May 30, 2018
Amazon’s Whole Food Discounts Are Rolling Out Across Dozens Of...
The Prime rewards are coming; the Prime rewards are coming. Such is the hue and cry set to go off in about a dozen states, as Amazon is starting to...
May 30, 2018
Amazon India’s B2B Sector Reaches $1B In Sales
Amazon’s business in India is growing, with regulatory filings showing its B2B arm recorded a profit of $413,700 in 2017. According to The Economic Times, Amazon Wholesale, the company’s B2B wholesale...
May 30, 2018
The Struggle For Better eCommerce Deliveries
It’s a problem that still vexes retailers: How to craft logistics so that online consumers don’t abandon you. Developments over the last few weeks show not only where those merchants...
May 29, 2018
US Faces Shortage Of 50,000 Truck Drivers
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said that the U.S. is facing a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers, impacting both retailers and consumers. The U.S. will need 898,000 additional drivers over the...
May 29, 2018
Amazon Invests In Insurance Startup
Amazon has led a new round of funding in Acko, a digital insurance startup in India. According to Business Insider India, the eCommerce giant led the $12 million funding round...
May 29, 2018
PEX CEO: Why Gig Workers Need Spend Management Tools
If you really know the music industry, you know that many tour managers and accountants are barely a half-step removed from the glory days of the abacus. So many of...
May 28, 2018
India: Traders file petition with CCI to block Walmart-Flipkart US$16b...
Raising serious objections against the US$16 billion Walmart-Flipkart deal, India’s largest trading community on Monday, May 28, filed a petition with Competition Commission of India (CCI), reported Reuters. Walmart,...
May 28, 2018
Asics vs Coty: Competitive effects of selective distribution systems in...
May 2018 CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents: Asics vs Coty: Competitive effects of selective distribution systems in light of diverging court decisions...
May 28, 2018
Retail Pulse: Best Buy Strikes Out With Small-Format Stores (But...
Despite a positive earnings report this week, Best Buy had another announcement: It’s in the process of closing all 250 of its U.S. small-format Best Buy Mobile stores. By May 31,...
