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Christopher Adams: Shift to e-commerce hits firms in China
One fact is often overlooked amid all the hype about business opportunities in China.
One fact is often overlooked amid all the hype about business opportunities in China.
Amazon.com is introducing free shipping on thousands of popular, smaller items, without requiring a minimum order.
Jet.com is making shoppers an ambitious and potentially industry-shaking pledge: It promises the lowest prices online.
Online retail spending continues to grow, with March spending up 11 per cent on the previous year.
EBay's merchants are moving more of their business to Amazon.com, saying they get more for their money there.
In the pre-Christmas retail frenzy of 2013, US retail giant Target had its cash registers raided.
Online retail is a growing trend but a new survey shows younger consumers still want the experience of a store.
Private equity investment might unbundle layers of often conflicting financial interests that can stunt a startup's prospects in Ventureland.
Toronto start-up Wattpad is looking for ways to boost revenue as competitors fire up similar online story-sharing services.
Here's a quick review of what Amazon has dabbled in lately - the good, the bad and the in-between.
Robust investor interest meant peer-to-peer lending platform Harmoney could have easily tripled the size of its $10m capital raising, says chief executive Neil Roberts.
Jack Ma, a former English teacher who started Alibaba in his apartment in 1999, has become the richest person in Asia.
Web retailers are offering shoppers speedy shipping, one-day upgrades and even promises to deliver last-minute orders by Christmas Day.
Shades of Silicon Valley are bubbling up in Tehran, which is home to a growing tech ecosystem, despite significant challenges.
Apple's Tim Cook and Alibaba's Jack Ma said they're open to working together to turn phones into tools for buying and selling stuff.
Longtime technology guru Ray Ozzie wants to bring back the emotions of the human voice to phones.
APN, the company which owns the New Zealand Herald, is to relaunch as part of a new brand, NZME.
Trade Me Group has bought Wellington-based online credit card payments firm Paystation for an undisclosed sum.
Fashion entrepreneur Paula Ryan is quite happy to show off a top that, in fashion terms, is practically prehistoric.
Amazon.com is buying video service Twitch Interactive for about $1 billion in its biggest acquisition ever.
After years online, many Web retailing pioneers are discovering the old-school benefits of having a brick-and-mortar store.
Amazon's pressuring of publishers and movie studios over income distribution from online sales has so far avoided the glare of US antitrust authorities.
Amazon's business tactics are again under the spotlight with a new dispute spilling into public view, this time with a media powerhouse: Disney.
Amazon.com is giving special privileges to companies that sell their wares directly through its online store, according to a new study.
Samsung, the global leader in mobile-phone sales, is being outflanked in the key markets of China and India by newcomers, Xiaomi and Micromax, catering to domestic tastes.
Amazon says the reasons behind its dispute with publisher Hachette is to push for a new plan to boost sales, lower prices and benefit the public.
EBay plans to experiment with selling auto mechanics' services alongside car parts, said Devin Wenig, president of the marketplaces business, in an expansion of the company's offerings.