E-Commerce
December 18, 2015 at 10:32 am
Trade officials of the United States issued a warning to China-based Alibaba Group Holding again, as complaints continue to come in from brand owners regarding the proliferation of counterfeit goods on the e-commerce giant's online sales websites. A report released by the U.S. Trade Representative on the topic of piracy in global markets said that…
December 18, 2015 at 10:25 am
It’s now a major shopping day. Shoppers looking for last-minute gifts online have been granted their Christmas wish: a day specially created for procrastinators. Friday is “Free Shipping Day,” where retailers are waiving shipping fees and qualifying minimum purchases, and promising that any gifts ordered online today will arrive at your doorstep by Christmas Eve.
December 10, 2015 at 10:45 am
Even after the Internal Revenue Service refused in September to grant its blessing to Yahoo’s proposed tax-free spinoff of its $32 billion stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Marissa Mayer was determined to go forward with the deal. In late October, Ms. Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, told shareholders that the plan was on track,…
December 4, 2015 at 10:10 am
Amazon.com’s Prime keeps attracting more and more members, and new data from Wall Street firm Cowen & Co suggests the subscription service is getting stickier, posing a more intense threat to traditional retailers trying to claw back market share. The survey suggests Amazon Prime is drawing younger and wealthier shoppers who are now using the…
December 1, 2015 at 11:03 am
Neiman Marcus customers had to work a little harder to cash in on its big discounts over the long Thanksgiving Day-Black Friday shopping weekend. Outages hit the retailer Friday and Saturday as it offered $50 off $200 and an extra 33 percent off. And it was apologizing big time on social media and extending its…
December 1, 2015 at 10:44 am
Cyber Monday got an infusion of tech-savvy innovation this year, as Mashable and Visa partnered to launch the Mashable Shop. Mashable is a tech community giant, with a savvy online presence and readership that's highly engaged with its content. With 45 million monthly unique visitors and 26 million followers across social media, Mashable is a…
December 1, 2015 at 10:40 am
Cyber Monday, the online version of Black Friday, isn't immune to traffic jams of shoppers rushing to take advantage of post-Thanksgiving sales. Some of the most popular websites experienced an overload on Monday, similar to a crowd pushing its way into an already packed brick-and-mortar store. Shoppers were for a period of time unable to…
December 1, 2015 at 10:34 am
The pace of online spending slowed on Cyber Monday after consumers started their internet shopping earlier over the weekend, turning to their smartphones to pick up deals, according to IBM. Web-based sales climbed 18 percent Monday from a year earlier, after jumping 26 percent on Saturday and Sunday, IBM said in a final report early…
November 30, 2015 at 10:36 am
Many shoppers said "no thanks" to wild crowds over the holiday weekend as more people opted to shop online than in stores, initial data show. As retailers seamlessly transitioned from Black Friday deals to Cyber Monday deals as early as Saturday, they were riding the tailwind of a shopping weekend that found more than 103 million…
November 30, 2015 at 10:31 am
Online shoppers outnumbered their brick-and-mortar counterparts during U.S. retailers’ pivotal Black Friday weekend, underscoring the challenges facing American malls this holiday season as Amazon.com exerts more pressure. More than 103 million people shopped online over the four-day weekend, which started Thursday on Thanksgiving and continued with Black Friday, according to an annual survey commissioned by…
