Technology - E-Commerce

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...

Ahold Delhaize USA Announces 'Peapod Digital Labs' Platform

Ahold Delhaize USA announced the creation of a new entity, Peapod Digital Labs, which will drive digital and e-commerce innovation, technology and experien...

Beiersdorf Expands E-Commerce Presence In China With NetEase Kaola Alliance

German skincare company Beiersdorf will expand its e-commerce offering in a new partnership with China's online platform NetEase Kaola, it announced Monday...

Ocado Courts Global Food Retailers With Robot Army

As 600 robots swarm on a grid overhead, the technology boss of British online supermarket pioneer Ocado explains why its new high-tech plant has caught the...

China's JD.com Sees Sales Growth Slow Despite Topping Estimates

JD.com, Inc. reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since listing, indicating that China's second-largest e-commerce firm is feeling the heat from m...