E-commerce
Once high-flying Chinese tech giants are now looking to scale back costs
Alibaba has faced progress troubles amid regulatory tightening on China’s domestic know-how sector and a slowdown in the world’s 2nd-biggest financial system. But analysts think the e-commerce giant’s advancement could decide up by the relaxation of 2022. Kuang Da | Jiemian Information | VCG | Getty Photographs Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent normally speak […]
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Alibaba shares jump 7% after quarterly earnings beat expectations
Alibaba has faced growth challenges amid regulatory tightening on China’s domestic technology sector and a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. But analysts think the e-commerce giant’s growth could pick up through the rest of 2022. Kuang Da | Jiemian News | VCG | Getty Images Alibaba reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat […]
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Alibaba could see first revenue decline on record but analysts expect sales recovery later this year
Alibaba has faced growth challenges amid regulatory tightening on China’s domestic technology sector and a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. But analysts think the e-commerce giant’s growth could pick up through the rest of 2022. Kuang Da | Jiemian News | VCG | Getty Images Alibaba’s revenue could decline for the first time on […]
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Amazon launches same-day delivery from some brick-and-mortar retail brands
An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages during its annual Prime Day promotion in New York City, June 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon said Monday it’s adding a handful of brick-and-mortar retail brands to its same-day delivery offering for Prime members. To start, Amazon is offering same-day delivery from […]
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Shopify’s pandemic boom is finally over — here’s how the e-commerce company is reinventing itself
The Shopify application for download in the Apple App store on a smartphone arranged in Brooklyn New York, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. Shopify’s pandemic boom is finally […]
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Amazon says more than 300 million items sold during ‘biggest’ Prime Day event
A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Amazon shoppers bought more than 300 million items during this year’s Prime Day sale, up from roughly 250 million in 2021, making […]
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Amazon investigated by UK antitrust watchdog over its marketplace practices
An Amazon warehouse in Warrington, England. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images The U.K.’s antitrust regulator on Wednesday said it is investigating Amazon over whether the U.S. e-commerce giant is hurting competition by giving an unfair advantage to its own retail business and sellers that use its services over third-party merchants on its marketplace. Britain’s Competition […]
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Southeast Asia’s start-ups have fired hundreds of workers, and this may be just the beginning
Southeast Asia’s tech companies are laying off workers as they brace themselves for a tougher fundraising environment. Guilliermo Perales Gonzalez | E+ | Getty Images Hundreds of workers from start-ups in Southeast Asia have been fired in the last few months, proving that the fast-growing industry is not immune to the global economic slowdown. At […]
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China’s tech regulation is getting more ‘rational,’ says top executive of JD.com
China’s annual 618 shopping festival sees domestic e-commerce giants including JD.com rack up billions of dollars of sales across their platforms. The 2022 edition comes against a backdrop of slowing economic growth in China and sluggish consumer spending. VCG | Getty Images EMBARGO to lift at 6am Singapore on Friday, June 17 Regulation on China’s […]
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China’s multi-billion dollar shopping festival tests e-commerce giants and consumer appetite
China’s “618” shopping festival sees e-commerce giants including JD.com and Alibaba offer huge discounts to shoppers. Billions of dollars worth of sales are racked up across the 618 sales period which usually lasts a couple of weeks. Geng Yuhe | Visual China Group | Getty Images China is in the midst of the “618” shopping […]
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