Technology - E-Commerce

Amazon To Launch Food And Drink Sales In Mexico

Amazon.com will begin selling food and drinks online in Mexico, including snacks, sweets and wines, a move that could intensify its competition with Wal Ma...

Mexico Far From Goal On Alibaba E-Commerce Deal: Official

Mexico's deal with China's biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, to increase online business for exports like avocados and tequila, needs the participation...

Walmart's Jet.com To Offer Same-Day Delivery In NYC

Walmart Inc.'s Jet.com said on Tuesday it will open a new fulfillment center in New York City this fall, making the largest city in the United States one o...

UK Ecommerce Sector Almost Twice The Size Of Next-Biggest Market

The UK ecommence market, with a total value of €178 billion, is by far the biggest in Europe, with a value of almost twice the second biggest market,...

Portugal's Sonae Group Launches E-Commerce Platform With CTT

Portuguese retail group Sonae, which owns banners such as Continente, has announced an e-commerce partnership with the national postal service of Portugal,...

Microsoft Takes Aim At Amazon With Push For Checkout-Free Retail

Microsoft Corp. is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com Inc.'s automate...

Carrefour Takes On French Rivals In E-commerce With Google Tie-Up

France's largest food retailer, Carrefour, is teaming up with Google to boost its online shopping business on its home turf, where rivals are also launchin...

Alibaba Injects Pharmacy Assets Into Healthcare Unit In $1.4b Deal

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will inject some of its online pharmacy business into a listed unit in a deal valued at HK$10.6 billion...