February 20, 2019
Amazon Dominates Smart Speaker Q4 Shipments
A new report shows that smart speaker sales are on the rise, with Amazon taking the top spot in shipments. Strategy Analytics reported that in the fourth quarter of 2018,...
February 20, 2019
Walmart Grows eCommerce By 43 Pct In Q4
Things have warmed up for Walmart over the winter. The retail landscape had been littered with disappointing earnings reports, worries over the impact of a cross-border trade war between China...
February 19, 2019
Amazon Private-Label Partnerships Top Private-Label Brands
The eCommerce giant Amazon’s efforts to create its own private-label offerings in different product categories appears to be on the rise, with the company reportedly recruiting partners in its Amazon...
February 19, 2019
Shipping Co XPO Refinances $1B After Amazon Pulls Biz
A global shipping company is reeling after Amazon apparently pulled business to focus on its own logistics, according to a report from Bloomberg. XPO Logistics, one of the world’s largest...
February 19, 2019
Alibaba Invests: China International Capital
Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, has increased its stake in China International Capital Corp. to close to 12 percent, reported Reuters. Alibaba purchased 117 million CICC H-shares listed in Hong...
February 19, 2019
Japan’s Banking, Insurance Markets Link SMBs To US Trade Via...
Members of Japan’s insurance and financial services sectors are teaming up in an effort to remove barriers for small businesses (SMBs) to conduct trade with the U.S. Reports in the Nikkei...
February 19, 2019
Google Assistant Skills Trail Alexa By 52K
When it comes to the competition for developer mindshare in voice apps, Amazon is well ahead of Google. Amazon recently announced that the number of available voice skills for Alexa devices...
February 19, 2019
The State Of FI Innovation: Moving In Reverse
Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never...
February 19, 2019
Want Better Fraud Prevention? Build A Better Team
One day — maybe one that has already happened for some PYMNTS readers — we might look back with fondness and nostalgia on that time when chargebacks stood as the main...
