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Alibaba’s physical fresh-food chain Freshippo has seen sales skyrocket over the past week as residents across China are advised to stay at home.

Alibaba’s fresh-food arm Freshippo sees sales skyrocket amid virus lock-down

February 4, 2020

Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Alibaba’s physical fresh-food chain Freshippo has seen sales skyrocket over the past week as residents across China are advised to stay at home. The coronavirus outbreak has impacted many retailers…

Amazon is set to begin offering its customers small business loans as it closes in on a deal with banking giant Goldman Sachs.

Amazon to offer sellers small business loans with Goldman Sachs

February 4, 2020

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce, marketplace, News

Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Small Business Loans

Amazon is set to begin offering its customers small business loans as it closes in on a deal with banking giant Goldman Sachs. Small and medium sized business loans could…

Amazon has been forced to remove a number face masks from its site after sellers wrongly advertised them as offering protection against the deadly coronavirus.

Amazon reports 400% surge in face mask sales despite doubts over their ability to prevent infection

January 31, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, marketplace, News

Alibaba, Amazon, Coronavirus, Face Mask, JD.com

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Amazon has seen medical face mask sales in the UK skyrocket 400 per cent over the past 24 hours as coronavirus fears spread. Disposable face masks have become the fastest…

Walmart and Amazon have extended their programmes which allows customers to buy online groceries with food stamps.

Walmart and Amazon expand programme allowing shoppers to pay with food stamps

January 31, 2020

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce, News

Amazon, Food Stamps, Pilot, USDA, Walmart

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Walmart and Amazon have extended their programmes which allows customers to buy online groceries with food stamps. The two largest retailers in the US have extended a pilot programme with…

Ebay is calling for a nationwide US internet sales tax after warning that individual state sales taxes were harming “small businesses and consumer sellers”.

Ebay calls for nationwide internet sales tax in the US

January 30, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, marketplace, News

Ebay, Internet sales tax, US

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Ebay is calling for a nationwide US internet sales tax after warning that individual state sales taxes were harming “small businesses and consumer sellers”. Thirty-three US states have now implemented…

Online retail sales will surpass $1 trillion in 2021 for the first time, growing four times faster than offline sales.

Kantar: Online retail sales will top $1 trillion next year

January 29, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, Industry, News

ecommerce, Kantar, Online retail, Retail IQ

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Online retail sales will surpass $1 trillion in 2021 for the first time, growing four times faster than offline sales. The global online retail market grow 4.8 per cent to…

Small and medium sized (SME) online retailers are overwhelmingly optimistic about their prospects in 2020, according to a new report.

SME online retailers overwhelmingly optimistic about 2020

January 27, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News

online retailer, Royal Mail, SME

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Small and medium sized (SME) online retailers are overwhelmingly optimistic about their prospects in 2020, according to a new report. Seventy per cent of UK SME online retailers said they…

Amazon, Alibaba, Ebay and other ecommerce giants have been warned that the upcoming US – China trade deal will dramatically clamp down on counterfeit goods.

Amazon will now face “civil fines and other penalties” for selling counterfeit goods

January 27, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, Industry, marketplace, News

Alibaba, Amazon, counterfeit, Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump

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Amazon will now face “civil fines and other penalties” for selling counterfeit goods on its platform in the US. Online retailers like Amazon, Alibaba and Ebay will now face severe…

Retailers including Amazon, Apple and Walmart are set to see a hit to revenues as they shutter operations in China while the coronavirus wipes $420 billion (£320 billion) from its economy.

Alibaba, JD.com struggling to meet demand for medical supplies amid coronavirus outbreak

January 27, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, marketplace, News

Alibaba, Coronavirus, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Wuhan

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Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo are struggling to meet demand for medical supplies in China amid a scramble to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. China’s biggest retailers are facing…

Fender has been fined £4.5 million for pressuring online retailers to sell its instruments at high minimum prices in breach of UK competition law.

Fender slapped with £4.5m fine for pressuring online retailers

January 23, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News

CMA, Competition and Markets Authority, Fender

Fender has been fined £4.5 million for pressuring online retailers to sell its instruments at high minimum prices in breach of UK competition law. The musical instrument giant’s European arm…

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Alibaba’s fresh-food arm Freshippo sees sales skyrocket amid virus lock-down

Amazon to offer sellers small business loans with Goldman Sachs

Amazon reports 400% surge in face mask sales despite doubts over their ability to prevent infection

Walmart and Amazon expand programme allowing shoppers to pay with food stamps

Ebay calls for nationwide internet sales tax in the US

Kantar: Online retail sales will top $1 trillion next year

SME online retailers overwhelmingly optimistic about 2020

Amazon will now face “civil fines and other penalties” for selling counterfeit goods

Alibaba, JD.com struggling to meet demand for medical supplies amid coronavirus outbreak

Fender slapped with £4.5m fine for pressuring online retailers

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