Technology - E-Commerce

Merkur To Launch Online Grocery Store

Austrian supermarket chain Merkur has announced plans to launch an online grocery store in the coming weeks. According to DerStandard.at, the website wi...

Amazon Profit Tops Estimates As Fast Delivery, Cloud Fuel Growth

Amazon.com Inc.’s sales and profit topped estimates on robust demand for quick-turnaround delivery, cloud services and gadgets like the Kindle and Ec...

PayPal Goes Mobile To Lure Customers, Fend Off Competitors

PayPal Holdings Inc. keeps adding new customers and merchants despite an onslaught of competition from credit-card issuers, startups and smartphone makers...

Alipay Owner Said To Start China IPO Process As Soon As 2016

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s finance affiliate is planning an initial public offering on Shanghai’s main board in what could be China’s h...

Amazon Payments Persuades Small Retailers To Work With 'The Devil'

Amazon.com Inc.'s relaunch of its online payments business in 2013 was greeted with skepticism. PayPal Holdings Inc. had a huge head start a...

Ocado Confident For Technology Licensing Deal After Missing Goal

Ocado Group Plc said that it remains confident of licensing its distribution-centre technology, reassuring investors after the UK online grocer m...

Online Surge Means Many Not-So-Happy Returns for Retailers

A surge in online sales in the US this holiday season is boosting expenses for some retailers as more shoppers return merchandise purchased with the click...

Groupon Loses CTO As Executive Exodus Continues Amid Slowdown

Groupon Inc. Chief Technology Officer Sri Viswanath has left the online marketplace, the latest executive to depart in recent months as the company struggl...