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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”.

Ebay calls for nationwide internet sales tax in the US

January 30, 2020

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…

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, Alibaba and Ebay told to tackle counterfeits as China-US trade deal looms

January 17, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, Industry, marketplace

Alibaba, Amazon, China, Ebay, Trade Deal, US

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

“Serial returners” have quickly become the scourge of the retail industry, set to cost brands £5.6 billion over the next five years.

$100bn in unwanted presents to be returns in the US this year

December 30, 2019

Ben Stevens

Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Forrester, Holiday Season, Optoro, returns, US

US shoppers are expected to send back a whopping $100 billion in unwanted presents purchased over the holiday season as retailers begin to struggle with this year’s record-breaking epidemic. Retailers…

Ocado Solutions chief executive Luke Jensen is set to join Asos as the online fashion retailer seeks to shake up its board room.

Asos expands Klarna service to US

August 6, 2019

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News, Payment

Asos, finance, Klarna, payments, UK, US

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Asos’ partnership with Klarna has been expanded to the US, allowing users to “buy now and pay later” on thousands of items. The ecommerce retailer has announced the expansion of…

Huawei reportedly planning to lay off hundreds of US workers

July 15, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies

ban, Chinese, firm, Futurewei Technologies, government, Huawei, Huawei ban, lay off, tech, US, US-China

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Chinese tech giant Huawei is preparing to lay off hundreds of its US workers, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The Shenzhen, China-headquartered consumer electronics business has…

Pinduoduo and Alibaba added to US trade “blacklist” over counterfeit concerns

April 29, 2019

Ben Stevens

News

Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Trade Representative, US

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China’s fasting growing retailer Pinduoduo has been blacklisted by the US Trade Representative for the first time over counterfeiting concerns. The US has placed China’s third largest ecommerce platform Pinduoduo…

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Ebay calls for nationwide internet sales tax in the US

Amazon, Alibaba and Ebay told to tackle counterfeits as China-US trade deal looms

$100bn in unwanted presents to be returns in the US this year

Asos expands Klarna service to US

Huawei reportedly planning to lay off hundreds of US workers

Pinduoduo and Alibaba added to US trade “blacklist” over counterfeit concerns

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