Online Retail

Amazon's Next Challenge: Teens Without The Plastic To Buy Online

Amazon has millennial shoppers nailed down. And their parents. And most of their grandparents. But one group of potential customers has eluded the world...

Walmart Picks Tesco Veteran Simon Belsham To Lead Jet.com

US retail giant Walmart has named Simon Belsham as the new president of its e-commerce unit, Jet.com, succeeding Liza Landsman. Reuters reports that the...

Amazon Is Said To Squeeze Suppliers To Curb Losses In Price Wars

Amazon, locked in a margin-crushing price war, is offloading costs onto suppliers and limiting the number of single, low-priced items that shoppers can pur...

JD.com Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss On Logistics Spending

JD.com reported a bigger-than-expected loss and predicted slow profit margin growth in 2018 as China’s second-largest e-commerce operator bets on bui...

UK Consumers More Interested In Personalised Offers Than Messages

UK consumers are more likely to engage with retailers that send them a personalised offer than a personalised message, according to research from YouGov an...

Walmart's Marc Lore Goes From Superstar To Man On Hot Seat

He was hailed as Walmart’s online guru, the guy who would drag the lumbering giant into the digital-commerce era and put Amazon in its place. But...

Here's What Analysts Are Saying About Amazon's Blowout Earnings

Amazon dazzled analysts with its ability to continue to invest heavily in advertising, media and grocery while still delivering stronger-than-expected prof...

Alibaba Market Value Tumbles $30 Billion After Margins Decline

Alibaba Group shares fell the most in 18 months and cut its market valuation by about $30 billion after investments in brick-and-mortar assets and digital...