December 03, 2012
All’s Fair In Love, War And Price Matching
“The unluckiest buyer paid more than triple the price that the luckiest buyer paid.” That statement, courtesy of a New York Times piece on real-time price matching practices by some...
December 03, 2012
Alibaba Now World’s Largest eCommerce Site, Hits $157 Billion In...
Chinese eCommerce site Alibaba sold over one trillion RMB ($157 billion) worth of goods in 2012, making it the largest eCommerce site in the world by a wide margin. Alibaba...
December 02, 2012
Google Buys Parcel Storage Startup BufferBox
Google has purchased parcel storage service startup BufferBox, according to Mashable. BufferBox’ service is designed to work similarly to Amazon Lockers and is currently in trial stage in Canada. Read...
November 29, 2012
Twitter Takes On Apple, Living Social, Groupon And More
Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday. @levie: Replacing Andrew Mason doesn’t magically make consumers want coupons....
November 28, 2012
Groupon’s Andrew Mason: We’re Left With The True Believers
Andrew Mason’s reign as chief executive officer of Groupon could be about to come to an end. Groupon’s board is meeting tomorrow, and they could very well decide a change...
November 28, 2012
The Key To e-Commerce Success In Britain
Consumer spending in the UK is showing little sign of uplift just four weeks from Christmas, according to the Visa Weekly Christmas Spending Tracker. The findings come as the UK...
November 27, 2012
Amazon Raises $3 Billion In Bond Offering
Amazon issued its first bond offering in nearly 15 years, taking advantage of low interest rates to raise $3 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to a term sheet,...
November 26, 2012
Failsafe Payments And Amazon Sign Contract
Failsafe Payments and Amazon payments have signed a contract to extend the latter’s range of online payments. The contract will provide merchants with access to CertoConnect a payment platform which...
November 26, 2012
Failsafe Payments Partners With Amazon Payments
Cyprus-based Failsafe Payments has agreed to a partnership with Amazon Payments, reports The Paypers. Thanks to the agreement, online merchants who accept Amazon Payments transactions can also apply for Failsafe...
