Buyer news and trends

In Manufactured Housing, Supplier Variety Yields B2B Payments Friction
B2B Payments // October 23, 2019

The B2B eCommerce market has taken a path to innovation and digitization inspired by the ease and speed of B2C commerce. But the B2B market quickly discovered that platforms designed for consumers fall well short of corporates’ needs, both for buyers and vendors. In the...

Groupon Says It Wants To Be Bought
Partnerships / Acquisitions // July 09, 2018

Groupon, the daily deal website operator, is reportedly looking for a buyer and has been reaching out to potential buyers. According to a report in Recode citing two people briefed on the approaches, Groupon executives and bankers who represent the daily deal site operator have reached...

Payments Acceleration Shifts The Risks For Buyers And Suppliers
B2B Payments // March 05, 2018

The buyer-supplier relationship goes beyond regulatory requirements like Know Your Customer. Business-to-business (B2B) trade, especially when deals occur across borders, expose businesses to all sorts of risks, like non-payment (on the supplier’s side), or non-deliver (on the buyer’s side). Research from Atradius released in 2016...

The Buyers: Studying Chinese Consumers’ Online Interactions
Retail // June 16, 2017

There’s no doubt that digital affects people’s everyday lives around the world. A byproduct of incorporating connectivity into just about any activity is how social media affects regular interactions. It can be difficult to discuss the digital effects without looping in social media. When it...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Buyers: Studying Chinese Consumers’ Online Interactions

June 16, 2017
There’s no doubt that digital affects people’s everyday lives around the world. A byproduct of incorporating connectivity into just about any activity is how social media affects regular interactions. It can be difficult to discuss the digital effects without looping in social media. When it comes to the ramifications for the retail industry, a Deloitte […]

Quick Reads
Groupon Says It Wants To Be Bought

July 09, 2018
Groupon, the daily deal website operator, is reportedly looking for a buyer and has been reaching out to potential buyers. According to a report in Recode citing two people briefed on the approaches, Groupon executives and bankers who represent the daily deal site operator have reached out to several companies that are public during the last […]

TaskRabbit Is On The Hunt For A Potential Buyer

April 10, 2017
On-demand services marketplace TaskRabbit is on the sales block, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. The company, which supports a platform that connects people to freelance...