased by Thrillist Media in 2010...
EBay is stepping back into business in China with an arrangement with the port city of Ningbo, according to Internet Retailer. The company recently announced a partnership with the major port and manufacturing hub. Ningbo’s eCommerce pilot zone is one of more than a dozen established...
While Nigeria has its fair share of financial issues, luxury rules supreme in the city of Lagos, a place where the rich and famous live, work and spend massive amounts of money on designer goods. There are even rumors that a Nobu will be opening...
BigCommerce, a leading cloud-based ecommerce platform provider for SMBs and enterprise businesses, yesterday announced a partnership with world cybersecurity leader Symantec. The partnership will enable BigCommerce to deliver Symantec’s Encryption Everywhere solution to its worldwide customer base. Roxane Dibol, EVP and GM of Website Security...
Following a less-than-stellar fourth quarter, Newell Brands, which owns well-known brands, such as Calphalon, Sharpie and Yankee Candle, is deciding to shift its focus in 2017. Even though total sales for Newell Brands reached $4.14 billion in the last quarter of 2016, that number fell short of Bloomberg’s $4.27...
With more people shopping online, that means more packages to deliver for UPS. The company revealed that it delivered more than 712 million packages globally, a record and a 16 percent increase from the 2015 holiday period. For the full year, package volume rose 4.6...
