e-commerce
Gojek, Tokopedia in $18 billion merger talks for Indonesia’s biggest deal
Indonesian ride-hailing and payments company Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia are in advanced talks to secure a $18 billion merger before a possible dual listing in Jakarta an...
Amazon to face US union push in year ahead
In 2021, Amazon.com Inc is poised to confront a renewed challenge from groups it has long countered: the unions. Energized by protests at Amazon’s US warehouses along with a ...
Flipkart and PhonePe have room for other investors, Walmart CEO says
Walmart’s Indian e-commerce company Flipkart and electronic payments firm PhonePe have room for different investors and may raise money in many ways including stock exchange ...
Ex-French minister sneers at Amazon executive’s justification of tax bill
An ex-French minister told the head of Amazon France he was “taking the piss” following the executive told a parliamentary committee that the business paid the French c...
Alibaba beats sales forecasts on China e-commerce growth
Alibaba Group beat third quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday, driven by e-commerce expansion after China arose from coronavirus lockdowns, and said it was assessing the suspens...
Amazon drops French Black Friday ad campaign as lockdown starts
Amazon is withdrawing advertisements for pre-Black Friday reductions in France, after the government said the effort was unfair to small shops at time when a coronavirus lockdown h...
German watchdog launches new investigation into Amazon
Germany’s anti-trust authority has launched an investigation to Amazon and Apple over potential anticompetitive behaviour, German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily has rep...
Shopify to partner with TikTok in bid to woo more merchants to site
Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify said it will associate with TikTok to help its one million-plus merchants more easily advertise their goods on the brand new app, as it seems to gr...
Has Amazon refused to appear before Indian parliamentary panel on data privacy?
Representatives of Amazon.com in India have refused to appear before a panel reviewing the nation’s privacy invoice , an Indian lawmaker has suggested, an allegation the US e...
WhatsApp to offer in-app purchases and cloud hosting services
Facebook has said its WhatsApp messaging app would begin to provide in-app buys and hosting solutions, as it proceeds to boost revenue from the app whilst knitting together e-comme...
US senators ask Amazon if it tracks employees, curbs bids to form unions
Four Democratic senators have sent a letter to Amazon.com Inc’s CEO Jeff Bezos, requiring answers on its alleged movements to monitor and monitor employees and restrict attem...
Amazon workers in Germany strike on ‘Prime Day’
A German trade union called on employees at seven Amazon warehouses to move to strike on Tuesday to coincide with the online marketplaces global “Prime Day” advertising...
Amazon pitches early holiday shopping with autumn ‘Prime Day’ event
Amazon.com has begun 48 hours of promotions as part of “Prime Day,” a tightly watched marketing event the platform had postponed as a result of operational challenges i...
Two former eBay workers plead guilty to cyberstalking campaign
Two former eBay workers have pleaded guilty to participating in a comprehensive cyberstalking campaign against a Massachusetts couple whose online newsletter was seen by top execut...